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UN Needs $24 Million To Maintain Helicopters
Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 12:09 am | United Nations
Emphasizing the “crucial” role played by helicopters in getting emergency assistance to victims of last year’s deadly earthquake in northern Pakistan, the United Nations World Food Programme called today for $24 million to maintain this lifeline until ... More >>
Moscow Talks On Iran’s Uranium Enrichment
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed reports confirming that Iran will hold talks in Moscow on 20 February on a Russian proposal on uranium enrichment, More >>
Globalization must have a human rights dimension
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:51 pm | United Nations
Opening a new session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, a senior UN human rights official stressed today that any discussion of racism, globalization, and migration must conducted from a human-rights perspective. More >>
Cartoon violence, Annan to attend Qatar panel
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:49 pm | United Nations
Deeply concerned over the continuing violence over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will go to Qatar this weekend for a meeting on mutual respect between cultures, his spokesman said today. More >>
Expectation of progress on UN rights council etc
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:47 pm | United Nations
Despite deep differences on the balance of power in the United Nations that divide Member States, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and General Assembly President Jan Eliasson said today they expect real progress in the creation of a Human Rights Council and ... More >>
Member States' obligations to help Horn of Africa
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:42 pm | United Nations
The United Nation’s independent envoy on hunger today called on Member States to honour their obligations under a global treaty to help the 11 million people threatened with starvation in the Horn of Africa. More >>
UN team arrives in Philippines after landslide
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:35 pm | United Nations
Following the deadly landslide in the Philippines, where almost 1,400 people are still missing, the United Nations coordinating unit said today that a UN assessment team had now arrived in the country and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) had mobilized ... More >>
Afghan Jehadi commanders to surrender arms to UN
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:33 pm | United Nations
Five former Jehadi commanders in Afghanistan are expected to surrender 15 tons of ammunition as well as over 30 light and heavy weapons to the Government weapons programme supported by the United Nations, that programme announced today. More >>
UN joins Sudan authorities in mass polio campaign
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:30 pm | United Nations
As part of continuing efforts to eradicate polio from Sudan, Government authorities, along with United Nations and other partners, today launched their latest mass campaign aimed at immunizing 8 million children under the age of five against the disease. More >>
UN’s Iraq envoy meets with senior Iraqi officials
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:26 pm | United Nations
The United Nations top envoy to Iraq, Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, met with officials in Al-Ramadi in Al-Anbar province today to discuss a wide range of concerns from agriculture to human rights. More >>
Israeli op. hinders UN agency aid work, Palestine
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:22 pm | United Nations
The main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees reported today that an Israeli operation in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank town of Nablus has been hampering its work since early yesterday. More >>
World water crisis worse by corruption, repression
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:16 pm | United Nations
Corruption, restricted political rights and limited civil liberties are all factors that lie behind the planet’s growing water crisis, says a new United Nations report that focuses on the precious resource of fresh water. More >>
Bangladesh, UNICEF: large campaign against measles
Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 3:14 pm | United Nations
With measles the fifth leading cause of death among children under five years of age in Bangladesh, this Saturday the Government, supported by its international partners, will launch the largest-ever vaccination campaign for around 34 million children, ... More >>
Uganda: Monitors Must Investigate Election Threats
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:29 pm | United Nations
(Kampala) – International and domestic observers monitoring Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections should investigate serious government violations that threaten free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said today. More >>
Liberia: UN troops work to prevent border violence
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:12 pm | United Nations
UN troops in Liberia work to prevent cross-border violence from Côte d'Ivoire More >>
Haiti: President-elect René Préval congratulated
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:10 pm | United Nations
Applauding the Haitian people for their patience and continuing commitment to democracy, the United Nations Security Council today congratulated René Préval on his victory in the Caribbean country's recent presidential election. More >>
Moscow talks on Iran’s uranium enrichment welcomed
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:06 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed reports confirming that Iran will hold talks in Moscow on 20 February on a Russian proposal on uranium enrichment, according to a statement released by his spokesman today. More >>
Annan saddened by Philippines landslide disaster
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today offered his condolences to those affected by a landslide in the Philippines that may have buried up to 2000 people, and announced that a UN assessment team is being sent to the region to find out how ... More >>
Liberia: UN now encourages refugees to return home
Monday, 20 February 2006, 3:00 pm | United Nations
With the return of stability to Liberia, the United Nations refugee agency announced today it is now actively encouraging the return of about 160,000 refugees spread through Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and elsewhere. More >>
Deadly bird flu may spread through West Africa
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:59 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today expressed “growing concern” that the deadly bird flu virus may spread to other countries in West Africa following its discovery in Nigeria last week, and warned that the effect on the already ... More >>
