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Sudan: UN Opens Two Roads In Western Darfur
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 3:35 pm | United Nations
Following an upsurge of violence in western Darfur that has limited access to humanitarian relief, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) today announced plans to re-open two roads east of the regional capital, Geneina, and immediately begin assessing ... More >>
Pakistan & Zimbabwe UN Meets With Shelter Donors
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 3:33 pm | United Nations
In a bid to raise funds to provide shelter for Zimbabweans who have been evicted from their homes and Pakistanis who have been displaced by the massive earthquake that struck in October, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) ... More >>
Public Support For New Nuclear Power Plants Low
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 3:32 pm | United Nations
While majorities of citizens generally support the continued use of existing nuclear reactors, most people do not favour building new nuclear power plants, according to a new 18-country opinion survey sponsored by the United Nations International ... More >>
States Must Act To Save Millions Of Children
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 3:31 pm | United Nations
Hundreds of millions of children suffer from severe exploitation, becoming virtually invisible to the world - millions of them victims of trafficking and domestic servitude - and governments must step up remedial measures with legislation and funding, according ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Reform of Fishing Subsidies
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:15 am | United Nations
At the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong today, a United Nations environment expert urged adjustment to the over $15 billion in annual fisheries subsidies worldwide which amount to roughly one fifth of fishing industry revenue and contribute ... More >>
UNEA Team Examines Fallout from China Blast
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:14 am | United Nations
A four-member team from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is on a fact-finding trip to northeastern China to see firsthand the problems caused by the pollution released last month in a chemical plant explosion there. More >>
Sudan: Witness Protection Vital for Darfur Probe
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:14 am | United Nations
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), entrusted by the United Nations Security Council with investigating human rights abuses in Sudan’s Darfur conflict today reported good progress in gathering facts but stressed that an effective ... More >>
Afghan Justice And Reconciliation Plan Hailed
Thursday, 15 December 2005, 9:13 am | United Nations
Citing lessons from truth commissions in other States seeking to surmount troubled pasts, United Nations officials today hailed the Afghan Government’s adoption of a plan for justice and reconciliation as a “new and very important dimension” for ... More >>
Rwandan Official 25Year Sentence For 1994 Genocide
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 3:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations tribunal on the 1994 Rwandan genocide today sentenced retired lieutenant colonel and former member of parliament Aloys Simba to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty on two counts concerning genocide and crimes against humanity. More >>
Evidence of Syrian Involvement in Hariri Murder
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 10:28 am | United Nations
Latest evidence reinforces preliminary findings of both Lebanese and Syrian involvement in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, according to a new United Nations report citing burned Syrian documents, pressure on a witness to recant ... More >>
Pakistan: 2.4 Million Blankets Needed
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 10:10 am | United Nations
More than nine weeks after a devastating earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 70,000 people, injured 70,000 more and left up to 3 million people homeless, the United Nations relief appeal faces a shortfall of some 60 per cent, with a new survey ... More >>
UNESCO Condemns Assassination Of Lebanese Editor
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 10:08 am | United Nations
Continuing its campaign against the killing of journalists, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today deplored the car bomb attack in Beirut that killed four people including Gebran Tueni, the publisher and editor ... More >>
Concern Over Food Situation In Southern Africa
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 10:02 am | United Nations
Nearly 12 million people in southern Africa, mainly in Zimbabwe and Malawi, are still in need of emergency food assistance despite a record maize harvest in South Africa, according to the new Africa report published by the United Nations Food and Agriculture ... More >>
UN-Backed Measles Initiative In Sight
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:51 am | United Nations
With this week’s campaign to vaccinate 1.3 million children in the West African country of Benin, the United Nation-supported Measles Initiative is in reach of its goal of preventing 1 million deaths from the disease over five years by immunizing 200 ... More >>
Governments Plan UN-Managed Ozone-Conservation
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
With the impact of ozone-depleting substances already reduced to 2 per cent of their effect during peak years, representatives of the world’s governments are meeting in Dakar, Senegal to plan the complete elimination of chemicals that destroy the ... More >>
Kosovo: UN Unit Under Fire as Jail Break Foiled
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:41 am | United Nations
A Romanian Special Police Unit working under the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) came under fire yesterday during an unsuccessful prison breakout by 14 inmates in the western part of the province, which the world body ... More >>
Refugee Agency to Start Repatriation to S Sudan
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency said today that it plans to start the voluntary repatriation of southern Sudanese this Saturday with a group of 150 people from among the 72,000 living in north-western Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. More >>
War Crimes Court Denies Milosevic More Time
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:38 am | United Nations
Seeking to expedite the judicial process, the United Nations International Criminal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague today decided to deny former President Slobodan Milosevic’s request for more time to argue his case. More >>
Lebanon Request to Broaden Hariri Murder Probe
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:37 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan told journalists in New York today that he has discussed with Lebanon’s leaders the possibility of expanding the United Nations independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ... More >>
Annan Urges Steps to Boost Poor Countries' Exports
Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 9:36 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged wealthy countries to set an unambiguous date to end “trade-distorting subsidies” and take other steps to give market access to developing countries, especially in agriculture, allowing trade ... More >>
