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UN Reports Near-Record Hole In Ozone Layer
Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 9:32 am | United Nations
The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer is approaching the all-time record of 2003 and it is unclear whether the world will ever attain full recovery of the naturally occurring trace gas that shields it from cancer-causing ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ... More >>
Annan discusses Middle East, Iran, Darfur in talks
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:19 pm | United Nations
In a continuing series of bilateral talks with leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly’s 60th anniversary session, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today held wide-ranging talks on such crisis flashpoints as the Middle East, Iran’s nuclear ... More >>
Development challenges highlighted by Assembly
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:16 pm | United Nations
Continuing the General Debate of the 60th Anniversary year of the United Nations, the General Assembly this afternoon heard leaders of developing countries describe the challenges they face in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that ... More >>
World officials stress UN's leadership role
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:13 pm | United Nations
Presidents from around the globe stressed the leadership role of the United Nations in setting the international agenda, as they addressed the General Assembly this morning on the second day the General Debate of its 60th anniversary session. More >>
Afghanistan: UN says extremists can't stop polls
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:11 pm | United Nations
Hailing the “unmistakable confirmation” that a new political culture is emerging in Afghanistan, which holds landmark legislative elections tomorrow, the senior United Nations envoy to the country said today he was confident that extremists have failed ... More >>
Afghanistan: Annan lauds voters’ ‘enthusiastism
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:08 pm | United Nations
Congratulating the women and men of Afghanistan on their “enthusiastic participation” in today's legislative polls, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged the candidates and their supporters to cooperate fully with the electoral authorities ... More >>
UN labour agency offers aid to US to help recovery
Monday, 19 September 2005, 8:06 pm | United Nations
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has joined other United Nations agencies in offering assistance to the United States to help it recover from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. More >>
UN Calls On World Trade Organization To Deliver
Monday, 19 September 2005, 11:28 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to deliver on the promises they have made to place the needs and interests of the developing countries at the heart of their negotiations and deliver an equitable ... More >>
World Must Act To Alleviate Crippling Debt
Friday, 16 September 2005, 1:46 pm | United Nations
National leaders from countries both rich and poor today called for action to address crippling external debt and the blight of poverty, as the United Nations continued its 2005 Summit in New York. More >>
UN Senior Envoy In Afghanistan Condemns Killing
Friday, 16 September 2005, 11:12 am | United Nations
A United Nations senior envoy to Afghanistan today strongly condemned the killing of seven people with voter registration cards by Taliban and warned that murders and intimidation continued to be a problem as the war-torn country prepared for national ... More >>
Bush: US will join others to lead UN reform effort
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:21 pm | United Nations
United States President George Bush urged world leaders gathered for the 2005 Summit at the United Nations to strengthen the world body so that it can live up to the ideals on which it was founded – a call that was echoed by the leaders of Sweden ... More >>
Annan: plea not to let down billions around globe
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:19 pm | United Nations
The 2005 World Summit, the largest gathering ever of international leaders, opened at United Nations Headquarters in New York today with a warning from Secretary-General Kofi Annan that “millions of lives and the hopes of billions” rest on fulfilling ... More >>
World Summit: session financing for development
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:17 pm | United Nations
In a special session devoted to financing for development, World Summit leaders today emphasized the urgent need to go beyond words to lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that address deprivation ... More >>
Meeting unanimously adopts anti-terror steps
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:14 pm | United Nations
The Security Council, meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government, today unanimously adopted resolutions calling on all States to reinforce the battle against terrorism and to strengthen the Council's role in preventing conflict, particularly ... More >>
Value of collective security, multilateralism, UN
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:12 pm | United Nations
In today's globalized and interlinked world, multilateralism is more essential than ever to meet the challenges posed by poverty, terrorism and human rights abuses, world leaders addressing the United Nations Summit meeting in New York said today. More >>
Appeal For $88 Million In Emergency Food - Malawi
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 1:32 pm | United Nations
More than 4.2 million Malawians will need $88 million in emergency humanitarian assistance consisting of food and nutritional aid over the next six months, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland said today. More >>
Annan Calls For Doubling Of Aid To $15M
Thursday, 15 September 2005, 8:55 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked donor societies and governments to more than double their contributions for assisting torture victims and their families to $15 million in 2006, in his latest report on the subject More >>
59th session, UN Assembly approves key draft
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:45 pm | United Nations
13 September 2005 – After intensive, down-to-the-wire negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly today concluded its 59th annual session by approving the text of the draft outcome document that will be considered by some 150 leaders attending ... More >>
Fuel shortage slashes UN food airdrops to Sudan
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:42 pm | United Nations
13 September 2005 – A crippling shortage of jet fuel has slashed the airlifting and airdropping of food aid in southern Sudan at the height of the annual hunger season, cutting deliveries by half at the worst time of the year, the United Nations World ... More >>
Asia beset by highest ever unemployment, says UN
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 8:39 pm | United Nations
13 September 2005 – Unemployment reached a new record high in Asia, job growth remained disappointing, and low wages failed to raise the living standard of many despite a robust economy that grew more than 7.3 per cent in 2004, the United Nations International ... More >>
