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Ethiopian-Eritrean Border Remains Tense, says UN
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 4:26 pm | United Nations
The military situation along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, remained tense and potentially volatile during the past week and the Eritrean ban on United Nations helicopter flights has again complicated the evacuation of injured personnel, according to the latest ... More >>
Afganhistan: final election results applauded
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:49 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council this morning congratulated the people of Afghanistan on the confirmation of the final results for the parliamentary and provincial council elections as paving the way toward the timely inauguration of the new parliament ... More >>
Govts urged to ratify instrument against landmines
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:46 pm | United Nations
Despite the efforts of the international community, landmines, booby-traps and other explosive devices are victimizing civilians, causing excessive suffering to combatants and hindering the socio-economic reconstruction of societies struggling to emerge ... More >>
Kosovo: envoy on final status meets with Serbs
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:43 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy leading the process to decide the future status of Kosovo today met with Serb political leaders in the Serbian province, which the UN has run since Western forces drove out Yugoslav troops amid grave human rights ... More >>
Afghanistan’s opium declining but prognosis gloomy
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:39 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 >>
UN tsunami early warning systems extended
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:37 pm | United Nations
Spurred on by last December’s deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, a United Nations-backed meeting of experts from 23 Mediterranean and Northeast Atlantic countries has laid the foundations for a regional early warning system to mitigate disasters like the ... More >>
Human Rights Council negotiations may wind up soon
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:35 pm | United Nations
United Nations General Assembly President Jan Eliasson today expressed the hope that consultations on a new and strengthened human rights body, proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and authorized by the World Summit in September, will be wound up by the ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Official Condemns Violence
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:03 pm | United Nations
The top United Nations political affairs official today condemned the heavy exchange of fire across the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon which, according to the available information, began from the Lebanese side around 3 p.m. and resulted in deaths among ... More >>
Call for Respect of Lebanon-Israel Blue Line
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 2:55 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today expressed deep concern about the hostilities along the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon on Monday, "which were initiated by Hizbollah from the Lebanese side, and which quickly spread along the entire Blue ... More >>
Eritrea, Ethiopia Retreat in Hostile Postures
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 11:59 am | United Nations
The Security Council today threatened actions – which could include sanctions – against Eritrea and Ethiopia if, in the case of Eritrea, it does not immediately rescind its ban on United Nations flights in its airspace, and against both parties in the ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Steps To Resolving Nepal Conflict
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 9:34 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the understanding that has been reached between Nepalese parliamentary parties and the Maoist Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-M) aimed at restoring multiparty democracy in the Himalayan country. More >>
Cambodian Trials Court for Khmer Rouge Move Ahead
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 9:33 am | United Nations
United Nations efforts helping Cambodia to set up special mixed courts to try ageing former leaders of the Khmer Rouge accused of killing hundreds of thousands of civilians during the 1970s are gaining momentum as Secretary-General Kofi Annan considers nominees ... More >>
Annan Briefs Security Council on Middle East Trip
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 9:32 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today briefed the Security Council on his recent trip to the Middle East, touching on the issues of terrorism, Syria and Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. More >>
EU Force in Bosnia Herzegovina Mission Extended
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended the mission of the European Union's stabilization force (EUFOR) in Bosnia Herzegovina for the next 12 months to ensure continued compliance with the 1995 Dayton/Paris Agreement that ended a fierce war ... More >>
Exchange of fire along Israel/Lebanon Blue Line
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:24 pm | United Nations
Deploring "in the strongest terms" the exchange of fire across the Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon yesterday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for a return to calm and called on all parties to exercise maximum ... More >>
UN Calls for Entries for Documentary Film Festival
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:24 pm | United Nations
Documentary film-makers who have recorded how the United Nations agencies are helping countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially eliminating extreme poverty and hunger, are being invited to submit entries for the second annual ... More >>
UN seeks to save lives in future natural disasters
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:21 pm | United Nations
Terming recent natural disasters in which hundreds of thousands of people died and hundreds of millions of livelihoods were lost "a wakeup call like no other," the top United Nations relief coordinator today called for more effective prevention ... More >>
Next round of Darfur peace talks expected to start
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:16 pm | United Nations
UN envoy in Sudan says next round of Darfur peace talks expected to start next Monday More >>
Central Africa: any peacebuilding actions needed
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Fresh from a fact-finding mission across Central Africa, the United Nations Security Council has recommended dozens of actions it must take in and around the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to put in place measures for sustained peace and to make ... More >>
West African countries to sign treaty on elephants
Wednesday, 23 November 2005, 5:12 pm | United Nations
With the estimated number of elephants in West Africa dropping to between 5,000 and 13,000, a dozen countries are scheduled to sign a treaty on the animals' protection at a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) meeting in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. More >>
