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Internet Governance Forum to tackle broad range
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:56 pm | United Nations
The Internet Governance Forum to be convened later this year will take up such issues as cybercrime, multilingualism and enhancing the role of the Internet as a tool for development, a United Nations official said today. More >>
Education fees cut for needy Palestinian students
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:55 pm | United Nations
Over 19,000 Palestinian students will receive a 75 per cent reduction in educational fees this semester through a programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the agency announced today. More >>
UN airlift to flooded Sahrawi camps in Algeria
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said it will begin an airlift of emergency relief supplies for more than 50,000 Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, after homes and shelters in three camps were washed away by torrential rains. More >>
Tanzania, UN urges fight against terrorism
Monday, 20 February 2006, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Building the ability of States to fight terrorism is crucial in the struggle against the scourge, the United Nations top counter-terrorism official said today at the end of a weeklong visit to Tanzania as part of the Security Council's technical assistance ... More >>
6th Annual Auckland Regional Model UN on April 1st
Monday, 20 February 2006, 11:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations Youth Association of New Zealand will be running its 6th Annual Auckland Regional Model UN on Saturday April 1st at the University of Auckland. More >>
Haiti: declaration of presidential victor
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:28 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today supported Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council’s declaration that former President René Préval was the winner of last week’s presidential elections and stressed that the Council’s ... More >>
Cyprus: Annan to confer with Pres. Papadopoulos
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:25 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos have agreed to meet to review the situation in Cyprus, which has been divided into Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot sectors for 40 years. More >>
UN shocked at extent of destruction, Côte d’Ivoire
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:24 pm | United Nations
UN official shocked at extent of anti-humanitarian destruction in western Côte d’Ivoire More >>
UN urges international community: more for Africa
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:21 pm | United Nations
Highlighting the incidence of armed conflict and other scourge in Africa, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the international community to do more to build peace and help ease the suffering of millions living on the continent. More >>
Donors should buoy creativity of rural poor
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:19 pm | United Nations
By tapping into the creativity and innovation of rural farmers, development agencies can more effectively improve the lives of the rural poor, said officials gathered at an annual meeting of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development ... More >>
Independent experts issue report on Guantanamo
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:16 pm | United Nations
Five independent human rights experts with mandates from the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today called on the United States to close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre and either bring all detainees to trial or release them without further delay, ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: preparations for poll delayed
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:13 pm | United Nations
With divided Côte d’Ivoire facing an election deadline of next October, the United Nations High Representative for the poll said today that the Ivorian electoral commission could not begin its work by tomorrow, as scheduled, because of a dispute over its ... More >>
Pakistan: UN restores damaged link across Indus
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:11 pm | United Nations
Restored cable way at the Indus River 16 February 2006 – Hundreds of people, including refugees living in the largest relief camp in northern Pakistan, can go home or carry on businesses now that the United Nations refugee agency has helped to repair a vital ... More >>
UN envoy to Iraq briefs Russian Foreign Minister
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations envoy to Iraq today briefed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the situation in the troubled country, focusing on the 15 December elections and the role of the UN Assistance Mission (UNAMI). More >>
Tokelau: Annan says he respects people’s decision
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:08 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that he respected the decision of the people of Tokelau, who voted in a recent poll to remain a Non-Self-Governing Territory administered by New Zealand. More >>
Border zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea tense
Friday, 17 February 2006, 1:06 pm | United Nations
Over two months after Eritrea demanded the pullout of United Nations personnel of certain nationalities, the military situation in the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) between Ethiopia and Eritrea remains tense, the UN mission there reported today. More >>
UN endorses development compact for Afghanistan
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:18 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today endorsed a framework for future partnership between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community to bolster the war-torn country’s security, economic development and counter-narcotics efforts. More >>
UN manual for humanitarian workers on armed groups
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:16 pm | United Nations
Humanitarian groups in conflict zones trying to provide civilians with food, protection, or safe passage are faced with the daily possibility that they may have to negotiate with armed groups and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ... More >>
Curbing skyrocketing sales in counterfeit drugs
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:12 pm | United Nations
Extremely lucrative and ever more attractive to criminal networks, global sales of counterfeit medicines are expected to soar to $75 billion by the end of the decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. More >>
DR of Congo: UN delivers food aid to thousands
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:10 pm | United Nations
As thousands of people flee fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations food relief agency is airlifting 30 tons of aid this week via UN peacekeeping helicopters. More >>
