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Annan, Assembly President on Africa's Future
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 9:52 am | United Nations
Marking the 42nd Africa Day, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and UN General Assembly President Jean Ping today reflected on the prospects for continent-wide democratic reforms, peace and reconciliation, poverty reduction and control of the ... More >>
UN Health Body Acts on Cancer, Immunization
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 9:50 am | United Nations
As it concluded its annual session today in Geneva, the United Nations health policy-making body adopted key resolutions affecting global public health, including strategies on global immunization and cancer prevention and control. More >>
Southern African Crisis Enters 'Acute Phase'
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 9:49 am | United Nations
With an unprecedented crisis "triple threat" stalking southern Africa – HIV/AIDS, food insecurity and a massively depleted skilled labour force – senior United Nations relief officials today called for the world to refocus its attention ... More >>
UN Ag. Agency Appeals for More Funds for Sudan
Thursday, 26 May 2005, 9:47 am | United Nations
With just 17 per cent of the funds needed having come in for agricultural rehabilitation in post-civil war southern Sudan, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today appealed for more than $50 million to help smooth the transition to sustainable ... More >>
Human Rights and UN Reform in Students' Dialogue
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 11:29 am | United Nations
Human rights in the context of United Nations reform was squarely on the minds of student leaders who engaged members of the UN diplomatic community today in a unique dialogue on global issues. More >>
UN Remains Concerned over Uzbek Refugees Staying
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:45 am | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency today raised concerns about the safety of more than 500 Uzbeks who fled the recent military crackdown in their country to take shelter in a rough camp in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan. More >>
Former Portuguese PM Proposed As Refugee Comm'er
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:44 am | United Nations
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recommended to the General Assembly that former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres become the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees, with a three-year mandate beginning 15 ... More >>
Probe of Fatal Attack on Former Lebanese Premier
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:43 am | United Nations
The head of the United Nations commission established to investigate the fatal bombing attack on former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said today that his team would do its very best to identify "who planned, facilitated and carried out this ... More >>
New Website Tracks Pledges for Tsunami Relief
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:41 am | United Nations
Arriving in Geneva to chair a meeting on disaster mitigation, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today announced the launch of a "first of its kind" website to track funds pledged to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, while urging ... More >>
Mission Calls on Sudan to End Squatter Relocation
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:40 am | United Nations
While supporting the Sudanese Government's intent to re-plan current locations for displacement camps, the United Nations mission in the country has again called for an end to the forcible relocation of refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs). More >>
Countries Must Reform Pensions, World Bank Says
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:39 am | United Nations
Rising divorce rates, increased budget deficits and people living longer overall should spur countries with pension programmes to reform them by diversifying their investments and taking into account real budgetary costs, the World Bank says in ... More >>
Council Urged to Support Sierra Leone Court
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:37 am | United Nations
The court established by the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone to try cases of serious crimes committed during the West African country's bloody civil war was doing historic work but faced an immanent funding shortfall, the tribunal's ... More >>
Montagnard Returnees to Viet Nam Preparing Life
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:35 am | United Nations
After a recent three-day monitoring trip to Viet Nam’s central highlands to check on the well-being of Montagnards who had voluntarily returned from Cambodia, the United Nations refugee agency reported that the returnees seem pleased to be “back ... More >>
Group Meets to Promote Sports for Peace and Dvpmnt
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:34 am | United Nations
Seeking to reap the benefits of sports for peacebuilding, socio-economic development and health, a consortium of athletes, United Nations officials, government leaders and sports federations is meeting today at UN Headquarters in New York to adopt a ... More >>
Agency Proposes Better Targeted Attack on Poverty
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:33 am | United Nations
With the world’s progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing many socio-economic ills by 2015 appearing to be too slow, the United Nations agricultural agency today proposed giving lagging countries more focused assistance. More >>
Number of Rwandans Returning Home From Congo Jumps
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:32 am | United Nations
The number of Rwandans returning home from the eastern forest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen dramatically since a feared militia said it, too, would repatriate after disarming, the United Nations refugee agency said today. More >>
Agency Helps Countries Safeguard Shared Water
Wednesday, 25 May 2005, 9:31 am | United Nations
The United Nations nuclear energy agency is working closely with several other UN agencies, especially the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), to help countries assess and manage limited water resources, especially when shared between countries. More >>
Audit Reports of Iraqi Oil Exports and Dvpmnt Fund
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 11:06 am | United Nations
Audits of Iraq's oil export sales as well as a fund to manage the revenue continue to find a lack of accounting records, slow spending reports by Iraqi ministries and the absence of other control measures, according to the International Advisory and ... More >>
2005 Treaty Event at UN
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:35 am | United Nations
Treaties on terrorism, organized crime, human rights, penal matters, the environment, law of the sea, and the law of treaties itself will be highlighted this year at the annual United Nations event that encourages Member States to sign and ratify multilateral ... More >>
Armed Conflicts Now Leading Cause of World Hunger
Tuesday, 24 May 2005, 10:30 am | United Nations
Armed conflicts have become the leading cause of world hunger, with the effects of HIV/AIDS and global warming close behind, according to a new report out today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). More >>
