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Discovery of corpse near Israel-Lebanon line
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Personal Representative to Lebanon today called for calm along the country’s withdrawal line with Israel after the United Nations peacekeeping force in the area discovered a corpse there. More >>
UN provides $30,000 aid flood victims in Bolivia
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:35 am | United Nations
To help the 175,000 Bolivians hit by severe flooding in this Andean Mountain nation, United Nations relief agencies have provided a $30,000 cash grant to the Bolivian Government while delivering food and nutritional supplements directly to families ... More >>
Legislation to equalize women’s access to housing
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:34 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) is urging governments to enact new legislation to guarantee that women have equal access to housing. More >>
Danish cartoon, free press must fully respect all
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:32 am | United Nations
Reacting with concern to the controversy surrounding cartoons first published in a Danish newspaper, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today emphasized that a free press must respect all religions. More >>
UN’s Iraq envoy meets with Mufti at Baghdad mosque
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:30 am | United Nations
As part of his ongoing efforts to reach out to all of Iraq’s communities, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative in Baghdad today discussed recent developments in the country with the Mufti of the Gilani Mosque. More >>
UN Calls for release of aid workers in Sri Lanka
Friday, 3 February 2006, 12:25 am | United Nations
Deploring the reported abduction of 10 humanitarian aid workers on the troubled island of Sri Lanka, United Nations officials in the country today called for their immediate release, saying they had “the right to respect and protection from harm.” More >>
UN agency sends team to check on bird flu in Iraq
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 3:34 pm | United Nations
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today said it will send an expert team to Iraq to examine reports of a fatal case of avian influenza, or “bird flu,” in the war-ravaged country. More >>
Côte D’ivoire Reminded to Protect UN Personell
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 3:11 pm | United Nations
Expressing concern about reported threats against United Nations staff in Côte d’Ivoire, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reminded the West African country’s authorities that they bear personal responsibility for preventing violence. More >>
Annan on lurching from nuclear crisis to crisis
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 3:02 pm | United Nations
With the international spotlight shining on Tehran’s atomic ambitions, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed for a long-term and visionary approach to the problem of nuclear arms proliferation. More >>
UN hails fight against polio as numbers drop
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:58 pm | United Nations
The number of countries with indigenous polio has dropped to an all-time low of four, two United Nations agencies involved in the global fight against the disease said today, as new vaccines were announced to target the remaining strains of the virus. More >>
UN Study: govts violate tsunami survivors' rights
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:57 pm | United Nations
Governments are violating the human rights of their own citizens as tsunami survivors endure discrimination, inadequate housing and assaults one year after the tragedy swept through Southeast Asia, a study released today at United Nations Headquarters ... More >>
UN helps Liberia qualify for diamond sanction end
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:53 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Liberia has called on the international community to work with the country’s Government to pave the way for the lifting of international sanctions banning diamond exports. More >>
Return of 20,000 Sudanese and Congolese refugees
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:50 pm | United Nations
New pacts pave way for return of 20,000 Sudanese and Congolese refugees – UN agency More >>
UN will raise Darfur at peace talks in Nigeria
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:48 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Representative for Sudan will raise the issue of deteriorating security in the country’s western Darfur region when he attends peace talks in Nigeria later this week, the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire: protect threatened UN personnel
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Expressing concern about reported threats against United Nations staff in Côte d’Ivoire, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reminded the West African country’s authorities that they bear personal responsibility for preventing violence. More >>
Violence ebbs in Sri Lanka but tensions persist
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 3:01 pm | United Nations
Violence in Sri Lanka has ebbed since the Government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) last week agreed to hold new talks, but scores of people continue leaving the southern part of the country for India, the United Nations refugee ... More >>
Global community's stake in Afghanistan's stablity
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:59 pm | United Nations
On the eve of an international conference focused on the future of Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today encouraged Dutch participation in the NATO-led force in the country and said all share an interest in promoting security ... More >>
UN Interim Force in Lebanon extended through July
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:57 pm | United Nations
Gravely concerned at the persistence of tension and violence along the withdrawal line between Israel and Lebanon, the Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force operating in the area (UNIFIL) through July. More >>
Annan appeals for aid to Afghanistan at launch
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:55 pm | United Nations
On its difficult journey from conflict and devastation to nascent democracy, Afghanistan has succeeded in forging a progressively reinvigorated State, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in London, urging the international community to respond with assistance ... More >>
Annan seriously concerned at slow progress, Kosovo
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 2:54 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on Kosovo Serb leaders to work to promote government reform and other key goals in the UN-run province, saying he was “seriously concerned” by the slow progress and setbacks in recent months. More >>
