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Annan Welcomes Jerusalem Sharon, Abbas Summit
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 11:57 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the meeting in Jerusalem between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. More >>
Annan Pledges Steadfast UN Iraq Support
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 11:53 am | United Nations
From constitutional advice to help in holding new elections, from rebuilding schools and power plants to feeding children, from mine clearance to aid for hundreds of thousands of returning refugees and internally displaced persons, the United Nations ... More >>
UN Peacekeeping Chief Leaves On Five-Day Trip
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 11:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations peacekeeping chief leaves tomorrow for a five-day trip to Haiti, during which he will review the situation with senior officials of the UN mission there, a UN spokeswoman said today. More >>
Official Says Rights Commission Must Reform
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:46 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official strongly advocated change in the international system for the enforcement of such rights, as the UN Commission on Human Rights held a day of informal consultations in Geneva on the reform recommendations recently ... More >>
UN Envoy Welcomes Doha Declaration
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 9:41 am | United Nations
A senior United Nations envoy today welcomed the outcome of the Second South Summit of developing nations as "a valuable contribution to South-South cooperation and a positive focus on the world's most vulnerable countries." More >>
Peace Deal In S Sudan Not A Reality For Refugees
Wednesday, 22 June 2005, 12:25 am | United Nations
Despite a January peace agreement between the Government of Sudan and rebels in the southern part of the country, the United Nation’s top refugee official said that attacks by a Ugandan rebel group continued to drive refugees into camps in northern ... More >>
60-Year Afghani Conflict Ends w UN-Brokered Peace
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:43 am | United Nations
A conflict which has raged between neighbouring tribes in eastern Afghanistan for six decades, resulting in 60 deaths in the last year alone, has been resolved through the mediation of the United Nations mission in the country, a mission spokesman said ... More >>
Burundi: Sec. Council Asks for Truth Commission
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:41 am | United Nations
With a peace deal starting to take hold in Burundi, the United Nations Security Council today asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to begin negotiations with the Government and consultations with all Burundian parties on how to implement his recommendations ... More >>
Special Envoy to Review Zimbabwe Housing Evictions
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed the chief of the UN programme on sustainable housing, Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, to represent him in reviewing the humanitarian aspects of the Zimbabwean Government's eviction of illegal dwellers ... More >>
Annan Congratulates Lebanon on Elections
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:39 am | United Nations
The United Nations, which has recently undertaken several missions to Lebanon, stands ready to extend support and assistance to the new government, as and if required, following yesterday's conclusion of parliamentary elections, Secretary-General Kofi ... More >>
UN Urges Govts to Protect Freedom of Association
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
The United Nations labour organization has urged the Governments of Cambodia, Colombia, Iran, Myanmar and Zimbabwe to protect the freedom of association in their countries and put a halt to often deadly anti-union activities. More >>
UN Helps Iraq Clear 500 km of Unexploded Mines
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:37 am | United Nations
Nearly 500 square kilometres in Iraq have been cleared of landmines over the past year thanks to United Nations-backed efforts to rid the country of potentially deadly unexploded remnants of war, most of them seeded in densely populated regions in the ... More >>
Agencies Rush Aid to Flood-Devastated Aghanistan
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:35 am | United Nations
United Nations agencies are rushing emergency food and other aid to nearly 9,000 people in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Badakshan after a hailstorm and heavy flooding devastated the area, killing some 30 people, injuring 40 others and ... More >>
Millions Face Hunger in W Africa: Urgent Aid Need
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:33 am | United Nations
Millions of farmers and herders in West Africa are threatened with hunger due to last year's drought and locust invasion, severe child malnutrition is reportedly on the rise and immediate aid is needed to prevent the crisis from deteriorating ... More >>
Donors Meet in Baghdad to Coordinate Aid to Iraq
Tuesday, 21 June 2005, 10:27 am | United Nations
A senior delegation of United Nations and donor country officials held talks in Baghdad this weekend on coordinating assistance to Iraq as well as the country's development priorities, the UN mission there (UNAMI) said today. More >>
Watchdog Urges Speedy Iranian Nuclear Cooperation
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:54 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency entrusted with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons today called for an extra effort and speedier cooperation by Iran to build the necessary confidence that its nuclear programme is solely for peaceful purposes. More >>
Increase in Unsentenced Detainees in Canada
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:53 pm | United Nations
While generally praising the rule of law in Canada, a team of United Nations human rights experts voiced “great concern” at the fact that there are now more persons deprived of their liberty awaiting trial or sentencing, at any one time, than there ... More >>
Israeli-Palestinian Talks Continue Hopeful Trend
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:52 pm | United Nations
With confidence-building measures being discussed, Israelis and Palestinians are "slowly and not without difficulty" moving to coordinate implementation of Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the northern west bank, the senior ... More >>
UN Calls on All Countries for Hariri Evidence
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:51 pm | United Nations
UN Calls on All Countries for Evidence in Probe on Lebanese Ex-Premier's Murder More >>
Refugees at 25-Year Low; Displaced, Stateless Rise
Monday, 20 June 2005, 1:50 pm | United Nations
The global number of refugees fell 4 per cent in 2004 to 9.2 million, the lowest total in almost a quarter of a century, but the numbers of internally displaced and stateless people and others “of concern” to the United Nations refugee agency increased ... More >>
