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Guatemala: Struggles To Feed 300,000 People
Friday, 23 December 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
More than two months after Hurricane Stan struck Guatemala, and with only a few days left before Christmas, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is facing a funding shortfall of more than $8 million as it rushes non-stop aid to more than ... More >>
Congo: Unicef Rushes Aid To 10,000 People
Friday, 23 December 2005, 10:59 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has provided emergency relief items to over 10,000 newly displaced people in three camps, north of Katanga province. More >>
Many Tsunami Children Feel Hopeful About Future
Friday, 23 December 2005, 10:48 am | United Nations
One year after the tsunami dramatically changed their lives, children in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand feel hopeful about the future, while those in Indonesia are recovering at a slower pace, according to a survey of youngsters released today by the United ... More >>
Sierra Leone: Security Council Urges Continued Aid
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 6:37 pm | United Nations
With the United Nation mission that over the past six years has brought peace and stability to Sierra Leone winding up this month, the Security Council has called on donors and development partners to continue their support to consolidate the West ... More >>
Security Council Congratulates Afghan People
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 6:36 pm | United Nations
The Security Council has congratulated the people of Afghanistan on the inauguration of their new Parliament, which marked the completion of the political process set in motion four years ago at United Nations-sponsored talks in Bonn, Germany, after ... More >>
Looming Food Crisis Threatens Up To 2Mil Somalis
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 6:35 pm | United Nations
Up to 2 million people in Southern Somalia are likely to be in a ‘humanitarian emergency’ or ‘acute food and livelihood crisis’ for at least the next six months due to failed rains, double the number previously projected, according to the latest report by ... More >>
Liberia: UN Council Renews Bans On Sale Of Arms
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 6:34 pm | United Nations
After receiving reports that the situation in Liberia is still a threat to international peace and that its natural resources are still not being used in a way that benefits its people, the United Nations Security Council has renewed the sanctions regime ... More >>
UN Observer Force In Golan Heights Extended
Thursday, 22 December 2005, 5:41 pm | United Nations
Noting “the very tense situation in the Middle East,” the Security Council today extended for six months the mandate of the long-running United Nations peacekeeping force observing the ceasefire between Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights. More >>
Afghanistan: UN Peacekeeping Chief Vows To Stay
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:24 pm | United Nations
The United Nations will stay the course over the next five years in helping Afghanistan through its full transition to peace and democracy after decades of war and civil conflict as tenaciously as it has since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the ... More >>
Sudan: 1.25m Children Beyond Reach Of Aid
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:23 pm | United Nations
1.25 Million Children Beyond Reach Of Aid In Sudan’s Darfur Region, UN Warns More >>
Agency Wraps Up Its Angola Repatriation Operation
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:15 pm | United Nations
A final batch of Angolans returned home from Botswana Monday, marking the end of a three-year-long, United Nations-sponsored repatriation programme that has brought back more than 123,000 Angolans since the end of the country’s bloody civil war. More >>
Body Created To Prevent The Incidence of War
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:14 pm | United Nations
In an historic action that brings to fruition a central reform proposed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the 2005 World Summit, the Security Council and the General Assembly today acted in concert to establish a new body that aims ... More >>
Annan Signs New Whistleblower Protection Policy
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:13 pm | United Nations
As part of his campaign to revamp the United Nations and root out misdeeds and mismanagement, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has signed a new whistleblower protection policy, to take effect on 1 January, aimed at ensuring that the world body functions in an open, ... More >>
Kosovo Parties May Discuss Decentralization
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:13 pm | United Nations
Whatever the final status of the United Nations-administered Serbian province of Kosovo, majority Albanians must discuss decentralization and minority Serbs must participate in the talks, the UN special envoy on the issue said today. More >>
UN Agency Advised In Tsunami Study
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:12 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) should continue to devise tools to help country offices manage projects and demonstrate results, a top financial advisory company said among its many recommendations in a final report on the agency’s oversight ... More >>
Bolivia: Annan Praises Peaceful Elections
Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:06 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who has closely followed developments in Bolivia ever since street protests led to the resignation of President Carlos Mesa earlier this year, today voiced satisfaction at Sunday’s peaceful elections and offered United ... More >>
Annan Says WTO Talks Achieved Limited Gains
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 4:02 pm | United Nations
Recognizing that there were still “unrealized ambitions” in the arena of fair trade, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated those World Trade Organization (WTO) participants who negotiated on behalf of the developing countries ... More >>
Calls For Peacekeeping In Sudan’s Darfur
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 1:14 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations refugee agency today strongly urged the international community to bring greater support to both the peace process and the African Union (AU) peacekeeping role in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, pledging UN support ... More >>
Mangrove Forests Saved Lives In Tsunami Disaster
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
Healthy mangroves safeguard the security and wellbeing of coastal settlements, show restoration programmes and surveys carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) this year More >>
Sustainable Job Growth Is Key To Poverty Reduction
Tuesday, 20 December 2005, 9:37 am | United Nations
Despite strong economic growth from higher prices for oil and other commodities, high unemployment remains endemic in Africa and poverty will not be arrested until millions of new jobs are created each year, according to a new UN report. More >>
