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Annan Urges Dialogue Over Nuclear Issue
Friday, 10 February 2006, 3:26 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for restraint from all sides in the dispute over Iran’s planned resumption of uranium enrichment activities, emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had not yet completed its report ... More >>
Annan against reprinting controversial cartoons
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:44 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today spoke out against those publishers who “pour oil on the fire” by reprinting controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad while repeating his condemnation of the violent protests they have sparked. More >>
Iran: Annan urges restraint, dialogue over nuclear
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:40 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for restraint from all sides in the dispute over Iran’s planned resumption of uranium enrichment activities, emphasizing that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had not yet completed its report ... More >>
Experts call for dialogue on cartoon controversy
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:33 am | United Nations
Three independent United Nations human rights experts have strongly deplored the recent controversial depictions of the Prophet Muhammad as well as the violent reactions that ensued while urging all to come together in a spirit of dialogue. More >>
Greater attention to children affected by AIDS
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:30 am | United Nations
The international community must pay greater attention to children living with parents dying from AIDS as well as those who are themselves HIV-infected but lack access to appropriate treatments, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. More >>
UN urges displaced in Kosovo: leave polluted camps
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:27 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies in Kosovo renewed emergency calls today for internally displaced persons (IDPs) to leave lead polluted camps in the northern part of the province and move their families to the safer UN-run camp of Osterode. More >>
Energy savings are antidote to fuel crisis
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:23 am | United Nations
By saving energy at home, at work and on the roads, people around the globe can help tackle the fuel crisis that is challenging the economies of the industrial and developing worlds, delegates gathered at a meeting in Dubai sponsored by the United Nations ... More >>
Annan to discuss Darfur, Iran, etc in Washington
Friday, 10 February 2006, 11:20 am | 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 >>
Annan congratulates Haitians high election turnout
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 2:00 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated Haitians for the high turnout of voters in the first round of national elections yesterday and pledged the support of the international community as they seek stability and development. More >>
Iraq: UN condemns targeting of political figures
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:58 pm | United Nations
Responding to continuing attacks in Iraq directed at political figures, the United Nations envoy to the troubled country today called on all sides to resolve their differences peacefully, and on Iraqi security forces to fully investigate the violence ... More >>
UN disarmament: preventing weapons proliferation
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:56 pm | United Nations
Measures to prevent the proliferation of weapon systems to rogue groups will top the agenda of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, which today opens a three-day meeting in New York. More >>
Recent Palestinian elections hailed as successful
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:55 pm | United Nations
Officials serving on the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee have welcomed the last month's Legislative Council elections, voicing hope that the new body will help contribute to peace in the Middle East. More >>
UN special envoy urges support for Malawi
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:51 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa has applauded the support shown by donors in helping millions of Malawians survive a major food crisis while urging stepped-up efforts to address long-term needs. More >>
Efforts to resettle Latin American refugees
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:50 pm | United Nations
International efforts to resettle hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people across Latin America took a step forward this month with a landmark meeting held by the Latin American arm of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). More >>
UN hails nomination of candidate, Kosovo President
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:49 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today welcomed the nomination of Fatmir Sejdiu as candidate for the presidency of Kosovo to replace Ibrahim Rugova, who died of lung cancer last month. More >>
UN urges crack down on arms smuggling to Sudan
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:47 pm | United Nations
As weapons continue to enter western Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region while the Government also violates the arms embargo, a United Nations panel of sanctions experts has called on the authorities in neighbouring countries and others to crack down ... More >>
Bird flu outbreak in Nigeria, Africa at high risk
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 1:45 pm | United Nations
An outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in Nigeria shows that the rest of Africa is in danger from the disease, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today, calling for urgent action to stop the spread of the virus. More >>
Annan Appoints Sri Lankan Human Rights Veteran
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 2:21 pm | United Nations
General Kofi Annan today appointed Radhika Coomaraswamy, an attorney and internationally recognized human rights advocate from Sri Lanka, as his Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. More >>
Annan Urges Action On Climate Change
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 11:55 am | United Nations
As he accepted a top global award in Dubai for his work with the environment, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged world leaders to use the United Nations-backed Kyoto Protocol to move on climate change and called for governments, businesses and citizens to ... More >>
Middle East parties must avoid escalating violence
Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 12:58 am | United Nations
Reacting with concern to the latest series of attacks by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all parties to refrain from actions that could result in an intensification of violence. More >>
