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UNICEF Commends Resolution On Children In Conflict
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 4:57 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has applauded the UN Security Council resolution that establishes a monitoring and reporting system for children affected by armed conflict. More >>
Two Algerian Diplomats Murdered In Iraq
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 4:54 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan said to day the “brutal and barbaric” murder of two Algerian diplomats in Iraq once again made it all the more urgent for the United Nations to complete a convention against all forms of terrorism by the end of this ... More >>
Côte D'ivoire: UN Finds No Evidence Of Combat
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 4:50 pm | United Nations
The commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte d'Ivoire has found no evidence of significant combat operations between Ivorian security forces and alleged assailants in two towns that reportedly came under attack on Saturday, potentially ... More >>
Timor-Leste Indonesia Urged To Review Prosecutions
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 4:49 pm | United Nations
The Commission of Experts that reviewed the prosecution of serious crimes in Timor-Leste in 1999 has recommended that Indonesia strengthen its legal capacity, that its Attorney General’s Office review its prosecutions and that some cases be reopened as may be ... More >>
Mortality In South Asia Second Highest In World
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 1:36 pm | United Nations
While South Asia has made spectacular technological advances, high mortality rates rob children and women in the region of their full potential, a senior United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official said today. More >>
Security Council Terrorist Bombing in Egypt
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 11:12 am | United Nations
Unequivocally condemning last Saturday's "horrendous" terrorist attack in Sharm el-Sheikh, the United Nations Security Council today urged all States to cooperate with the Egyptian authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators, organizers, financiers ... More >>
Report To Security Council About Rwanda And Uganda
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 9:29 am | United Nations
Faced with Rwandan and Ugandan delays in providing information on a variety of security and economic matters relating to neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), United Nations-appointed monitors have recommended that the UN Security Council extend ... More >>
Call To Clarify Sanctions Regime In Côte D’ivoire
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:54 am | United Nations
The United Nations expert panel recommending ways of improving the arms embargo on Côte d’Ivoire has called on the Security Council to more tightly define the ban on weapons flows in the divided country after encountering “widespread confusion” among ... More >>
Zimbabwean Evictions Envoy Briefs Security Council
Thursday, 28 July 2005, 12:29 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy on housing evictions in Zimbabwe today briefed the Security Council on her two-week visit to the southern African country where the demolition of housing and markets have left some 700,000 people without homes or ... More >>
Commission on Women’s Rights Concern on Iraq
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 5:06 pm | United Nations
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has urged the Government of Iraq to ensure that gender equality and non-discrimination are fully reflected in the Iraqi constitution which is being drafted and will become ... More >>
Improvement Needed for Annan Zimbabwe Visit
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 5:04 pm | United Nations
Zimbabwe’s eviction of hundreds of thousands of its poorest citizens must cease, humanitarian access to those in need must be guaranteed, and a political dialogue between the government and other parties must start before United Nations Secretary-General ... More >>
Countries Face ‘Serious’ Human Rights Issues
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 2:05 pm | United Nations
With war-torn West Africa still facing “very serious” human rights issues and tensions, the United Nations top rights official today voiced concern for deteriorating human rights in Côte d’Ivoire, fading protections for women in Sierra Leone, and the “profoundly ... More >>
UN Approves Mechanism To Protect Children In War
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:17 am | United Nations
With 2 million children killed and 6 million injured in wars over the past decade, the United Nations Security Council, in a landmark resolution, today unanimously condemned the continued recruitment of child soldiers and approved setting up a mechanism ... More >>
African Union To Investigate Darfur Violence
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:16 am | United Nations
With the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) reporting persistent banditry and deadly attacks on civilians throughout war-torn Darfur, the African-led force working to maintain peace in the vast region has begun investigating a spate of weekend violence, ... More >>
New Conference On Early Warning Systems Announced
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
Pushing ahead with Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for global early warning systems covering all countries and all hazards, the United Nations today announced the convening of a new conference next year to reinforce lessons learned from last December Indian ... More >>
Indebted African Countries Unlikely To Meet MDGS
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:14 am | United Nations
Despite progress in the World Bank's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, many African countries are unlikely to manage their debt situations or achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at fighting a host of socio-economic ills, ... More >>
UN Tourism Agency Pledges Help To Egypt
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (WTO) has offered Egypt its full support in helping the country to surmount the negative impact on its flourishing tourism industry from Saturday’s terrorist bombings at its Sharm el-Sheikh resort. More >>
Côte D’ivoire: UN Forces Deploy North Of Abidjan
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 10:11 am | United Nations
United Nations peacekeeping forces have been deployed to an area north of Abidjan, the strife-torn West African country’s major city, to help restore calm after an attack by unidentified assailants on a Gendarme brigade and police station. More >>
UN Supports Haiti in Trying To Create Dialogue
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 12:57 am | United Nations
With general elections scheduled for October, the interim Government of Haiti and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today wrapped up a two-day workshop bringing together all political factions and civil society to discuss the environment, ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Seven-Nation Nuclear Initiative
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 12:51 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed an "encouraging" seven-nation initiative which he said could lead to General Assembly consensus on strengthening adherence to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament agreements. More >>
