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Burundi's Forced Repatriation of Rwandan Refugees
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:19 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations mission in Burundi has joined other senior UN officials expressing ongoing concern following the forced repatriation of thousands of Rwandan refugees from the central African country earlier in the week. More >>
World Conference of UN Labour Organization
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
Concluding its annual world conference today, the United Nations labour agency approved a program for its next year that focuses on the creation of decent work for more of the word's population, in a global economic environment that it said is creating ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Ag Agency Repairs over 3,400 Boats
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:17 am | United Nations
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says it has repaired over 3,400 fishing boats damaged by December's devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka, allowing nearly 12,000 fishermen to resume their livelihoods. More >>
Annan Calls for Freedom of Myanmar Activist
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:16 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today marked the sixtieth birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize-winner, by appealing to the military Government of the country for the end of her house arrest. More >>
WHO Launching Somalia Emergency Polio Immunization
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
With polio emerging in two countries near to Somalia, the United Nations public health agency will launch a nationwide anti-polio drive in Somalia tomorrow to protect millions of children from the paralyzing virus. More >>
Panel Asks Argentina, UK to Resume Falkland Talks
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:14 am | United Nations
Seeking to end what it called the "special and particular colonial situation" in the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), the United Nations special panel dealing with decolonization requested the Governments of Argentina and the United ... More >>
Iraqi Accord for Unclusive Constitution-Drafting
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:12 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the Iraqi agreement to expand the Constitution Drafting Committee to be more inclusive of the Sunni Arab community, long a goal of the world body's efforts to bring stability to the country ... More >>
Day of African Child
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:11 am | United Nations
On the Day of the African Child today, marking the South African apartheid government's shooting of children marching for improved education in 1976, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) highlighted the deprivation still suffered by African children ... More >>
UN Telecomm's Group Aims to Hook Up World by 2015
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:10 am | United Nations
The United Nation’s telecommunications organization today launched a drive to bring modern communications to the estimated one billion people worldwide for whom making a simple telephone call is out of reach. More >>
Envoy Urges Ivorian Rebels: Take Chances for Peace
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:09 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire has urged the major rebel group, which has expressed scepticism about several political developments, to “take risks for the return of peace.” More >>
UN Welcomes Invalidation of Argentine Amnesty
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:07 am | United Nations
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today welcomed the Argentine Supreme Court’s invalidation of amnesty laws that shielded military officers from prosecution for crimes allegedly committed during the country's so-called Dirty ... More >>
Rights Obstacles Remain for Displaced Bosnians
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
Despite “very impressive results” in solving almost all property disputes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, returning large numbers of displaced persons to rebuilt homes, and creating a safe environment for most returnees, several human rights obstacles must ... More >>
Envoy in Iraq Stresses Importance of Continued Aid
Friday, 17 June 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq turned his attention today to the coordination of donor resources for the war-ravaged country ahead of a conference on international assistance in Brussels, Belgium, next week. More >>
Sec. Council Extends Mandate of UN Cyprus Mission
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 11:28 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today extended through mid-December, the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), the mission that monitors the ceasefire lines, which extend some 180 kilometres across the island. More >>
UN Children's Fund Resumes Programme in NE Somalia
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 11:27 am | United Nations
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today said it was resuming its programme in north-east Somalia, a semi-autonomous area known as Puntland, after talks with the territory's President in nearby Kenya during which they re-affirmed their commitment ... More >>
UN Congratulates People of Bougainville
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:43 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council paid tribute to the leaders and people of Papua New Guinea for fully implementing the peace agreement that ended long secessionist fighting and culminated today with the swearing-in of the new autonomous ... More >>
UNESCO Welcomes Release of French Journalist
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:41 am | United Nations
Deploring the toll that reporters have paid to keep the world informed about Iraq, the United Nations body entrusted with defending press freedom has welcomed the release of French journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi assistant Hussein Hanoun after ... More >>
Mandate of UN Force in Golan Heights Extended
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today decided to renew the mandate of the 31 year-old UN observer force in the Golan Heights for a period of six months, until 31 December 2005. More >>
Annan Looks to Unification of Korean Peninsula
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:39 am | United Nations
On the fifth anniversary of the historic summit meeting between the two countries of the Korean Peninsula, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on both nations to continue dialogue and cooperation in the interest of furthering ... More >>
Iraq Envoy Reaffirms UN Commitment to Constitution
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
The top United Nations envoy in Iraq today met with more senior officials in his efforts to ensure that those sectors of Iraqi society left outside the recently-elected national Assembly, particularly Sunni Arabs, take part in writing the new constitution. More >>
