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Simple land registration form assists tsunami vict
Friday, 9 December 2005, 9:30 am | United Nations
Banda Aceh, December 8th – Victims of the tsunami who have not been able to access housing support because they could not prove ownership of their land can now use a simple leaflet as a temporary land deed. More >>
UN aid to Palestine halves for 2006
Friday, 9 December 2005, 12:57 am | United Nations
Citing recent agreements on freedom of movement and other developments, the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees has asked for $95.5 million in its annual emergency appeal, around half of last years request, to allow it to carry ... More >>
UN: New legal protections for humanitarian workers
Friday, 9 December 2005, 12:54 am | United Nations
With over 200 United Nations civilian staff killed by hostile acts, and many others kidnapped, hurt or abused in the line of duty since 1992, the General Assembly today expanded legal protection for post-conflict humanitarian workers, to the acclaim ... More >>
Annan shocked by Iranian leader’s Holocaust denial
Friday, 9 December 2005, 12:52 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reacted against the reported denial of the Holocaust by Iran’s President and urged all countries to educate their people about the well-established historical facts on the genocide. More >>
UN deplores killing of AIDS activist in Jamaica
Friday, 9 December 2005, 12:49 am | United Nations
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has condemned the murder of an AIDS activist in Jamaica and called on the Government of the Caribbean island to bring his killers to justice and address the homophobia fuelling the spread of ... More >>
Torture not to fight terror, instrument of terror
Friday, 9 December 2005, 12:47 am | United Nations
Asserting that torture can never be an instrument to fight terror because it is an instrument of terror, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his annual Human Rights Day message decries the recent trend of countries claiming exceptions to the ... More >>
DR Congo: UN hails arrest of militia leader
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:16 pm | United Nations
The UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has welcomed the arrest of a notorious militia leader thought to be responsible for attacks that caused the death of scores of civilians as well as nine peacekeepers earlier this ... More >>
UNESCO deplores ‘alarming’ increase in attacks
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:14 pm | United Nations
Deploring the murder of yet one more Philippines journalist, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has said that violence against reporters in the Southeast Asian country has reached “alarming proportions.” More >>
UN aviation agency pledges to reduce emissions
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:12 pm | United Nations
Calling for ‘greener’ air transport, the United Nations aviation agency today marked International Civil Aviation Day with a pledge to make even greater efforts to ensure that plane flights do less harm to the environment by reducing global warming greenhouse ... More >>
UN war crimes court: Bosnian Croat gets 20 years
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:09 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today sentenced Bosnian Croat Miroslav Bralo to 20 years’ imprisonment for his role in the multiple murder, rape, torture, unlawful confinement and inhumane treatment ... More >>
UN: end abuse of people with mental disorders
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:05 pm | United Nations
Alarmed that many of the 450 million people with mental disorders around the world are still stigmatized, abused and locked up under inhuman conditions, the World Health Organization (WHO) is dedicating International Human Rights Day, 10 December, to ... More >>
Benefits of trade liberalizat. may not reach poor
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 3:02 pm | United Nations
Only days ahead of a make-or-break meeting seeking agreement on liberalizing agricultural trade, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today warned that urgent complementary policies and investments are essential to ensure that the benefits ... More >>
2005 sets record for weather-related disasters
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:59 pm | United Nations
This year witnessed the largest financial losses ever as a result of weather-related natural disasters linked by many to human action, more than $200 billion compared to $145 billion in 2004, the previous record, according to statistics presented to ... More >>
UN: ban on torture under attack in ‘war on terror'
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:54 pm | United Nations
The absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of international human rights, is becoming a casualty of the so-called “war on terror” through loosened legal definition, secret detention, handover of prisoners without adequate safeguards and other practices, ... More >>
Election-related violence in Iraq, restraint urged
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:51 pm | United Nations
Voicing “serious concern” at reports of grave election-related violence in northern Iraq ahead of next week’s vote, the senior United Nations envoy in the war-torn country today called on all political leaders to ensure that their supporters and activists ... More >>
Bold, creative action to stem climate change, NOW!
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:49 pm | United Nations
Citing evidence of climate change “all around us,” from declining Arctic ice to increasingly frequent extreme weather, with looming threats ranging from species extinction to human health hazards, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Louise Fréchette today ... More >>
HIV incidence has declined in Zimbabwe – UN report
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:47 pm | United Nations
Although the incidence of HIV in Zimbabwe is still among the highest in the world, the percentage of adults living with the virus has declined and the number of new infections has decreased over the past five years, the Joint United Nations Programme ... More >>
Eritrea’s eviction of peacekeepers condemned
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 2:45 pm | United Nations
Eritrea today requested that members of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) who are nationals of key States leave that operation, drawing immediate condemnation from the Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as well ... More >>
UN electoral chief Perelli dismissed, misconduct
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:59 pm | United Nations
Carina Perelli, the Director of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division, received a letter this morning informing her of the Secretary-General's decision to summarily dismiss her for misconduct, a spokesman for the world body announced ... More >>
UN Rep. meets with President of Zimbabwe on aid
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:58 pm | United Nations
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe met this morning with United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, who is in the country to assess the humanitarian needs of the population including those evicted in a massive Government slum-clearance ... More >>
