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Secretary-General Welcomes US Report on UN Reform
Thursday, 16 June 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the release of the final report of the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) task force on UN Reform and its conclusion that the United States has much to gain from a strong and effective United Nations. More >>
Mass Media Can Enhance Mid-East Peace Process - UN
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:42 pm | United Nations
With the people of the Middle East now approaching a number of important turning points, assistance from their regional and international partners – and from responsible mass media – can prevent a slide back into conflict and confrontation, United Nations ... More >>
UN Peacekeeper Killed In DR Of Congo
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:40 pm | United Nations
An Indian peacekeeper was killed and two of his colleagues injured yesterday when they were caught in an exchange of fire between government troops and a group of unidentified gunmen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations ... More >>
No Progress In Search For Missing Kuwaiti Archives
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:39 pm | United Nations
It is regrettable that, more than two years after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Kuwaiti national archives have not been found and returned to that country, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in the latest report on property seized ... More >>
East & Central Euro Called To Support UN Reform
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:38 pm | United Nations
Though eight East and Central European countries are entering the European Union, giving rise to dramatic changes in their region, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) still need “to engage fully in the process of reform and revitalization ... More >>
Annan Meets With France's Chirac And UK'S Blair
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:36 pm | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan met in Paris today with French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, after earlier telling a conference of business leaders that their efforts were vital in the fight against poverty. More >>
Attorney At UN Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal Resigns
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:35 pm | United Nations
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said today that a trial attorney in the Prosecutor's Office has resigned after apparently failing to disclose criminal charges made against him two years before he joined the court. More >>
UN - Torture And Abuses Persist In Mongolia
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:34 pm | United Nations
Following a fact-finding mission in Mongolia, the United Nations expert says that despite recent efforts at legislative reform, torture and other abuses persist in the Central Asian country, particularly in police stations and pre-trial detention ... More >>
Afghans To Return From Pakistan’s Troubled Border
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:32 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency is set to begin issuing repatriation documents to Afghans in refugee camps in a Pakistani border area, following a registration process that showed an overwhelming majority of the residents there wish to return ... More >>
Burundi, Rwanda Violate International Obligations
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 2:25 pm | United Nations
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today charged that the governments of Burundi and Rwanda were in violation of their obligations under international conventions on refugees, after some 5,000 Rwandan asylum seekers in Burundi were ... More >>
Summit On Developing Countries In Qatar
Wednesday, 15 June 2005, 12:26 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette is headed to Doha, Qatar, where she will address the opening session of the Group of 77's South-South Summit. More >>
G-8 Debt Relief Initiative "a Major Step"
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 11:44 am | United Nations
The G-8 agreement on debt relief for developing countries announced by the finance ministers from the world's largest industrial nations is a "major step towards alleviating poverty in Africa," a senior United Nations official said today. More >>
Liberia Disarmamed, Instability Still Threatens
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 11:43 am | United Nations
Now that disarmament in Liberia has ended and armed factions have been demobilized, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed the hope that the peace process will succeed and has called on the Security Council to strengthen its peacekeeping ... More >>
Yugoslavia Tribunal May Not Finish on Schedule
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:40 am | United Nations
UN War Crimes Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia Warns It May Not Complete Work on Schedule More >>
13 African Countries to Provide Primary Ed by 2015
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:38 am | United Nations
Thirteen African countries are expected to provide universal primary education by 2015 and another 31 may reach that Millennium Development Goal (MDG) if they invest more in the lower educational levels, according to a new report from the United Nations ... More >>
Fréchette to Address Developing Countrie Summit
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:37 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette is headed to Doha, Qatar, where she will address the opening session of the Group of 77's South-South Summit. More >>
IAEA Re-Appoints ElBaradei as Director-General
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:24 am | United Nations
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today re-appointed Mohamed ElBaradei as Director-General of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency for another four year term. More >>
Afghanistan: Release of Italian Aid Worker
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:23 am | United Nations
The UN mission in Afghanistan today expressed "relief and pleasure" at the release of the Italian aid worker who had been kidnapped in Kabul three weeks ago. More >>
In Paris, Annan to Meet With Chirac, UK's Blair
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:22 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who arrived in Paris this morning for a two-day visit, plans to hold separate bilateral meetings on Tuesday with French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his spokesman said. More >>
UN Envoy to Begin Assessment Mission in Bolivia
Tuesday, 14 June 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's personal envoy to Bolivia, José Antonio Ocampo, is scheduled to arrive in that country today to assess how the United Nations can be helpful to Bolivia as it tackles the political transition and economic issues. More >>
