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UN urges Ethiopia to address all those in need
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:06 pm | United Nations
Reaching all those in need of assistance must remain the basic aim of the Ethiopian Government and its partners as it grapples with the problems posed by transition following a year of erratic rain and the lingering economic effects of a two-year ... More >>
Massive polio vaccination campaign in Indonesia
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:05 pm | United Nations
With Indonesia's largest recorded polio epidemic now threatening a broad swath of countries across Asia, more than 750,000 vaccinators will fan out across the vast archipelago tomorrow on a two-day campaign to immunize more than 24 million children ... More >>
Afghan opium production falls this year
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:02 pm | United Nations
Government success at persuading farmers to voluntarily refrain from poppy cultivation, farmers’ apprehension that the official ban on opium cultivation could be enforced by eradication, and relatively low farm-gate prices have led to a 21 per cent decline ... More >>
Zimbabwe, UN work on draft for humanitarian appeal
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 8:00 pm | United Nations
The United Nations country team and Government officials in Zimbabwe reached agreement today to establish a working level joint committee to draw up a new draft of a flash humanitarian appeal to raise money to help the 700,000 people left destitute by a ... More >>
Africa Cannot Develop, Prosper On Empty Stomach
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
After returning from a visit to drought-stricken, locust-devastated Niger struggling to recover from urgent malnutrition United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for better early warning about potential emergencies, more focus on prevention, ... More >>
Murder Of Two Kosovo Serbs
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
Calling for an end to speculation surrounding a shooting over the weekend in which two Kosovo Serb men were killed and another two were injured, the United Nations administrator in Kosovo today appealed to the political leaders there and in Serbia ... More >>
Venezuela Offers Haiti Aid, Including Energy
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
Venezuela, citing historical ties, has offered to assist Haiti in the areas of energy, education and economic development, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country, Juan Gabriel Valdés, said. More >>
Timor: Situation Calm Despite Isolated Clashes
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:04 am | United Nations
Despite isolated clashes involving martial arts and political opposition groups, the overall situation in Timor-Leste has remained “calm and stable” since May, when the Church and the Timorese Government peacefully resolved their dispute over religious ... More >>
Colombia: UN Condemns Massacre Of Farm Workers
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 10:01 am | United Nations
The United Nations human rights office in Colombia has condemned the massacre of 14 farm workers in the northwest of the country and warned leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – Popular Army (FARC-EP) that they were incurring ... More >>
Afghan Opium Production Falls By 21 Percent In 05
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations
Government success at persuading farmers to voluntarily refrain from poppy cultivation, farmers’ apprehension that the official ban on opium cultivation could be enforced by eradication, and relatively low farm-gate prices have led to a 21 percent decline ... More >>
UN, Zimbabwe Agree To Keep Working On New Draft
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 9:08 am | United Nations
The United Nations country team and the government officials in Zimbabwe reached agreement today to establish a working level joint committee to draw up a new draft of a flash humanitarian appeal to raise money to help the 700,000 people left destitute ... More >>
UN envoy condemns murder of two Kosovo Serbs
Monday, 29 August 2005, 6:50 pm | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today condemned a shooting incident last night in which two Kosovo Serb men were killed and another two injured. More >>
Annan hails Iraq's new draft constitution
Monday, 29 August 2005, 6:48 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the completion of Iraq's new draft constitution, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the parties to maintain their spirit of national reconciliation as the process moves towards the document's adoption – an important milestone in ... More >>
UN Atomic Watchdog Chief Meets With Iran Nuke Head
Monday, 29 August 2005, 11:43 am | United Nations
The head of The United Nations agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons today had a “constructive” meeting with a senior Iranian official on ways to resolve issues over the country’s nuclear programme. More >>
Project To Help Niger, Nigeria Deal With Drought
Monday, 29 August 2005, 11:41 am | United Nations
The United Nations environmental agency today announced a multi-million dollar project to help some of the world’s poorest people better cope with drought and pest infestations, targeting 20 pilot areas for restoration of damaged forests, soils, water and other ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Faces ‘Meltdown’ - UN
Monday, 29 August 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
With Zimbabwe facing a meltdown and life expectancy cut in half, the United Nations has not yet reached agreement with the country’s Government on an overall international aid appeal for a crisis which has been exacerbated by the authority’s mass urban ... More >>
UN Making Progress In Food Crisis In Niger
Monday, 29 August 2005, 10:04 am | United Nations
Although food assistance is finally coming into Niger after an initially slow response, the United Nations emergency relief coordinator today raised the alarm over a looming crisis in the southern African country Malawi where some 4.2 million to 4.6 million ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Country Faces ‘Meltdown’
Monday, 29 August 2005, 8:36 am | United Nations
With Zimbabwe facing a meltdown and life expectancy cut in half, the United Nations has not yet reached agreement with the country’s Government on an overall international aid appeal for a crisis which has been exacerbated by the authority’s mass urban ... More >>
Probe of Lebanese ex-Premier murder
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:33 pm | United Nations
Underlining its support for the United Nations commission investigating the assassination last February of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the Security Council today reiterated its call for all States and all parties, especially those which ... More >>
Fate of missing Kuwaitis in Iraq
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:31 pm | United Nations
Welcoming the Iraqi Government’s constructive engagement in the ongoing inquiry into the fate of Kuwaitis who went missing in Iraq after the 1990 invasion of their country, the United Nations Security Council today expressed confidence that the parties involved ... More >>
