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Darfur violence continues, UN meets on sanctions
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:43 pm | United Nations
As violence continues in Sudan’s North Darfur region, the United Nations Security Council met today to consider sanctioning individuals deemed to be a threat to the peace or to human rights in the area, where fighting involving rebels, the Government ... More >>
Flood: UN pinpoints needs of Bolivian families
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:42 pm | United Nations
The most pressing needs of the 13,000 Bolivian families affected by last month’s severe floods include latrines, clean water, food supplies for children and basic equipment for schools, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... More >>
Affected should have more say in tsunami recovery
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:39 pm | United Nations
Communities affected by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, that killed more than 220,000 people and displaced an estimated two million across South and Southeast Asia, should be given more say in the recovery effort, a senior United ... More >>
DR Congo: warning of ‘huge risk’ of new conflict
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:36 pm | United Nations
Warning that there is “a huge risk for conflict to rise again” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC), the top United Nations refugee official has called on the international community to provide greater support for the vast country’s ... More >>
Serbia, Montenegro: UN to hear genocide case
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:32 pm | United Nations
Thirteen years after it was first filed, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s case against Serbia and Montenegro for violation of the 1948 Genocide Convention will at last be heard publicly by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ ... More >>
UN sends official to Niger to advise on bird flu
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today that it has sent a Regional Coordinator to advise Niger, one of the world’s poorest nations, on how to control the spread of the deadly bird flu virus. More >>
Wider use of fishing rights promotes conservation
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:28 pm | United Nations
With pressure growing on worldwide fish stocks, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today recommended that governments assign more fishing rights as a means of promoting conservation. More >>
Empowering women is key to development
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 2:26 pm | United Nations
Opening the 50th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, UN Deputy-Secretary General Louise Fréchette said today the international community is finally comprehending that empowering women and girls around the globe is the ... More >>
UN Reiterates Readiness To Help Rebuild Sites
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 11:58 am | United Nations
The United Nations today confirmed its support for the Iraqi initiative to rebuild the Shiite Shrine of Imam Ali Al-Hadi bombed last week as well as other damaged religious sites in the country. More >>
Lebanon: UN Envoy Supports Start Of Dialogue
Monday, 27 February 2006, 3:11 pm | United Nations
A top United Nations envoy told the Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament that he supported national dialogue as a way to accomplish the disbanding of foreign and domestic militias in the country and meet other Security Council requirements. More >>
Angry exchange of extremists must be replaced
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:16 pm | United Nations
Pointing out that Islam and the West are not inherently contradictory or monolithic, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Doha, Qatar, today called for replacing the loud shouts of extremists with the calm voice of reason. More >>
Somalia: Reconciliation over chaos urges UN
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:11 pm | United Nations
Addressing the opening session of Somalia's parliament today, the top United Nations envoy to the war-torn country called on leaders to choose reconciliation over anarchy, and pledged the international community's full support for the Somali people's efforts ... More >>
Annan joins with Islamic, Arab and other leaders
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:07 pm | United Nations
Reacting to the furor spawned by the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed widely considered to be offensive, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Doha, Qatar, today joined his voice with key Arab and Muslim leaders to urge restraint ... More >>
Iraq: UN decries destruction of shrines
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:06 pm | United Nations
In a strongly worded statement aimed at quelling violence in Iraq, the senior United Nations envoy to that country today decried recent sectarian attacks and urged a united front against those who are instigating them. More >>
Latest Middle East violence, civilian protection?
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:04 pm | United Nations
Voicing concern about stepped up violence in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has repeated his call on all parties to respect international law and ensure the protection of civilians. More >>
UN urges Ethiopia and Eritrea to set border
Monday, 27 February 2006, 2:01 pm | United Nations
In order to resolve the current impasse between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the United Nations Security Council today urged the two parties to sit down with the commission charged with setting a permanent border between the two countries and to abide by ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: 20 released after UN intervenes
Monday, 27 February 2006, 1:59 pm | United Nations
Twenty people arrested by the Forces Nouvelles armed opposition in Côte d’Ivoire, on charges of spying or being disloyal to the movement, have been released after human rights officers from the United Nations mission in the West African country ... More >>
UN human rights chief distressed by Chechnya’s law
Monday, 27 February 2006, 1:57 pm | United Nations
After a second visit to the Russian Federation that included time in the troubled region of Chechnya, the United Nations top human rights official said today in Moscow that she had “very serious concerns” about Chechnya’s law enforcement system. More >>
Extremists Must Be Replaced By Still Voice Of Calm
Monday, 27 February 2006, 10:05 am | United Nations
Pointing out that Islam and the West are not inherently contradictory or monolithic, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Doha, Qatar, today called for replacing the loud shouts of extremists with the calm voice of reason. More >>
UN's Top Iraq Envoy Decries Destruction
Monday, 27 February 2006, 9:22 am | United Nations
In a strongly worded statement aimed at quelling violence in Iraq, the senior United Nations envoy to that country today decried recent sectarian attacks and urged a united front against those who are instigating them. More >>
