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UN To Co-Sponsor Conference Of African Disarmament
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:49 am | United Nations
With about a dozen African countries in various stages of disarming, demobilizing and reintegrating (DDR) former fighters, the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone will host a conference later this month aimed at building a network ... More >>
Mission Suspends Operations In Areas Of Sth Darfur
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:47 am | United Nations
The United Nations mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has today declared the town of Muhujariya in South Darfur a "no go" area for UN staff following recent clashes between rebel forces and continued unrest in the area. More >>
Unesco Chief Condemns Killing Of Libyan Journalist
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:34 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today condemned the recent killings of one journalist in Libya and another in Somalia and urged authorities in the two countries to respect the rights of the ... More >>
Afghanistan: Nearly 60,000 Ex-Combatants Disarmed
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:29 am | United Nations
Almost 60,000 former Afghan military troops have disarmed, and most of them have entered a programme aimed at helping them to re-join society, the United Nations reported today More >>
Sub-Saharan Africa Lags In Meeting Poverty Goals
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:18 am | United Nations
Asia's remarkable victories in its war on poverty have put the world, except for sub-Saharan Africa, on target to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed by a United Nations summit five years ago to reduce extreme poverty and other forms ... More >>
Mexico Set To Pledge To Global Compact Initiative
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:15 am | United Nations
Mexican President Vicente Fox is expected today to officially launch United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Global Compact initiative, which seeks to advance good corporate citizenship and responsible globalization. More >>
Funding For Africa Could 'Answer Prayers'
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:10 am | United Nations
Just back from a tour of southern African countries crippled by drought, HIV/AIDS and plummeting government services, the head of the United Nations food relief agency praised the so-called "Bush-Blair" initiative, which could dramatically increase ... More >>
More Than A Million Children Work In Mines
Monday, 13 June 2005, 10:05 am | United Nations
To mark World Day against Child Labour on Sunday, the United Nations labour agency is spotlighting the problems of over a million children around the world who help to support their families by working as miners, often for small unregulated enterprises ... More >>
Annan Praises Deceased Envoy
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:46 am | United Nations
"People in many countries, on almost every continent, remember Sergio Vieira de Mello as someone who was there to help them in their hour of need," Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to the screening of a film on the life of the UN envoy, ... More >>
Two Population Experts Win UN Awards
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:40 am | United Nations
A leading demographer, Mercedes Concepcion, of the Philippines, and Guatemala's largest private family planning provider, Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia de Guatemala (APROFAM ONG), have won this year's United Nations Population Award. More >>
UN Officials Head To Nigeria For Peace Talks
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:38 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations officials are on their way to Nigeria's capital to take part in resumed peace talks between the Sudanese Government and the rebel groups from Sudan's western Darfur region, a UN spokesman said today. More >>
Security Council Concerned By Assassinations
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:34 am | United Nations
The United Nations Security Council today expressed its concern about the "destabilizing impact of political assassinations and other terrorist attacks in Lebanon" and it warned that such acts should not be permitted to jeopardize the holding of transparent ... More >>
Annan Welcomes Pledges By US and UK
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:30 am | United Nations
Joining the leaders of the United States and United Kingdom today in their call to the international community for increased emergency funding for "people in acute need in many parts of Africa," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan thanked ... More >>
Congo - Vicious Attacks On Civilians
Monday, 13 June 2005, 9:27 am | United Nations
Rampaging militiamen have staged a series of vicious attacks on scores of civilians in the past week, forcing more than 1,000 people to flee remote villages in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations said today. More >>
In Brunudi, Fréchette Reviews Anti-Abuse Steps
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:08 am | United Nations
United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette arrived today in Burundi, where she is expected to establish contacts with the Government and meet with UN peacekeepers as part of her ongoing tour to raise awareness about the Organization's ... More >>
Appeals for Horn of Africa Severely Under-Funded
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:04 am | United Nations
Donations to pay for numerous humanitarian assistance projects in drought-stricken Horn of Africa have come in well below requested levels, with the total funding gap now at $596 million, the United Nations humanitarian coordination office said today. More >>
Annan Condemns Post-Election Violence in Ethiopia
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:02 am | United Nations
In the wake of the unrest following disputed elections in Ethiopia, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has condemned the violence in Addis Ababa that resulted in the shooting and reported killing of a number of demonstrators by security forces. More >>
Peacekeeping Chiefs Condemn Côte D'ivoire Killings
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 11:01 am | United Nations
Senior United Nations peacekeeping officials today condemned the wave of killings and other abuses against civilians near a major cocoa marketing town in western Côte d'Ivoire and visited the area to assess how to tighten security and restore calm, ... More >>
Bank's New Chief To Visit To Sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 10:31 am | United Nations
Saying that Africa is the World Bank's – and his – first priority, new president Paul Wolfowitz will travel to the continent later this month at what he calls "a unique moment of opportunity, when Africa can begin to become a continent of hope." More >>
Annan Recommends Extension Of UN Mission In Cyprus
Thursday, 9 June 2005, 10:21 am | United Nations
Saying the situation in Cyprus was calm but "still lacked a viable political solution," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recommended that the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force there be extended for six-months, under its present authorized ... More >>
