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Afghanistan discussed between Annan & Rice
Monday, 26 September 2005, 7:55 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and he touched on many issues, including developments in Afghanistan, at their meeting in Washington today. More >>
Poor States need trade more than aid
Monday, 26 September 2005, 7:54 pm | United Nations
Stressing that aid alone will not enable poor countries to achieve economic growth, senior officials from Member States addressing the United Nations General Assembly today called for increased access to global markets. More >>
Congressional Black Caucus: fair trade for Africa
Monday, 26 September 2005, 7:51 pm | United Nations
Noting the shared commitment of the United Nations and the United States Congressional Black Caucus to championing Africa's rights, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today asked the group to redouble its efforts to secure fair terms of trade for the continent ... More >>
UNESCO Award for Algerian Writer & French Academic
Monday, 26 September 2005, 9:22 am | United Nations
A leading Algerian journalist and a French academic will both be awarded the Sharjah prize for Arab culture this year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today. More >>
UN Tribunal: Rwandan Transfere For Genocide Trial
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:49 am | United Nations
A member of the steering committee of Rwanda’s Radio Télévision Libre des Milles Collines (RTLM), a privately owned company nicknamed “Radio Machete” for its broadcasts calling on listeners to commit murder, was transferred today to the Detention Facility ... More >>
UN Officials Accompany Vietnamese Returnees
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:47 am | United Nations
In what they called "an unprecedented monitoring visit" in Viet Nam, United Nations refugee officials have accompanied a group of returning Montagnards from Cambodia to the homes which they fled over the past year, claiming religious persecution ... More >>
Sierra Leone Makes Progress On Peace
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:45 am | United Nations
Sierra Leone Makes Progress On Peace But Not On Issues That Led To War, UN Says More >>
Cholera In West Africa Almost Doubles In Month
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:43 am | United Nations
A month after noting an alarming increase in cholera outbreaks in West Africa, the United Nations health agency reported today that the incidence had almost doubled to nearly 45,000 cases and fatalities rose sharply to more than 720, spurred on by ... More >>
UN Food Aid Ship Remains Seized Off Somali Coast
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:41 am | United Nations
Hijackers have reneged on an agreement to release a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) ship which they seized off the Somali coast three months ago while it was on its way to feed 28,000 tsunami survivors, and the Agency today declared all accords ... More >>
Iraq: UN Launches Humanitarian Effort In Tal Afar
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Iraq has provided food, water, non-food items, and tents to some 20,000 people displaced or otherwise affected over the past month by the humanitarian crisis in the north-western Tal Afar area, scene of recent ... More >>
No Diversion Of Nuclear Material In Iraq, Says UN
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog agency has completed its annual inspection of remaining nuclear materials in Iraq to ensure that they conform to the country's safeguard obligations against the spread of weapons under the nuclear Non-Proliferation ... More >>
Annan Reaffirms Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon
Monday, 26 September 2005, 8:36 am | United Nations
Following recent press statements and speeches in the General Assembly to the contrary, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has reiterated the United Nations’ long-standing position that Israel has withdrawn its forces from all Lebanese territory in fulfillment of ... More >>
Nations' Equality Highlighted General Assembly
Friday, 23 September 2005, 1:44 pm | United Nations
The representatives of small and medium-sized countries voiced their opinions on a wide range of issues facing the international community and their own governments, including United Nations reform and moving to greater equity in economic development ... More >>
UN Report Warns Of Global Resurgence Of Racism
Friday, 23 September 2005, 9:43 am | United Nations
As a result of the proliferation of anti-terrorist policy, discrimination against religious groups, minorities and migrant populations is on the rise, particularly at waiting areas at airports, ports and borders, the United Nation's top official ... More >>
Two More Journalists Murdered In Iraq
Friday, 23 September 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
Condemning the recent murder of two reporters in Iraq as an outrageous attack on human rights, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today once again called on all authorities in the strife-torn ... More >>
UN Helps Palestinians Set Up Gaza Shipping Council
Friday, 23 September 2005, 9:40 am | United Nations
In a further effort to help the Palestinian people build the institutional structures of a future state after Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, the United Nations trade agency today announced projects to create a shipping council and extend computerized customs ... More >>
Indonesia: Fighting Bird Flu Should Be Priority
Friday, 23 September 2005, 9:38 am | United Nations
Concerned over the spread of bird flu in Indonesia, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today called for stepped up government control measures and funding to combat the virus, which in a worst case scenario could mutate into a worldwide ... More >>
Despite serious risks, political progress in Sudan
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 8:06 pm | United Nations
Despite the resurgence of insecurity in Darfur and south Sudan, new tensions in Khartoum and other threats, political progress is on track on the main fronts of conflict in Sudan, the top envoy of the United Nations to the country said today. More >>
Iraqi responsibility for security & transition
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 8:04 pm | United Nations
Whatever happens in the next steps in Iraq's transition to democracy, in the long term it was crucial that Iraqis take ownership of the political process and the maintenance of security in their country, the top envoy of the United Nations in Iraq told the ... More >>
Peace efforts &possible sanctions in Côte d'Ivoire
Thursday, 22 September 2005, 8:02 pm | United Nations
Security Council President Lauro Baja today reiterated the Council's support for peace efforts in Côte d'Ivoire while also warning opposing factions that those who threaten the peace or violate human rights in the country will be subject to international ... More >>
