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Importance Of Biodiversity To Human Health
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 11:28 am | United Nations
Failure to conserve and use biological diversity in a sustainable manner would result in degrading environments, new and more rampant illnesses, deepening poverty and a continued pattern of inequitable and untenable growth, United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
Côte d’Ivoire Mission Condemns Call for Coup
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 11:26 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Côte d’Ivoire today denounced declarations calling for a coup in the West African country as exacerbating existing social and political tensions and impeding efforts to restore peace and stability to the divided country. More >>
Youth Summit Pledges Action On Millennium Dvlopmnt
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 11:24 am | United Nations
Youth leaders from more than 40 countries participating in the United Nations-sponsored second Pan-African Youth Leadership Summit in Ifrane, Morocco unanimously agreed today to endorsed sport as an entry point for mobilizing African youth for practical ... More >>
Annan ‘Encouraged’ By Action To Combat Small Arms
Wednesday, 24 August 2005, 12:51 am | United Nations
Encouraging regional and sub-regional efforts to curb gun violence can pave the way for further action at the global level, especially wider implementation of a 2001 United Nations accord aimed at combating illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, ... More >>
UN moves to improve health care in Latin America
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:58 pm | United Nations
A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report on progress made toward meeting Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Latin America and the Caribbean has recommended a number of steps to improve health care in region, while noting that area’s maternal mortality ... More >>
Sudan: UN helps investigation into Garang’s death
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:57 pm | United Nations
The Sudanese Government has asked the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) to help with the investigation into the helicopter crash that took the life of former southern rebel leader and first Vice-President John Garang. More >>
Annan visits Niger
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:56 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan heads to Niger tomorrow to continue the United Nations drive to keep the international spotlight on one of the world's poorest countries, where an early end to last season’s rains, locusts and chronic long-term poverty ... More >>
Monitors Call For Tighter Pre-Election Security
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:08 pm | United Nations
Despite the positive impact of campaigning and voter registration ahead of Afghanistan’s parliamentary and provincial elections, the joint United Nations-Afghan team urged national and international security forces to respond quickly to keep the process ... More >>
Agencies Rush Aid To Flood-Stricken Sierra Leone
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 4:07 pm | United Nations
United Nations agencies are providing emergency aid in Sierra Leone amid concern over the possible outbreak of waterborne diseases, especially cholera, after heavy flooding destroyed many homes and affected thousands of villagers, the UN Office ... More >>
Political Campaign Opens In Liberia
Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia Alan Doss, arrived today in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, shortly after the political campaigning leading to the October elections in Liberia was launched. More >>
Hijacked UN food ship still held off Somali coast
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:46 pm | United Nations
Hijackers off the Somali coast are still holding a ship chartered by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), its 10-member crew, and 850 tons of rice for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, more than seven weeks after seizing them, despite an ... More >>
Kosovo: victims of gender violence and trafficking
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:44 pm | United Nations
Victims of gender based violence in Kosovo, including victims of human trafficking, will soon have additional recourse for aid thanks to an agreement signed today by the United Nations and local postal authorities to establish a toll-free ‘HelpLine’ ... More >>
Niger: Annan plans visit next week
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:41 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to Niger next Tuesday for a two-day visit to express his solidarity and to help focus international attention on the humanitarian aftermath of this sub-Saharan country’s accelerating desertification, ... More >>
UN marks 2nd anniversary of Baghdad terror attack
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:39 pm | United Nations
From its Headquarters in New York to front-line missions in the field, from solemn minutes of silence to impassioned tribute to the fallen, the entire United Nations system today marked the second anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on UN headquarters ... More >>
Iraq: UN urges Government to eschew death penalty
Monday, 22 August 2005, 4:37 pm | United Nations
Reacting to the recent application of capital punishment in Iraq, the senior envoy to the country has urged the Government to desist from carrying out executions. More >>
Agencies Collaborate To Distribute Shelter Package
Monday, 22 August 2005, 1:36 pm | United Nations
Two United Nations agencies, along with the International Organization for Migration and the Government of Zimbabwe, have launched a pilot project to distribute shelter packages in the Southern African country where Government eviction programmes have ... More >>
Harrowing Accounts From Uzbeks Who Fled Violence
Monday, 22 August 2005, 11:48 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today reported harrowing tales of violence during disturbances in Uzbekistan earlier this year based on accounts from Uzbeks who fled to neighbouring Kyrgyzstan and are now in Romania awaiting resettlement. More >>
Objective Of Stability Remains To Be Met
Monday, 22 August 2005, 11:41 am | United Nations
While the upcoming parliamentary and provincial elections that will complete Afghanistan’s political transition are a vital step, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warns in a new report that the overall objective – to restore peace and stability ... More >>
Council Urges Sri Lankans To Maintain Ceasefire
Monday, 22 August 2005, 11:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council has called on the parties in Sri Lanka to fully observe the ceasefire agreement between the Government and Tamil separatists following the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Tsunami Envoy Clinton
Monday, 22 August 2005, 11:22 am | United Nations
Condemning the “brutal and criminal” assassination of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy overseeing recovery efforts from December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, has appealed to ... More >>
