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Annan Witnesses 'Heart-Wrenching' Dafur

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:40 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today toured a camp for displaced persons in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan, where he was greeted enthusiastically by thousands of people who gathered peacefully to convey their desire for a more ... More >>

UN Refugee Agency Launches ID Campaign in Colombia

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:38 am | United Nations

Responding to a humanitarian crisis among some 20,000 displaced persons in a remote province of Colombia, the United Nations refugee agency, together with the Colombian Government, has launched an emergency campaign to provide them identity documents ... More >>

Climate Change Threatens Crop Losses, More Hunger

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:37 am | United Nations

Climate change threatens to increase crop losses, increase the number of people facing malnutrition, or worse, and may change the development patterns of animal diseases and plant pests, the United Nations agricultural agency says in a new report. More >>

Nuclear Conference: ‘Very Little’ Accomplished

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:36 am | United Nations

A conference at the United Nations to review the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) will end today having accomplished “very little” amid what its President said were widely diverging views tackling nuclear arms and their spread. More >>

Kosovo Making Steady Progress Despite Challenges

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:35 am | United Nations

Progress in Kosovo remains on track, in most priority areas, despite continued uncertainty, a change of Government and the fact that Kosovo Serbs continue to shun participation in the provisional institutions, Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s representative told ... More >>

Set of 64 Mortal Remains Repatriated to Kosovo

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:33 am | United Nations

A group of 64 bodies exhumed from Batajnica, Serbia, and believed to be of missing Kosovo Albanians, were repatriated under United Nations auspices today. More >>

Annan Arrives in Sudan for Talks, Darfur Visit

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:32 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum today for a visit that will also take him to the troubled Darfur region, a day after he urged donors to help an African-led peacekeeping mission scale up its operations ... More >>

Secretary-General Condemns Bombing in Pakistan

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:31 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan strongly condemned today what he called a senseless terrorist bombing at a shrine in Islamabad, Pakistan, that reportedly killed at least 20 people and injured many more. More >>

80,000 UN Peacekeepers to Be Honoured for Service

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:31 am | United Nations

The 80,000 United Nations peacekeepers currently serving around the world, along with their 115 comrades who lost their lives in the course of duty in 2004, will be honoured by ceremonies tomorrow at UN Headquarters in New York to mark the International ... More >>

200 Temporary School Buildings for Aceh

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:26 am | United Nations

Just in time for the Indonesian school year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hopes to have by mid-July 200 temporary primary schools built in severely tsunami-affected areas of Aceh. More >>

Unemployment High Among Palestinians

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:25 am | United Nations

Despite the growth in Palestinian domestic output in 2004 after four years of recession, the unemployment rate in the occupied territories is almost 26 per cent, with less than half of the men of working age and only 10 per cent of women employed, the United ... More >>

Discussions Improving Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:23 am | United Nations

While acknowledging that it is only one of the parties to long-term restoration of peace in post-conflict countries, the United Nations Security Council today said it "considers post-conflict peacebuilding closely linked to its primary responsibilities." More >>

Committees for Nuclear Conference Unable to Agree

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:21 am | United Nations

The month-long conference at the United Nations reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) heads into the final hours of its work with its main committees unable to agree on the texts they have been considering. More >>

Annan Congratulates New WTO Head

Monday, 30 May 2005, 11:20 am | United Nations

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warmly congratulated former European Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, a French national, on his formal selection as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). More >>

UN Agencies Help Sudan Turn Back Polio Epidemic

Thursday, 26 May 2005, 10:06 am | United Nations

Continuing the all-out effort to eradicate polio from Sudan, the country's Ministry of Health, backed by United Nations agencies and other organizations, today launched a three-day campaign to immunize all children under 5. More >>

Pavarotti to Advocate Development Goals

Thursday, 26 May 2005, 9:59 am | United Nations

Marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, celebrated opera singer and UN Messenger of Peace Luciano Pavarotti will use two of his concerts this week to advocate supporting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed in ... More >>