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Annan Arrives in Edinburgh on AU, G8 Summits Trip
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:32 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived today in Edinburgh, Scotland, the first stop on a 10-day trip that will also take him the African Union summit in Libya, and the G8 Summit in of industrialized nations in Gleneagles. More >>
Envoy for S Lebanon Deplores Exchanges of Fire
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:30 am | United Nations
The United Nations envoy for southern Lebanon today deplored the Hezbollah militia's attacks from Lebanon against Israel and Israel's forceful response, calling on the Lebanese Government to end all attacks from its territory and on Israel to refrain ... More >>
UN Agencies Welcome US Initiative to Fight Malaria
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:28 am | United Nations
Stressing that malaria kills more than 1 million people every year, United Nations agencies today hailed the announcement of a major new United States initiative to fund prevention and treatment in Africa as a great step forward in fighting a disease ... More >>
UN Mission Routs Members of Armed Gang in Haiti
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti, tipped off about the presence of armed men in a poor district of the country's capital, mounted a security operation that resulted in the deaths of six gang members, the wounding of four and the arrest ... More >>
UN Food Agency Promotes ‘Green Thumb’ for Schools
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:26 am | United Nations
A green thumb, especially among the young, can be a powerful tool to improve nutrition, and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today cast a spotlight on its TeleFood initiative supporting school garden projects in more than 40 countries. More >>
UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone Extended
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:25 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone for a final six months, until the end of the year, and charged the national security forces with keeping order thereafter in the West African country ... More >>
Advertisers Help Bring African Hunger to Japan
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:24 am | United Nations
Pictures of children in Mozambique on their way to school picking up dead twigs to use as firewood to cook their lunch will soon be flashing across Japanese TV screens thanks to a renewed partnership between the United Nations food agency and Japanese ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN-Backed Disarmament Programme Ends
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:21 am | United Nations
The disarmament and demobilization phases of Afghanistan’s Disarmament Demobilization Reintegration programme (DDR), a key United Nations-backed step in setting the country on the road to stability after decades of war and factional fighting, formally ended ... More >>
Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System Launched
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:21 am | United Nations
A United Nations commission today formally launched a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean and laid the groundwork for similar initiatives around the world’s seas, haunted by the realization that such an operation could have saved tens of ... More >>
UN Health Agency Maintains Bird Flu Alert Level
Friday, 1 July 2005, 11:20 am | United Nations
Although there is no laboratory evidence that human infection with bird flu in Vietnam is occurring more frequently or that the virus is spreading readily among humans, the UN health agency today maintained its current level of alert over a potential ... More >>
Security Council Urges Peaceful Congo Elections
Friday, 1 July 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations
With the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s parliament having extended the political transition for six months from tomorrow, the United Nations Security Council today called on the Congolese parties to prepare to conduct elections peacefully and on ... More >>
UNAIDS Implement Recommendations
Friday, 1 July 2005, 10:32 am | United Nations
The governing board of the United Nations programme to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic agreed today on measures to streamline the work of multilateral anti-AIDS organizations and strengthen the public health response of national institutions in developing ... More >>
Reparations Body For Iraq Invasion Of Kuwait
Friday, 1 July 2005, 9:50 am | United Nations
Completing 12 years of its work processing the claims of those who suffered damages during Iraq's 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) today awarded nearly $367 to successful claimants, bring the total ... More >>
Reproductive Health Vital For Reducing Poverty
Friday, 1 July 2005, 9:47 am | United Nations
Universal availability of modern contraceptive services would allow more women and children to live healthier lives, while unplanned births would be reduced by 72 per cent per year, according to a new publication by the United Nations population agency. More >>
World Drug Use on the Rise – UN Report
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:59 pm | United Nations
Global drug use has risen by some 8 per cent in the past year, with cannabis leading the way, and synthetic narcotics such as amphetamines and ecstasy declining, according to a new report out today from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). More >>
ICC: 'Credible' Info on Grave Crimes in Darfur
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:58 pm | United Nations
There is a "significant amount of credible information" to show that grave crimes have taken place in Sudan's western Darfur region, and every effort will be made to identify those who bear the greatest responsibility, the chief prosecutor ... More >>
One-Time Largest Refugee Area Down to One UN Camp
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 2:56 pm | United Nations
With the closing of Aisha Camp this week, the United Nations refugee agency now operates just one camp housing10, 000 Somalis in eastern Ethiopia, an area which at one time hosted the world's largest concentration of refugees, with nearly 630,000 Somalis ... More >>
Evictions Envoy Meets Zimbabwe Pres, Tours Captial
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 11:53 am | United Nations
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy, evaluating the humanitarian aspects of the recent evictions of some 200,000 poor people from illegal housing in Zimbabwe, met President Robert Mugabe in the southern African country today and got the green ... More >>
HIV/AIDS Treatment Goal Unlikely to be Met
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 11:51 am | United Nations
UN Goal of Treating 3 Million HIV/AIDS Victims by 2005 Unlikely to be Met More >>
UN Force in Lebanon is Trying to Restore Peace
Thursday, 30 June 2005, 11:50 am | United Nations
The United Nations force monitoring the ceasefire in the area between Israel and Lebanon is trying to re-establish the truce after an exchange of fire between Hizbollah militia and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) broke out today in the Shab'a Farms area, ... More >>
