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Côte d'Ivoire: western militias ready to disarm
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:29 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) reported today that four militia groups in the western part of the war-divided country have agreed to join in a ceremony marking their intention to disarm and demobilize. More >>
UN: address rabid urbanization, growing slums
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:26 pm | United Nations
Pro-poor, gender-sensitive urban policies and action plans must be adopted if governments are to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) that calls for significant improvement in the lives of nearly 100 million slum-dwellers by 2020, United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
UN: stereotypes still keep women out of key jobs
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:18 pm | United Nations
Although globalization has raised women’s awareness of employment options and improved job opportunities – particularly in the service sector – lingering stereotypes and rigid gender roles can keep them from entering male-dominated sectors or accessing ... More >>
UN: prescription for reviving Palestinian economy
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:04 pm | United Nations
With the economy of the occupied Palestinian territory continuing its sharp deterioration, a new United Nations report today stressed that efforts to launch an economic revival should target poverty reduction while expanding production and trade. More >>
UN: devastating floods in Central African Republic
Friday, 26 August 2005, 5:01 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are rushing aid to the Central African Republic (CAR) to forestall an outbreak of diseases and are appealing for substantial international funding after devastating floods swept the capital, Bangui, ruining over 2,500 homes, ... More >>
Haiti: UN Mission Condemns Rash Of Lynchings
Friday, 26 August 2005, 3:59 pm | United Nations
Facing a new show of disorder in Haiti, the United Nations police force in the strife-torn country has strongly condemned a rash of lynchings that has erupted in the capital, Port-au-Prince, over the past several weeks. More >>
Food Crises Unacceptable In The 21st Century
Friday, 26 August 2005, 3:55 pm | United Nations
With emaciated children in Niger hanging between life and death and only half of the requested funding on hand, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to the world not to get bogged down in “irrelevant debates” over the tardiness of ... More >>
People Poorer Today Than 10 Years Ago
Friday, 26 August 2005, 3:53 pm | United Nations
Increasing poverty and a growing schism between the “haves” and the “have nots” continue to pose a major threat to developing democracies around the world, and the resulting economic and social inequality will continue to breed violence and terror if the ... More >>
Cholera Outbreaks In West Africa
Friday, 26 August 2005, 3:52 pm | United Nations
Faced with an alarming increase in cholera outbreaks in West Africa this summer, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has convened a regional meeting of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) ... More >>
Water For Life Decade Needs Sustained Commitment
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 11:48 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 24 2005 6:00PM With limited contributions and commitments so far to advance the goals of the “Water for Life” Decade, which kicked off last March, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for increased and better targeted ... More >>
Emphasis On Assistance Coordination In Timor-Leste
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 11:45 am | United Nations
New York, Aug 24 2005 4:00PM The residual United Nations mission in Timor-Leste is placing special emphasis on setting up a framework for sustainable international development assistance by the end of its mandate next May, according to Secretary-General ... More >>
Envoy To Visit Ethiopia On Humanitarian Crisis
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 11:43 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Martti Ahtisaari, will travel to Addis Ababa tomorrow as part of a four day visit to Ethiopia, a nation beleaguered by a year of erratic rain and the lingering economic ... More >>
UN: don't forget food crisis in Ethiopia
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:35 am | United Nations
With West Africa’s humanitarian crises hitting the headlines, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called on the international community not to forget Ethiopia, saying more than 3 million people in the Horn of Africa country face persistent ... More >>
Timor-Leste: UN political mission on assistance
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:34 am | United Nations
The residual United Nations mission in Timor-Leste is placing special emphasis on setting up a framework for sustainable international development assistance by the end of its mandate next May, according to Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s latest report. More >>
Global medical stockpile to prevent flu pandemic
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:32 am | United Nations
Girding up to fight a potential flu pandemic that could kill tens of millions of people worldwide, the United Nations health agency today appealed to wealthy countries to help it build up a stockpile of antiviral medicine that it could rush to regions ... More >>
UNICEF: Globally, girls still face inequality
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
Ten years after the most recent United Nations conference on women’s rights, girls around the world still face such challenges as violence, difficulties getting into and staying in school, and suffering a disproportionate impact from the HIV/AIDS ... More >>
Annan pledges to work with Niger’s President
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
Annan pledges to work with Niger’s President to get help to those in need More >>
Robertson’s anti-Chavez remarks “not a UN matter”
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:17 am | United Nations
Questioned about United States Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson's call yesterday for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a United Nations spokesman today stressed that the world body does not condone any comments that incite violence ... More >>
Palestinians must remain true to Road Map, says UN
Thursday, 25 August 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
With the first stage of Israel’s "watershed" disengagement from the Gaza Strip nearly completed – although the work for security forces on both sides is far from over – the United Nations political affairs chief today called on all Palestinian ... More >>
Afghanistan: Elections Wrap Up, Security Concern
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 1:08 pm | United Nations
While troubling developments on the security front were a reminder of the hurdles that Afghans faced in rebuilding their country, a senior United Nations official today said he was confident that by year’s end a representative new National Assembly ... More >>
