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Mission in Haiti Welcomes New Dates for Elections
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 9:35 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has welcomed the official new dates set by the Caribbean country’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) for elections, saying informal proposals for previous dates had failed to take into account the ... More >>
UN Rapporteur Concludes NZ Visit
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:48 am | United Nations
While the standard of living of the Maori of New Zealand has improved and is better than that of indigenous peoples in poorer countries, there is widespread concern that the gap in social and economic conditions is actually growing larger and an ... More >>
Agency Mounts Joint Bird Flu Mission In China
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:47 am | United Nations
Following a new confirmed human case of bird flu in China’s south-eastern Anhui province, the United Nations health agency is joining a mission by the Chinese Health Ministry to investigate exposure to the virus, which in a worst case scenario could mutate ... More >>
Iraqi Leaders Pledge To Probe Rights Abuses
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:33 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Iraq held talks this weekend with the country's President and Prime Minister on the latest political developments as well as reported human rights abuses in government detention centres, which the two leaders pledged ... More >>
Ethiopia & Eritrea Trade Blame For Rising Tensions
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
At a United Nations-chaired meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, representatives of Ethiopia and Eritrea traded blame for the rising tensions along their shared border but pledged not to escalate them further, the UN Mission in the two Horn of Africa countries ... More >>
Ethiopian Orphans, Street Children Share Dreams
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:20 am | United Nations
Hundreds of street children, orphans of war and HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable youngsters all across Ethiopia talk about their devastating losses and their dreams of a future free from poverty in a new collection of stories by the United Nations Children’s ... More >>
Slovenia: UN Concerned Over New Asylum Laws
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency expressed concern today that police in Slovenia will be entitled to decide whether or not a person is qualified to seek asylum in that country under new laws proposed yesterday because the legislation would create ... More >>
Appeal Launched For $1.22 Billion To Aid 19.1 Ppl
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
UN Refugee Agency Launches Appeal For $ 1.22 Billion To Aid 19.1 Million People More >>
Sweden 1st To Ratify Sport Anti-Doping Convention
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:14 am | United Nations
Sweden has become the first country to ratify the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted unanimously by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in October 2005. More >>
UN Announces Disposal Of Electronic Waste Plan
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
A programme of action in the Asia-Pacific region to dispose of electrical and electronic waste in an environmentally sound way and stop its illegal trafficking was launched today, with the support of the United Nations Environmental Programme's (UNEP) Basel ... More >>
Lebanon Murder Probe - UN Confirms Syria Agreement
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:10 am | United Nations
Detlev Mehlis, who heads the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, has reached an agreement with the Syrian authorities on the United Nations office in Vienna as a venue for the questioning of five Syrian ... More >>
Kosovo: Annan's Envoy Meets Serbian Leaders
Monday, 28 November 2005, 10:08 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy on the final status of Kosovo has met with Serbia's leaders to discuss the future of the Serbian province, which the United Nations has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops amid grave human rights ... More >>
UN & Brazil plan global meeting on agrarian reform
Friday, 25 November 2005, 7:00 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced plans to join forces with the Government of Brazil in organizing an international conference to review agrarian reform and rural development issues worldwide next March. More >>
Omar Sharif Receives Unesco Eisenstein Medal
Friday, 25 November 2005, 9:02 am | United Nations
Film actor Omar Sharif today received an award in Paris from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in recognition of his contribution to cultural diversity. More >>
UN Food Agency Joins Forces With Brazil
Friday, 25 November 2005, 9:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced plans to join forces with the Government of Brazil in organizing an international conference to review agrarian reform and rural development issues worldwide next March. More >>
Afghanistan’s Opium Production Declining
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:48 pm | United Nations
Although the area of Afghanistan under opium cultivation dipped 21 per cent in 2005, the drug problem in the country could remain severe because of renewed insecurity, continued corruption and free opium seed distribution by traffickers, according to ... More >>
Uganda: UN to aid 2 million displaced by conflict
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:43 pm | United Nations
The United Nations is planning to increase its activities in northern Uganda in the coming year to help some 2 million Ugandans displaced by Africa’s longest running yet one of its least reported conflicts, a senior relief official said today. More >>
UN to Develop Bird Flu Early-Warning System
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:39 pm | United Nations
An alliance of organizations led by the United Nations will develop an avian flu early-warning system able to alert countries and communities to the arrival of potentially infected wild birds, the world body's environment agency announced today in Nairobi, ... More >>
Barrier etc challenge Israeli-Palestinian Solution
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:36 pm | United Nations
The "window of opportunity" to revitalize the Middle East peace process that opened during the past year is still ajar, but the setbacks include Israel's building of the separation barrier and the Palestinian Authority's failure to help ... More >>
UN Combats Deadly Yellow Fever Outbreak In Sudan
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:31 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies have taken immediate action to help Sudan's Health Ministry to respond to a deadly outbreak of yellow fever in the South Kordofan region that has already claimed the lives of 121 people out of 448 infections so far. The agencies ... More >>
