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Architects Urged to Help Improve Slums
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:55 am | United Nations
With major cities becoming more and more crowded, the head of the United Nations programme for sustainable housing and urban development has challenged architects to use their expertise and take the lead in the global race to improve living conditions ... More >>
Spotlight on Africa's Problems is Welcome
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:52 am | United Nations
Welcoming the spotlight thrown on Africa's problems by this week's Group of 8 (G8) Summit in Scotland, United Nations officials today said Africa had never faced such vast challenges. More >>
Conference Seeks to Close Nuclear Terror Loopholes
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:47 am | United Nations
Seeking to close loopholes that could help terrorists get their hands on nuclear material, hundreds of delegates from some 90 countries are meeting in Vienna this week to strengthen a United Nations-backed treaty with amendments to avert theft ... More >>
UN Envoy on Zimbabwe Evictions Continues Tour
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:46 am | United Nations
The United Nations Special Envoy looking into humanitarian aspects of the evictions of thousands of poor Zimbabweans from illegal housing and businesses today extended her visit to the southern African country by almost a week until Friday and was setting ... More >>
UNESCO Chief Deplores Russian Journalist’s Murder
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:45 am | United Nations
Raising his voice yet again in defence of freedom of the press, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the murder of a journalist in the Russian Federation republic of Dagestan as another ... More >>
Annan Condemns Attacks on Diplomats in Iraq
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:44 am | United Nations
Vehemently condemning the recent spate of attacks against diplomats in Iraq, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said he hoped the incidents would not weaken the resolve of the international community to stand with the Iraqi people ... More >>
Caribbean Leaders Urged to be Bold to Reach MDGs
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:43 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to devise national development strategies "bold enough to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)" aimed at reducing or eliminating ... More >>
Heads of Peacekeeping Missions Review Progress
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:41 am | United Nations
Reviewing the progress made by West African peacekeeping missions, their chiefs today called on the international community to redouble its efforts to strengthen humanitarian assistance for all needy countries in the region, especially for the drought-stricken ... More >>
2005 World Summit Must Consider Women's Rights
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:40 am | United Nations
With many competing interests and expectations vying for attention in the run up to the 2005 World Summit, world leaders must make sure that any decisions they take in September will ultimately promote and protect the rights of women, the top United ... More >>
10th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 11:39 am | United Nations
As the United Nations prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the fall of Srebrenica during the Balkan wars, a senior official has reaffirmed the UN's commitment to help heal the wounds in the town that was the site of a massacre of Muslim men and boys ... More >>
Palestinian Refugees Get New Homes
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 9:02 am | United Nations
With the homes of nearly 30,000 people in the Gaza Strip demolished or damaged beyond repair by the Israeli military since the start of the most recent violence, the main United Nations agency helping Palestinian refugees has handed over 109 new homes ... More >>
UN-Backed Generic Medicines in Afghanistan
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:05 am | United Nations
A project, co-sponsored by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), got under way in Afghanistan today with the arrival in Kabul of donated production machinery for the country's first-ever generic medicine factory, which will eventually produce ... More >>
Bird Flu Still of Critical Concern
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:01 am | United Nations
Bird flu, which health officials fear could mutate into a deadly human pandemic, in a worst-case scenario, remains a critical concern in many Asian countries and requires more attention by both affected states and the international community, ... More >>
Ahead of Rains, Rush to Relocate Chad Refugees
Wednesday, 6 July 2005, 12:00 am | United Nations
United Nations staff in remote southern Chad are rushing to relocate an estimated 10,000 refugees who fled unrest in the Central African Republic (CAR) over the past month, and are already showing signs of malnutrition, as the onset of the rainy season ... More >>
G8 Adoption of Dvlpmt Measures Would Mark Progress
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 2:15 pm | United Nations
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized countries are expected to back a number of development initiatives that can constitute a step towards greater progress for the world's poor, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in Libya. More >>
At African Summit, Annan Announces Democracy Fund
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 11:58 am | United Nations
Addressing leaders of the African continent meeting today in Libya, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the launch of a new initiative to financially support States undergoing the democratization process. More >>
Zimbabwe Envoy to Visit Victoria Falls Region
Tuesday, 5 July 2005, 11:56 am | United Nations
After a week of meetings in Zimbabwe with the President as well as ordinary citizens who have been evicted from their homes, a United Nations special envoy plans further travels in the country as part of her fact-finding mission on humanitarian needs ... More >>
Accord On Vast UN-Backed Asian Highway Network
Monday, 4 July 2005, 2:17 pm | United Nations
The Intergovernmental Agreement on the United Nations-backed 140,000-kilometre Asian Highway Network linking the vast region from St. Petersburg to Singapore and Seoul to Istanbul comes into force on Monday, facilitating trade and tourism and opening ... More >>
War Crimes Tribunal For Rwanda At 'All Time High'
Monday, 4 July 2005, 1:18 pm | United Nations
Activity at the United Nations war crimes court investigating cases stemming from the 1994 Rwanda genocide "was at an all-time high," with an unprecedented number of trials under way, Adama Dieng Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal ... More >>
Annan Message To Live 8
Monday, 4 July 2005, 1:08 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today joined people across the world who are supporting the 'Live 8' concert events which advocate the adoption of anti-poverty measures by a summit of world leaders later this month. More >>
