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Iraq: Top UN Envoy Urges Redoubled Efforts
Monday, 22 August 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in Iraq today called upon all parties and their leaders to redouble their efforts to meet the new deadline of 22 August for producing a draft permanent constitution after they missed the original 15 August target date. More >>
Annan Closely Following Israeli Withdrawal
Monday, 22 August 2005, 12:22 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan is following attentively the process of Israeli disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank and he is hopeful that it will be executed in a peaceful and smooth manner, building on the coordination efforts of James Wolfensohn, ... More >>
Annan commends Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Friday, 19 August 2005, 3:08 pm | United Nations
Commending what he called Israeli Prime Minister Sharon’s “courageous decision” to carry through with the painful process of disengagement from the Gaza Strip and part of the northern West Bank, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed ... More >>
Gaza: Post-Withdrawal Food Stored For Palestinians
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 11:18 am | United Nations
Anticipating possible logistic hurdles and uncertainty in connection with Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that it had stored food supplies there to sustain tens of thousands of impoverished ... More >>
Iraq Urged to Complete Constitution by Monday
Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 11:15 am | United Nations
The senior United Nations envoy in Iraq today called upon all parties and their leaders to redouble their efforts to meet the new deadline of 22 August for producing a draft permanent constitution after they missed the original 15 August target date. More >>
Annan orders probe of UN Procurement Office
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 4:12 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today commissioned a full financial and internal control review of the United Nations procurement system, following irregularities uncovered by both the world body’s own oversight office and the UN-approved panel probing the ... More >>
Annan applauds signing of Aceh peace agreement
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 4:11 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan welcomed the signing today in Helsinki of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Indonesia Government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, which is designed to end nearly 30 years of conflict in the province, ... More >>
UN closely following Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
Tuesday, 16 August 2005, 4:10 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is following attentively the process of Israeli disengagement from Gaza and the northern West Bank and he is hopeful that it will be executed in a peaceful and smooth manner, building on the coordination ... More >>
UN Prepares Food-Aid Ahead Of Afghan Winter
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:55 am | United Nations
Stealing a march on winter, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today it had already started pre-positioning food supplies for nearly half a million impoverished Afghans who will be cut off from markets once the cold weather sets in. More >>
Tourism’s Attitude To Terrorism Has Changed
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:54 am | United Nations
Tourism has become more resilient to the threat of terrorism over the past few years as the market’s attitude has changed from fear to defiance, and last month’s bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh are expected to have only a short-lived effect on the Egyptian ... More >>
Nuclear Watchdog Urges Iran To Reverse Decision
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:53 am | United Nations
The United Nations agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons today called on Iran to reverse its decision to resume uranium conversion activities, noting that outstanding issues relating to the country's nuclear programme have yet to be ... More >>
Malawi: UN Agency Appeals For Donor Aid
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:53 am | United Nations
With Malawi facing its worst food crisis in more than a decade due to drought, floods, consecutive poor harvests, endemic poverty and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today appealed for urgent donor assistance ... More >>
El Salvador Marks UN's 100th Member State
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:42 am | United Nations
With its payment of $391,492, El Salvador became the one hundredth Member State of the United Nations to pay its dues in full for the 2005 regular budget, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric announced today. More >>
Haiti: 60 Parties Register For Elections
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:40 am | United Nations
More than 60 political parties have registered for the Haitian elections scheduled to be held later this year and the United Nations mission "will not allow persons still attached to the past to prevent the candidates from campaigning, or depriving ... More >>
UN Urges Iraqi Leaders To Agree On Constitution
Friday, 12 August 2005, 9:39 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all political, religious and civil society leaders in Iraq to exercise the vision and the political will needed to come to an agreement on the new national constitution in the next few days. More >>
Iran: Seals Broken At Uranium Conversion Plant
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 7:02 pm | United Nations
The United Nations atomic watchdog entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons confirmed today that Iran had broken all the seals at a uranium plant after the agency installed its inspection system, but stressed that its supervision did not imply ... More >>
UNICEF Rents Housing For Evicted Zimbabweans
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 6:54 pm | United Nations
In the wake of the housing and business evictions that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it will rent housing for more than 100 evicted families with disabled children and ... More >>
Annan Takes Steps To Prevent Future Corruption
Thursday, 11 August 2005, 6:53 pm | United Nations
The United Nations will act vigorously to ensure there are no more “bad apples” in its procurement department, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today, pledging that the corruption outlined yesterday in the latest report from the investigative panel ... More >>
North Korea: New Donations Needed To Feed Millions
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 5:14 pm | United Nations
Warning that its emergency operation feeding 6.5 million particularly vulnerable people in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is severely under-funded, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed urgently for new donations ... More >>
UN Marks Indigenous People’s Day
Wednesday, 10 August 2005, 5:13 pm | United Nations
The global community must move from words to action to protect the rights of its indigenous peoples, from their lives to their livelihoods and their lands to their languages, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message marking ... More >>
