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Drought-stricken Ethiopia needs $18.5 million
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) appealed today for $18.5 million to help farmers, herders and others suffering through a drought in south-eastern Ethiopia that has created severe food shortages with pre-famine conditions and widespread ... More >>
West Africa contribution to peacekeeping praised
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:08 pm | United Nations
Stressing the essential role of United Nations police in peacekeeping missions, the world body’s top envoy to Liberia praised West African countries for their personnel contributions and urged all countries to send more women officers for police units. More >>
In Atlas Mountains, UN agricu. fund aids Moroccans
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:05 pm | United Nations
More than 75,000 people living in remote mountain villages in Morocco will benefit from a new $34.4 million development project to improve agricultural production, strengthen infrastructure, and diversify income sources, the United Nations agricultural ... More >>
Former Rwandan official should be tried in Norway
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:02 pm | United Nations
The Prosecutor of the United Nations Tribunal set up to bring to justice the organizers and leaders of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda today requested that a former senior official, accused of involvement in the mass killings, be tried in Norway. More >>
Haiti: peaceful expression of electoral concerns
Thursday, 16 February 2006, 5:01 pm | United Nations
Stressing that post-election demonstrations have been hampering the vote count, United Nations Security Council members today called on Haitians to rely on legal processes to express any concerns about last week’s presidential poll. More >>
Haitians must refrain from electoral violence
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:41 pm | United Nations
Saying it recognized Haiti’s recent elections as a major step towards re-establishing representative governance, the United Nations Security Council today urged all parties to remain calm while the final results of the election are being certified. More >>
Iraq’s leadersshould work towards ‘inclusive Govt'
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:40 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the recent announcement of election results for Iraq’s Council of Representatives, the Security Council today congratulated the Iraqi people for their commitment to a peaceful political process, and called on political leaders to work towards a fully ... More >>
Sri Lanka separatists recruiting child soldiers
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:38 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today urged Tamil separatists in strife-torn Sri Lanka to stop recruiting child soldiers and release those already in their ranks. More >>
UN announces 2nd annual documentary film festival
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:37 pm | United Nations
Aiming to showcase how people around the world are addressing poverty, hunger, disease, civil unrest, trafficking and injustice as well as what the United Nations is doing to help, the world body has announced its second annual documentary film festival, ... More >>
Rwanda lauded for its fight against HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, 15 February 2006, 3:34 pm | United Nations
With a quarter million people living with HIV, Rwanda has one of the Sub-Saharan continent’s highest treatment rates for this virus and is a model for other countries battling HIV/AIDS, a team of top European and United Nations officials visiting the ... More >>
UN urges Haitians to remain calm, await results
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) urged Haitians to remain calm and await final election results, as supporters of leading presidential candidate Rene Preval demonstrated on the streets of Port-au-Prince for the third consecutive ... More >>
UN & EC humanitarian plan for conflict-ridden DRC
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:21 pm | United Nations
A wide-ranging plan to help the 30 million most vulnerable people in the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has endured one of the deadliest humanitarian catastrophes since World War II, was launched today in Brussels by senior United ... More >>
UN-backed talks on managing the world’s forests
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Delegates from around the world gathered at United Nations headquarters today for UN-backed talks aimed at safeguarding the planet’s forests as well as the livelihoods of the hundreds of millions of people whom depend upon such green zones. More >>
UN counter-terrorism experts head to Tanzania
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:17 pm | United Nations
Nearly a dozen experts, led by the main United Nations counter-terrorism body, are headed to Tanzania for a weeklong visit to continue the Security Council's practical, technical assistance work to strengthen the ability of countries to fight terrorism. More >>
World Environment Day 06, Algiers: Desertification
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:15 pm | United Nations
The official celebrations of World Environmental Day will be held this year in Algiers, the first time ever in North Africa, to highlight the theme of Deserts and Desertification, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has announced. More >>
Italy responses to bird flu after discovery
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:10 pm | United Nations
UN praises Italy’s response to deadly bird flu after discovery in south of country More >>
Torrential rains leave 50,000 in Algeria homeless
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:07 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today it is mounting an emergency operation to assist around 50,000 refugees in Algeria, after their homes and shelters in three refugee camps were washed away by torrential rains. More >>
South Pacific voters in Tokelau head to polls
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:05 pm | United Nations
Citizens of the tiny South Pacific atolls of Tokelau went to the polls for a second time today in a landmark UN-supervised referendum that could change the political status of this Non-Self-Governing Territory, which is now administered by New Zealand. More >>
Darfur: Annan & Pres. Bush agree to work together
Tuesday, 14 February 2006, 5:03 pm | United Nations
After meeting today with United States President George W. Bush and other senior US officials, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the President had agreed to work together with him and other world governments to help alleviate the ... More >>
Annan To Discuss Darfur, Iran, Hotspots With D.C.
Monday, 13 February 2006, 5:25 pm | United Nations
Ahead of his visit next week to Washington, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan and the nuclear dispute involving Iran would be among the key issues discussed with United States President ... More >>
