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UN expert fighting child sex trafficking in Greece
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 7:25 pm | United Nations
Even though the number of registered cases of child sexual exploitation and trafficking in Greece is small and measures have been taken to counteract these crimes, a United Nations human rights expert said today that the country still needs a comprehensive ... More >>
Lebanon: sovereignty, independence, stability key
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 7:22 pm | United Nations
Continuing his official visit to Lebanon today, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political affairs emphasized the world body’s desire and support for the country’s sovereignty, independence, stability and security. More >>
Bosnia and Herzegovina at brink of EU membership
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 4:23 pm | United Nations
In a final, emotional briefing to the United Nations Security Council today, the chief representative of the European Union EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina said that the Balkan country was primed for EU membership just ten years after the brutal war ... More >>
Council Sees Signs of Progress in Central Africa
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 3:05 pm | United Nations
Peace in Africa's restive Great Lakes region is close at hand, the leader of the Security Council mission just back from visiting five countries there told the 15-member body today. More >>
Sudan: Ethnic Fighting Forces UN Staff to Relocate
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 3:03 pm | United Nations
Inter-ethnic fighting has broken out in the Yambio region of Southern Sudan, leading to the looting and burning of the United Nations health agency's compound there and forcing the evacuation of more than 100 UN and non-governmental organization (NGO) ... More >>
UN Peacekeepers Mount Anti-Gang Operation in Haiti
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 2:49 pm | United Nations
United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti carried out several search and security operations over the weekend against gang members in various districts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and its surroundings, the UN mission there has reported. More >>
UN Staff Member Fired Over Oil-food Reinstated
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 2:47 pm | United Nations
A United Nations review board has cleared Joseph Stephanides, a staffer who was fired on 1 June for 'serious misconduct' linked to the Oil-for-Food scandal, prompting Secretary-General Kofi Annan to reinstate him with full pay and benefits. More >>
Talks on Thailand's Move from Recipient to Donor
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 2:14 pm | United Nations
The new head the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is in Thailand to discuss with senior Thai officials the country's status as an emerging donor. More >>
Recent Terror Attacks Underscore Need For Peace
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 10:46 am | United Nations
The recent terror attacks in Jordan underscore the urgency of bringing peace to Iraq, a senior United Nations official said today following high-level meetings in Amman. More >>
New Rafah Border Crossing Positive Step
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 10:39 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed today’s agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on the Gaza-Egypt border crossing, calling the development “a positive step towards building confidence” between the two parties. More >>
Pakistan: Shelters for High Altitude Quake Victims
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 10:31 am | United Nations
Continuing its relief efforts for the victims of last month's devastating earthquake in Pakistan, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched an initiative this week to help 30,000 families in high altitude areas to build locally designed ... More >>
Greece: UN Expert Seeks Improved Child Protection
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:51 am | United Nations
Even though the number of registered cases of child sexual exploitation and trafficking in Greece is small and measures have been taken to counteract these crimes, a United Nations human rights expert said today that the country still needs a comprehensive ... More >>
Convictions In Uzbek Unrest Trial Concern UN
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:49 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has voiced concern over the conviction in Uzbekistan of 15 men accused of crimes in connection with unrest in the city of Andijan in May, saying the trial had been marred by allegations ... More >>
Internet Governance To Be Tackled At UN Summit
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:47 am | United Nations
How to finance more equal access to information technology and how the Internet should be governed are among the more contentious issues to be tackled at a United Nations summit opening this week in Tunis, Tunisia, which expects to draw about 11,000 participants, ... More >>
Bogus Groups On Internet Claim UN Affiliation
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today issued a strong warning about Internet fraud resettlement schemes in which bogus organizations claiming UN affiliation use chat groups and dating or fake websites promising settlement and employment opportunities ... More >>
Poor In US Face Daunting Challenges - UN
Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
Despite a multitude of federal and state social benefit systems in the United States, a raft of problems ranging from the high cost of health care to lack of low-cost housing impede people struggling to get out of poverty and can been seen as a human ... More >>
UN alarmed at growing ‘feminization’ of poverty
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 7:42 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy dealing with the world’s poorest countries today called for solutions to the problems faced by women who increasingly bear the burden in those regions. More >>
Former Rwandan MP pleads not guilty, UN trial
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 7:40 pm | United Nations
Rwanda's former Acting Minister of the Interior today pleaded not guilty at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal to three counts related to the massacres of Tutsis in a southern prefecture of the country during its 1994 genocide. More >>
Afghanistan: Suicide bombings hit internat. forces
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 7:37 pm | United Nations
Reacting with concern to the upsurge in violence in Afghanistan, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned the suicide bombing attacks carried out against the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul today. More >>
Decrying Myths That UN Seeks Internet Control
Tuesday, 15 November 2005, 2:43 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has arrived in Tunis to attend the United Nations information society summit aimed at bridging the digital divide between poor and rich countries, decrying a "growing chorus of misinformation" that the world body is seeking to take ... More >>
