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Report on UN procurement calls for better systems
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:55 pm | United Nations
Unless addressed soon, serious oversight and safeguard deficiencies leave the United Nations Procurement System (UNPS) open to fraud, according to a new independent assessment carried out on Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s initiative in the wake of the Iraq ... More >>
DR Congo elections will require immense effort
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:48 pm | United Nations
The peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is on the right track, but the referendum this month and the legislative elections due to take place by the end of next June will require immense logistical effort, the leader of the Security ... More >>
Deadly violence in Sri Lanka must not derail peace
Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 2:46 pm | United Nations
Strongly condemning the recent violence in Sri Lanka, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced hope that it will not hamper the commitment of the Government or rebels to the peace process. More >>
Trade Unions to Spread Action against HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:16 pm | United Nations
Brussels,(ICFTU OnLine): The global trade union movement today announced a series of initiatives for 2006 in the fight against HIV/AIDS, ranging from campaign and mobilisation action to activities in workplaces and lobbying of governments to get ... More >>
Communist Rebels' Extension of Ceasefire in Nepal
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:09 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by the rebel Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) to extend by one month the unilateral ceasefire that it declared in September in its decade-long battle to oust the Himalayan country's ... More >>
Torture Remains Widespread in China, says UN
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:05 pm | United Nations
Torture, though on the decline, particularly in urban areas, remains widespread in China, and Government officials have increasingly recognized the problem and undertaken a number of measures to tackle it, the independent United Nations human rights expert ... More >>
EU Asylum Procedures: Bad for Refugees?
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:00 pm | United Nations
A controversial European Union (EU) directive on asylum procedures adopted without discussion by the 25 EU member states in Brussels yesterday may lead to a serious downgrading of asylum standards in the EU and beyond, the United Nations refugee ... More >>
UN condemns Palestinian terrorist bombing, Israel
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 2:51 pm | United Nations
Deploring today's terrorist bombing in Israel, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan joined his fellow co-sponsors of the Middle East Road Map peace plan in calling on Syria to close at once the offices of the Palestinian group which took credit ... More >>
Côte d'Ivoire: UN calls for harmful impunity's end
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 2:49 pm | United Nations
The Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General for the Prevention of Genocide has called on the authorities in to Côte d'Ivoire to break the cycle of impunity for human rights abuses so as to eliminate mistrust and hatred between communities ... More >>
Zimbabwe: UN Coordinator studies humanitarian need
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 2:46 pm | United Nations
United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, arrived in Zimbabwe over the weekend on a three-day mission on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to assess the humanitarian needs of the population, including those affected by a massive Government ... More >>
Some 5,000 attend African meeting on AIDS
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 2:43 pm | United Nations
Some 5,000 people involved in the international effort to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa are meeting this week in Nigeria’s capital to examine such issues as how new intellectual property (IP) policies and trade agreements can help ensure that nearly 26 million ... More >>
Attack against bus in Kosovo, stepped up security
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:33 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations official in Kosovo has ordered stepped-up security measures, including new checkpoints, throughout the province in response to yesterday's failed but potentially lethal attack against a bus. More >>
AIDS virus outstrips Africa's containment effort
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:30 pm | United Nations
Despite a decline in some countries, the overall spread of HIV in Africa was greater this year than ever before, the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said today, calling for urgent and sustained action to help the continent ... More >>
UN urges commitment to integrate disabled persons
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:27 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other United Nations officials today marked the International Day of Disabled Persons - who constitute the world's largest minority group - with a call for a continuing commitment to secure their equal rights and ... More >>
UN reform must not stall long-term budget planning
Monday, 5 December 2005, 2:24 pm | United Nations
Secretary General Kofi Annan called on Member States of the United Nations to divorce the urgent consideration of reform of the Organization from the equally critical need to pass a biennium budget by the end of the year, without which ongoing operations ... More >>
Troop Movements on Eritrean-Ethiopian Border
Friday, 2 December 2005, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Troop movements have been noticed on both sides of the Eritrean-Ethiopian border, where the two countries fought a war from 1998 to 2000, and where restrictions on United Nations peacekeeping patrols continue, with many being prevented from going ... More >>
Iraq: UN Envoy Continues Wide-Ranging Meetings
Friday, 2 December 2005, 11:23 am | United Nations
In his continuing efforts to assist the political transition in Iraq, the senior United Nations envoy in the country today met with Vice President Ghazi El-Yawar to discuss the elections scheduled in two weeks' time. More >>
UN: Tackling Illegal Logging
Friday, 2 December 2005, 12:28 am | United Nations
Facing lost revenues of some $5 billion annually as a result of illegal logging, governments are becoming increasingly innovative – and effective – in tackling the problem, according to a new United Nations report. More >>
UN Tourism Agency Changes Its Acronym
Friday, 2 December 2005, 12:26 am | United Nations
What a difference two letters make, especially when it comes to confusing tourism with trade! From today the Madrid-based United Nations World Tourism Organization, previously known by the acronym WTO, is adding the letters UN, to differentiate it ... More >>
Panel Puts Off Action On Anti-Terrorism Pact
Thursday, 1 December 2005, 4:52 pm | United Nations
Despite repeated calls from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to United Nations Member States to complete a treaty against all forms of terrorism by year's end, further action has been put off until February due to differences over a raft of issues ranging ... More >>
