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Latest articles:
Ban Ki-Moon Condemns  Offensively Anti-Islamic Video
Darfur: UN Humanitarian Air Operation Gets Reprieve Thanks to EU
Latest Round Of UN Climate Talks To Start Next Week
Neglect Of Agriculture In Asia Leaves Hundreds Of Millions In Poverty – UN Report
Number Of Somalis Seeking Asylum On The Rise, UN Refugee Agency Reports
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In previous issues:
29/2/2008
Lebanon: European Mariners Take The Wheel Of UN Coastal Fleet
A Record 2,000 Immigrants Crossed The Mediterranean Sea Last Month
Middle East: Ban Ki-Moon Calls on Israel to Exercise Restraint
Tens Of Thousands Of Central Africans Hiding In Bush, UN Official Says
22/2/2008
Africa’s Meningitis Season Less Deadly So Far Than Last Year
Destruction In West Darfur Town Shocking, Reports UN Refugee Agency
Gates Foundation And UN Join Forces To Mechanize Women’s Work In West Africa
Outstanding Issues Remain For Iran, Despite Progress – UN Atomic Watchdog Chief
MEPs to Attend Seventh Session of the UN Human Rights Council
15/2/2008
World-Famous Actors, Humanitarians Join UN Call to End Violence against Women
Latest Darfur Refugees Face Risks Along Chad Border
UN Appeals for Nearly $500 Million to Slash Maternal Deaths in 75 Nations
UN Predicts Rise in Global Cereal Production but Warns Prices Will Remain High
UNICEF Warns 90,000 Somali Children Could Die Without Increased Support

8/2/2008
UNESCO Adds Russian, Mexican Sites to Global Network of Biosphere Reserves

Afghan Opium Production Remains ‘Shockingly High’
British Actress's Brainchild Spotlights Plight of Sex Trafficking Victims
Concern Over Fate of Nearly 500,000 People In Eastern Chad
Darfur: Ongoing Violence Thwarting Peace Prospects, Say UN
UN Rushes Aid for Tens of Thousands of Chadian Refugees in Cameroon
1/2/2008
Clooney Urges Greater Resources For Darfur Force
Latin American, Caribbean Countries Have Key Role In Tackling Climate Change
More Effective Strategies Needed To Prevent Global Conflicts – UN Report
UN Envoy Discusses Myanmar With Indian Officials
25/1/2008
Gaza: EU and UN  Call for Israel to Ease Restrictions
Top UN Envoy To Nepal Optimistic That Delayed Elections Will Be Successful
UNICEF Warns Of Abuses Against Children In Kenya
Misrepresentations Fanning Fears In Georgian-Abkhaz Dispute, Says Ban Ki-Moon
18/1/2008
Ban Ki-moon leaves Madrid after attending UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum
Updated UN Strategy to Monitor Climate Change with Dozens of Satellites
Conflict In Central African Republic Uproots 300,000
Darfur: UN, AU envoys meet with second rebel group
Kenyan Post-Election Violence Displaces Over 100,000 Children 
11/1/2008
EU makes substantial contribution to UN's relief effort in Kyrgyzstan
UN-Backed Peace Summit Begins In Volatile Eastern Dr Congo
Nearly 3 Million Children In Niger Targeted In UN-Backed Measles Campaign
UN Agencies Step Up Humanitarian Response As Kenyan Post-Election Tensions Ease
First Alliance of Civilizations Annual Forum in Madrid
Senior UN Official Arrives In Nepal To Visit Mission Supporting Peace Accord
Kyrgyzstan: UN Helps 3,000 Quake Victims Living In Sub-Zero Temperatures
UN Prepares To Help Tens Of Thousands Of Flood Victims In Southern Africa
14/12/2007
Deadly Outbreak of Ebola Virus in Uganda Worsens, Says UN Health Agency
Negotiators at UN Climate Change Conference Press Forward on Key Issues
UN Delegation to Focus on Darfur Deployment at African-European Summit
UN Refugee Agency Staff Member Shot Dead in Chad
UN’s Top Rights Chief Speaks Out Against Execution of a Minor in Iran
Use of Child Soldiers Continues in Myanmar and Burundi, says UN
30/11/2007
Climate change: Bali conference must launch negotiations and fix ‘roadmap’ for new UN agreement

Day Of Solidarity With The Palestinian People Marked At UN With Calls For Action
HIV/AIDS Threatening Livestock Production, UN Agriculture Agency Warns
Middle East Peace Conference A ‘Significant Breakthrough,’ Says Top UN Official
Thousands Of Jobs Created Through UN Development Scheme In Sudan
UN-Backed Global Fund Treats Nearly 1.5 Million Living With HIV
16/11/2007
Dr Congo: UNICEF And Its Partner Help Free Over 230 Children From Militia
Côte D’Ivoire: UN Mission Welcomes Signing Of Electoral Code Of Conduct
Illegal Trade In Iraqi Cultural Heritage Must End
Iran: Un Nuclear Watchdog Chief Circulates Latest Report
UN Anti-Drugs Chief Urges Stepped-Up Action To Tackle Surge In Afghan Opium
9/11/2007
Students, Teachers, Schools Face Deliberate Attacks In Conflict Areas
Billions of Rice Grains Donated to World Food Programme Thanks to Internet Game
Global Cereal Prices Will Remain High, FAO Forecasts
Secretary-General Calls For Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions
2/11/2007
General Assembly Urges Observance of ‘Olympic Truce’ During Beijing Games
Low-Cost Technologies Could Ensure Sanitation For All
Preference For Sons in Asia Could Have Severe Social Consequences
Senior Aide To Visit Dr Congo’s Troubled Eastern Region
Torture Widely Practiced in Sri Lanka, Says UN
27/10/2007
Gains For Afghanistan’s Children Imperilled By Recent Violence – UNICEF
UN Relief Chief Warns On Deteriorating Conditions Facing Palestinians
UN Independent Rights Expert Calls For Five-Year Freeze On Biofuel Production
Sexual Violence Against Women In DR Congo Amounts To War Crime: UN Expert
UN Human right Expert Speaks against Death Penalty
Migrants Endure Increasing Violence And Discrimination
Attempted Transfer Of Children Out Of Chad ‘Illegal And Irresponsible’
European Commission and WFP sound alarm over humanitarian impact of climate change
20/10/2007
Viruses from Tropical Countries Are Moving to Temperate Zones

Arms Continue To Flow into Darfur Despite Embargo
Food Stocks For Uganda's Flood Victims Dangerously Low
Global Education Spending Concentrated in Few Countries
Recent Clash Illustrates Ongoing Georgian-Abkhaz Tensions
Shortage of Qualified Teachers Main Obstacle to Achieving Education for All 
Top Envoy Speaks out Against Death Penalty Following Afghan Executions
UN’s Ex-Yugoslavia Tribunal Says Four Remaining Fugitives Must Be Arrested
28/9/2007
UN Needs Urgent Funds to Feed 1.5 Million Flood Victims in Africa
Climate Change ‘Greatest’ Threat To Global Stability, Says British Minister 
Myanmar: UN Human Rights Council to Hold Special Session Next Week
Only Realistic Option For Kosovo Is Independence, Albania Tells UN Assembly
UN Mission Reports More Attacks on Aid Workers in South Darfur
Netherlands PM Calls on UN To Streamline its Operations
21/9/2007
DR Congo Government Forces Commit Worst Of Widespread Abuses – UN Report

First-Year Success Reported For UN-Backed HIV And TB Drug Facility For Poor
New UN Initiative Launched To Recover Assets Stolen By Corrupt Leaders
Recent Surge In Darfur Violence Threatens Peace Talks
UN Atomic Agency Can Help Eliminate World Hunger, Agriculture Chief Says
UN Purchases Local Produce To Feed Hungry Afghans And Boost Farming
15/9/2007
UN to Launch Appeal to Feed 100,000 Victims of Nicaraguan Hurricane
Annual Child Deaths Fall Below 10 Million, New UN Figures Show
At Least 56 Die As People Smuggling Resumes Across Gulf Of Aden
Ban Ki-Moon Launches ‘Unprecedented’ Group To Boost Africa’s Development
Illicit Trafficking, Theft Of Nuclear Materials ‘A Persistent Problem,’ UN Agency Reports
Immediate Action Crucial To Tackle Affects Of Global Warming, UN Official Warns
Millions At Risk Of Exposure To Cholera In Northern Iraq, UN Health Agency Warns
Tens of Thousands Uprooted by Violence in the Central African Republic
8/9/2007
UN Force Commander Urges Ceasefire in Volatile Eastern DR Congo
Ban Ki-Moon Hails Luciano Pavarotti As ‘True Friend’ of UN
Humanitarian Situation in Darfur Deteriorating, Says Senior UN Official
Racing Against Clock, UN Seeks $81 Million to Feed Hundreds of Thousands in Chad
Scrum Down: World Rugby Cup Tackles Global Hunger For UN
27/7/2007
DR Congo: UN Report Deplores Excessive Use of  Force in Poll Clashes
UN Officials Mourn Passing of Mohammad Zahir Shah, ‘Father of Afghanistan’
UN Humanitarian Chief Spotlights Impact Of Drought On Southern Africa
Secretary-General Issues Strong Call For Action to Combat Climate Change

Montenegro Melts Tanks into Scrap In UN-Backed Demilitarization Initiative
20/7/2007
UN Warns of Deteriorating Situation in West Darfur
Ban Ki-Moon Calls for Efforts to Break Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Process Stalemate
Decline in 2007 Crop Yield Could Lead To Food Shortages in 28 Countries
Narrowing Technology Gap Key to Reducing Poverty in Poorest Nations
IAEA Welcomes European Contribution For African Nuclear Security
UN Humanitarian Chief Cites $2.5 Billion Global Shortfall In Aid For 2007
13/7/2007
Closure Of Gaza Crossings Draws Concern From Ban Ki-Moon
Iran Agrees To New Un Nuclear Inspections And Safeguards
UN Agencies Warn Of Looming Disaster As Tensions Rise In Eastern Dr Congo
6/7/2007
Afghanistan’s ‘Long Night Of Injustice’ Nearing Its End – Ban Ki-Moon
Beginning of Montenegrin Demilitarisation Programme
Migiro Urges Comprehensive Approach To Tackle ‘Feminisation Of Aids’
Newly Established Forum Vital For Advancing Development

29/6/2007
IAEA helps Central Asian countries deal with old uranium sites

Combating Child Malnutrition: IAEA Nobel Peace Fund Schools for Nutrition
UN children’s agency rushes relief supplies to flood-ravaged Pakistan
UN meets with potential contributors to hybrid peace force in Darfur
UNICEF calls for awareness-raising measures to stem spread of HIV in Iran
22/6/2007
Inuit Leader Wins UN Award For Activism Against Climate Change

UN Tribunal Begins Trial Of Rwandan Priest Charged With Genocide
Almost One In Four Young Afghan Children Forced To Work
Officials From UN War Crimes Tribunals Urge Help In Arresting Fugitives
UN-Backed Partnership Aims To Use Satellites To Bolster Global Disaster Response
Afghanistan: UN-Assisted Mine Clearance Enables 1,000 Families To Return Home
15/6/2007
Food Agency Airlifts Supplies To Sudanese in Central African Republic
Iraq:  UNESCO Chief Condemns New Attack On Samarra Shrine
Legal Market Necessary For Democracy In Albania, Says UNDP Chief
Lesotho: More Than 400,000 Face Food Shortages Following Drought
Regime Governing Trade in Endangered Species Tightened
Shooting At Afghan School For Girls
8/6/2007
Climate Change ‘Defining Issue of Our Era,’ Says Ban Ki-Moon
UNESCO Chief Applauds Regional Co-operation In South-East Europe
UN War Crimes Prosecutor Calls For Arrest of Darfur Suspects
UN Agencies Say New Ready Foods Help Tackle Malnutrition
1/6/2007
On World No Tobacco Day, UN Calls For Stamping Out Smoking In Workplace
UN Human Rights Chief ‘Appalled’ By Sexual Violence In Dr Congo, Burundi
Massacre Of Civilians In Dr Congo
UN, Partners Explore Ways That Food Relief Can Boost Development
25/5/2007
Darfur: UN Mission Reports New Round of Clashes
Despite Intimidation Freedom of Expression Increases in Ukraine

Somalia Must not be Abandoned Says UN Humanitarian Chief
Swaziland: 400,000 Need Aid After Worst Maize Harvest Ever
UNICEF Appeals for $42 Million to Help Iraqi Children
18/5/2007
Bonn Meeting Moves World Closer to Action on Climate Change
Bosnian Leaders Must Seize Moment For Reforms
Darfur: Formal Political Negotiations Could Start Soon UN Envoy Says
‘Food Force’ Video Game Sweeps Northern Europe
General Assembly President Calls For Women’s Rights in Middle East
Some Countries Will Struggle This Year Despite Record Cereal Crop
Sri Lanka: UNICEF Helps Children Displaced by Escalating Conflict
UN Demand Inquiry into Deadly Attacks in South Darfur 
4/5/2007
An Ki-Moon Hails New UN-Backed Urban Training Centre In Republic Of Korea
UN Relief Agency Welcomes €30 Million European Grant For Darfur
Cyprus Problem Requires A Local Solution To Succeed
Four Laureates Awarded UN Population Fund’s Highest Honour
UN Official Warns Of Confusion Over Key Kyoto Protocol Mechanism
UN-Backed Body Says Reconstruction Plan For Afghanistan On Track
Indoor Air Pollution Takes Heavy Toll On Health
UN Sustainable Development Commission Hears Proposals To Promote Energy Efficiency
Building On Success, UN-Backed Solar Energy Project Poised For Expansion
27/4/2007
With UNICEF’s Help, Madagascar Rebuilds Cyclone Shattered Schools
Agency Finds Palestinian Living Conditions Are Deteriorating
Agriculture Key Player to Stop Degradation of Vital Ecosystems, Say FAO
Cyprus: UN Poll Finds Majority Backing In Both Communities For Federal Settlement
On Africa Malaria Day, UNICEF Says World Must Help Curb Spread Of Disease
UN Experts Concerned at Attack on Human Rights Defenders In Myanmar
UN Refugee Chief Spotlights Water Access Issue During Visit To Camps In Darfur

20/4/2007
Rwanda Asks UN Court To Overturn French Arrest Warrants Over Genocide
DPR Korea: UN-Backed Vaccination Drive Protects More Than 16 Million People
UN Rural Development Arm Provides Over $100 Million To Fight Poverty Worldwide
North-South Peace Deal In Sudan Has Reached ‘Delicate Stage’
15/4/2007
World Heritage List Sites At Serious Risk From Climate Change
Ban Ki-Moon Urges Immediate Release Of Missing Gaza Journalist
Killer Disease of Wheat Spreads from East Africa to Yemen
Nearly Three Dozen More Refugees Drown In Trying To Reach Yemen
Situation After Attacks in South-East Chad Worse Than Feared
UN Condemns Afghan Attacks
UN Steps Up Fight Against Potentially Fatal Chagas Disease

30/3/2007
Malawi: First African  Programme To Tackle Maternal Mortality
Record Number Of Countries Sign UN Treaty On Disabilities On Opening Day
Human Rights Council Calls For Fact-Finding Missions To Probe Alleged Israeli Abuses
Kosovo: Independence Is The Only Option

23/3/2007
UN Voices Alarm After Fighting Erupts in DR Congo Capital
Camps in Darfur Nearing Maximum Capacity, UN Says
Eritrea Expels UN Mine Clearance Chief, Claiming Violation of Laws and Regulations
Nearly 14,000 Flee Burned-Out Town in New Fighting in Central African Republic
 Pact to Preserve the World’s Diversity of Cultural Expression Enters into Force
UN Envoy Calls for Stumbling Blocks to the Eradication of Tuberculosis to be Overcome
UN Marks World Water Day With Calls For Integrated Management of Vital Resource
16/3/2007
DPR Korea To Consider Resuming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Safeguards
Partnership Between UN And European Union Benefits Millions – New Report
Security In West Africa Improving But Still Fragile: Secretary-General
UN Agency Coordinates Mass Campaign To Fight Meningitis In Four African Countries

UN Human Rights Chief Says All Countries Deserve Scrutiny

9/3/2007
UN Marks International Women’s Day With Spotlight On Curbing Gender-Based Violence
KOSOVO: Roma Return To New Homes In Mitrovica
Somalia Faces Best Chance In Years For Peace
New Commissioner Takes Over As Head Of UN Police In Kosovo
2/3/2007
200 Years After Abolition of Slave Trade, Slave-Like Practices Persist, Says UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon
23/2/2007
One Third Of All Iraqis Live In Poverty, UN-Backed Study Finds
Ban Ki-Moon Tells Security Council That Security Sector Reforms Are Crucial

16/2/2007
10th Anniversary of Fund to End Violence Against Women
Kosovo: UN Envoy Asks Police Chief to Resign After Deadly Clash With Demonstrators
UN Agencies Rush Aid to Fight Illness in Flood-Ravaged Somalia
UN Secretary-General Praises French Efforts in Africa

9/2/2007
Kosovo: UN envoy to present ‘very clear statement’ on future status by end of March
Large Number of Serbian Children at risk of poverty
UN envoy for children in conflict welcomes commitments at recent summit
YouTourist: New Internet Platform for Socially Conscious Travellers
UN-approved global pact to outlaw enforced disappearances opens for signature

2/2/2007
Ban Ki-Moon Calls on African Union to Show Unity of Purpose in Darfur
DR Congo: New Violence in West
Secretary-General Chooses British Official To Head UN Mission to Western Sahara
Evidence is Now ‘Unequivocal’ That Humans Are Causing Global Warming
Kosovo to Have Right to Govern Itself Under UN Plan
UN Atomic Watchdog Reports Trafficking of Nuclear Materials
Violence Against Algerian Women Hidden Because of Social Taboos

26/1/2007
Baseless Fear Of Economic Hardship Hampers Efforts To Curb Climate Change
Building On Measles Success, UN Health Agency Stresses Multi-Disease Prevention Strategy
Child Soldiers:Paris International Conference
Global Unemployment Remains At Historic High Despite Strong Economic Growth
Goal-Ace Soccer Star Drogba Shoots For UN Millennium Development Goals
Security Council Establishes UN Political Mission In Nepal
UN Envoy To Present Future Status Proposal For Kosovo

19/1/2007
UNESCO, US Hosts Conference On Eliminating Adult Illiteracy
Bangladesh Caught in Deadly Wave of Cold Weather
Child Deaths From Measles Slashed By 60 Per Cent
Record Number of Countries Contribute Record Amount to UN Population Fund
UN Climate Head Proposes Global Summit
Darfur: Worsening Security Could Irreversibly Damage Aid Efforts
Food Aid Cut-Off Looms For 700,000 Due to Funding Shortfall
Over 34,000 Civilians Killed in Iraq in 2006, Says UN Report on Rights Violations
Rapid Series of Natural, Man-Made Crises Threaten Millions in Horn of Africa, Warns UN
UN Steps up Campaign to Plant Billion Trees in 2007
12/1/2007
WFP to Feed Nearly 2 Million People In Southern Sudan In 2007
Chad: UN Voices ‘Extreme Concern’ For Tens Of Thousands Displaced By Fighting
UN to Promote Responsible Business Practices in New European Union Member States
China and Russia Veto Draft Security Council Resolution on Myanmar
CITES ‘Disappointed’ By European Ban on Wild Bird Trade
Darfur, Middle East and Conflict Prevention are Key Issues, Secretary-General Ban Tells Security Council

15/12/2006
11 African countries from Great Lakes region sign new stability pact
Deadly militia attack against Palestinians in Baghdad
Serbian Government Not Doing Enough for Victims of War Crimes
1/12/2006
World ‘Not Living Up’ to Its Responsibility to Protect in Darfur, Iraq, Gaza
On World Aids Day, UN Leaders Underline Need For Accountability
Annan Sees Cause for Hope as End of Term Draws Near
Chad: UN Refugee Agency Airlifts Emergency Supplies After Looting of Warehouses
East Africa Flood Victims Face Grim Prospect of Rains Continuing into 2007
El Niño Weather Likely to Persist Till March, Affecting Wide Areas of World
UN Labour Report Shows Toll Taken By Aids In The Workplace
UN In Race Against Time to Provide Food for 600,000 Afghans Before Winter
24/11/2006
Grants For 28 Initiatives In Countries To End Violence Against Women
17/11/2006
Up To 1 Million People Threatened By Flooding In Southern Somalia
Climate Change Sceptics ‘Out Of Step, Out Of Arguments And Out Of Time,’
New Climate Change Measures Agreed At UN Conference In Nairobi
UN Aid Chief Cuts Darfur Visit Short After Being Denied Travel Permission Due To Insecurity
10/11/2006
Climate change: Commission looks for progress from UN ministerial conference in Nairobi
DR Congo Presidential Contenders Say They Will Accept Election Results
England cricketers go out to bat for UN against world hunger
Faced with zero response, UNICEF renews appeal for 2.5 million drought-hit Afghans
Implementing UN Resolution 1540 focus of OSCE workshop in Vienna
UN Officials Deplore Lack Of Protection For Civilians In Sri Lanka
UN-backed shrimp farming partnership wins World Bank’s Green Award

3/11/2006
Annan Distressed by New Deaths in Darfur
DR Congo: Annan Calls on Presidential Candidates to Avoid Violence as Votes Are Counted
Emissions of Major Climate-Changing Greenhouse Gases Reach Record Levels
UNESCO to Award Arab Culture Prize to Bulgarian And Jordanian Professors
Liberia Sets up Kofi Annan Institute For Conflict Transformation
‘Wake Up Europe! You Are Heading For A Crisis,’ UN Drugs Chief Warns

27/10/2006
OSCE, UNODC Vienna workshop focuses on combating illicit drug threat
UN and partners gear up to fight neglected tropical diseases affecting billions of people
20/10/2006
Annan Backs French Idea of Cartoons for Peace
Continuing Conflict Hinders UN Humanitarian Operations in Afghanistan
Many Asian Countries Falling Short of Global Development Goals, Warns UN
Marine Pollution Threatens Coral Recovery, Fish Stocks, Oysters, UN Warns
UN Refugee Agency Suspends Repatriation Convoys To South Sudan Due To Violence
UN Relief Officials Say They Need Better Access to War-Torn Areas of Sri Lanka

13/10/2006
Chechens and Azeris faced food aid cutoff
Senior UN official stresses the role of sport in helping attain global development
Queen Sofia awarded Ceres Medal
6/10/2006
UN Refugee Agency Wants to Help World’s 23 Million Internally Displaced
Antarctic Ozone Hole is Worst Ever Recorded
Armed Groups Continue to Target Aid Workers in Eastern Chad
Basic Services Still Lacking After Last Year’s Pakistan Quake, Says UN Envoy
European Commission Strengthens Administrative Co-operation with the United Nations
UN Health Agency Urges Action to Counter Violence against Women

29/9/2006
European nations discuss environment, conflict resolution and development in UN debate
'Severe’ violence in the Central African Republic forces almost 250,000 to flee
Humanitarian Operations Phasing Down As Lebanon Recovery Moves Ahead
Ethiopia can beat its biggest killer with historic push
WPF: fears of funding crisis in DRC
WHO task force on Bird flu up and running
UN monitors Isreali troops withdrawal from Lebanon
22/9/2006
Chile’s President Urges UN To Champion Human Rights
Darfur: President Barroso to Visit Sudan
UNESCO to Organize Regional Global Literacy Conferences
Government Planes Indiscriminately Bomb Darfur Villages, Say UN Monitors
Kosovo: Attacks on Serbs Continue as Final Status is Debated
Serious Problem Looms in Jaffna, UN Warns
UN Reports New People Smuggling Atrocities in Gulf of Aden

8/9/2006
UN Food Agency Calls for Renewed Effort to Fight Hunger
Annan Warns that Sudan will be Held Responsible if Darfur Situation Worsens
Floods Strike Niger and Burkina Faso. UN Agencies Provide Emergency Help
On International Literacy Day, UN Says Learning is Key to Development
States Must do More to Protect Women's Human Rights says UN Agency
28/7/2006
Congolese army accused of rights violations
DR Congo: Rebel Coalition In East Lays Down Arms In UN-Brokered Dea
Joint UN team to visit Ethiopia to assess reports of Somalis fleeing their country
21/7/2006
UN Still Needs $3.1 Billion For Humanitarian Action
Calls For United Effort to Defuse ‘Deep Regional Crisis’
China is World’s Third Largest Food Aid Donor
Darfur: International Agencies Suspend Activities After Attacks
Package of Actions to Staunch Bloodshed in Lebanon
Thousands Displaced By Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami
14/7/2006
DR Congo: UN envoy urges media to play constructive role in electoral process
Nepal's hidden tragedy: Children caught in the conflict
Security Council expresses support for Somalia’s Transitional Government ahead of talks
UN food agency launches campaign to bolster peace in Philippine island of Mindanao
7/7/2006
Afghanistan:  Violence and Shortages Continue to Impede Development
DRC Militias Wound UN Helicopter Pilot on Leaflet Drop
Eritrea:  Children Under 5 Targeted in UN-Backed Measles Vaccination Campaign
Mixed Progress on Millennium Development Goals, According to UN Report
UN Expert Visiting Jordan Finds ‘General Impunity For Torture And Ill-Treatment’
UNICEF Faces $43-Million Shortfall in Fighting Drought in Horn Of Africa

30/6/2006
Brutality still rampant despite progress in protecting civilians: UN officia
UN commission to accept proposals to reduce food contamination
UN Human Rights Council adopts documents on disappearances and indigenous peoples
23/6/2006
Annan Inaugurates UN Strengthened Human Rights Council With Appeal For ‘New Era’
Annan Pleads For End To International Deadlock On Nuclear Non-Proliferation
DRC Civil War: 'Most Lethal Since WWII'
New Right To Inspect Prisons Included In The UN Treaty On Torture
Historic Inaugural Session of UN Peacebuilding Commission

LDCs show Better Gender Equality And Living Standards But No Improvement in Chronic Poverty
Resurgence of Polio in Namibia
Toll Mounts in Angolan Cholera Outbreak. UN Sends More Health Kits
UNESCO Chief Condemns Murder of Pakistani Journalist
16/6/2006
Louis Michel in Tanzania and Burundi
UN casts spotlight on Sudan’s forgotten refugee crisis – not Darfur or South, but East
9/6/2006
Annan Backs Deputy’s Call For Greater US Engagement With UNContinuing Janjaweed Attacks Cross Over The Border To Chad
Delivery of Emergency Funding for Palestinian Authority Still Awaited
UN Rights Expert Deplores Public Execution By Taliban
General Assembly Elects Its Third Woman President
Huge Shortfall In UN Appeal For Somalia Despite Worsening Crisis
Kyrgyz Government Urged Not to Return Uzbek Refugees Against Their Will
UN Study Shows World Uranium Resources Ample for Projected Needs
UNICEF Helps Namibia Combat First Deadly Polio Outbreak in 10 Years
2/6/2006
Forced marriages, domestic violence contribute to female suicide in Turkey – UN expert
Special UN meeting on fighting AIDS promises to set new national targets
19/5/2006
DR of Congo Emergency Costing 1,200 Lives A Day
Walk The World
Prospects For Darfur Are Grim Unless International Community Acts, UN Warns
Success of Bangladesh Centre in Treating Childbirth Injuries
UN  Food Agency Appeals Again For Funds For The Sahel
UNICEF Appeals Fall On Stony Ground
World Must Deal With Dangers of Nuclear Proliferation, Annan Warns
12/5/2006
DR of Congo: New UN report documents abuses by police and army troops
Human Rights offenders elected for new Human Rights Council despite reforms
From fake cows to thousands of tramping feet, UN food agency gets its message out
Rats threatens Tuvalu's economy
Sustainable development: Commissioner Dimas at UN to discuss sustainable energy future

In battle against drugs, Europe must help Latin America find alternative crops – UN
5/5/2006
Annan Welcomes Peace Agreement on Darfur, as Human Rights Violations Continue
Education Crusader Honoured At UN After Horrific Ordeal

UN-Sponsored Arab Regional Forum Focuses On Supporting Girls’ Education
Humanitarian Situation in DR Congo Worsens
Major Shortfall in UN's Sahel Hunger Appeal
Torture 'Systematic' In Nepal Says UN Expert - by Anthony Pouliquen
UN Refugee Agency Regrets New Danish Immigration Rules
28/4/2006
UN Assembly marks 20 years since Chernobyl
1500 strong European force goes to DRC
Sri Lanka: UN expert urges end to political killings in Government-rebel fighting

7/4/2006
UN  Sponsored Partnership Aims to Phase Out Ozone Depleter
UN Marks First Ever Mine Action Day
UN Appeals For $426 Million To Aid Drought Victims In Horn Of Africa
Commissioner Louis Michel Joins High Level Panel on Restructuring the UN
On Remembrance Day For Rwanda’s Genocide Victims, UN Urges Action to avert a Similar Tragedy in Darfur
Norwegian NGO Kicked Out of Darfur by Sudan Government

31/3/2006
DR of Congo: UN denounces re-recruitment, maltreatment of child soldiers
Use of Wood Fuel Can Mitigate Climate Change
Sudan: UN agency calls for immediate funds to prevent sharp rise in diseases
UN agency condemns forced recruitment of Sudanese refugees in Chad
24/3/2006
Uzbekistan to Expel UNHCR
Almost 2 Million Ethiopians Need Assistance
Call For Special Focus on Education for Afghan Girls
Marking World TB Day, Annan Hails Plan to Save 14 Million Lives
New Re-hydration Formula Could Help Save Hundreds of Thousands of Children
New Violence on Chad Border Threatens Relief Efforts
UN Marks World Water Day With Message of Hope,
17/3/2006
Funding Shortfall Forces WFP To Cut Refugees Rations
General Assembly Votes New UN Human Rights Council
Halving of Asylum Applications Since 2001 May be Caused by Increasingly Restrictive Asylum Policies, Says UNCHR
New Chief of UN Environment Agency Elected

Somalia Survey Begun
Urgent Need For New Women’s Agency Argues UN Envoy
10/3/2006
UN official says avian flu pandemic is very likely to happen

€3 million to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance under the UN umbrella
Sudan’s Reconstruction
3/3/2006
Human Rights Council
Tsunami-Affected Countries Need To Do Even More To Protect Rights Of Victims
UN Urges Higher Profile For Kosovan Women In Political Life
UN Peacekeepers Help Dr Of Congo Army
24/2/2006
Blueprint for New UN Human Rights Council Unveiled
EU Common Asylum Policy Should Not Downgrade Standards Says UN Refugee Chief
Northern Darfur Continues Violent and Insecure
UN Envoy Appeals to Warring Factions in Mogadishu to Spare Civilians
UN Envoy Urges Global Community to Explore Root Causes of Hunger
Violence Sends Central Africans Fleeing Across Chad Border
17/2/2006
EU and UN cooperate in relief operation to flood-stricken Algeria
EU and UN to launch a Humanitarian Action Plan for the Democratic Republic of Congo

European Commission signs agreement on promoting sustainable towns with UN-HABITAT
UN and EU officials laud Rwanda for its fight against HIV/AIDS
10/2/2006
Bird Flu Outbreak in Nigeria Worries UN Agency

Transatlantic Tensions over WTO Ruling on GMO Imports - by Anthony Pouliquen
From Malawi Better News
UNICEF Seeks Aid as Millions Suffer in Drought-Hit Horn of Africa
World Food Programme Issues Further Warnings about Kenyan Drought
3/2/2006
Expected crops in Southern Africa welcome but not sufficient to stem crisis – UN envoy
New pacts pave way for return of 20,000 Sudanese and Congolese refugees – UN agency
Study showing governments violate human rights of tsunami survivors released at UN
UNICEF helps children with education kits in Gaza Strip
UN hails fight against polio as number of countries with disease falls to four
UN official calls for legislation to equalize women’s access to housing
UNESCO conference eyes planet's threatened oceans and coastal communities
27/1/2006
World Food Programme Faces Funding Shortage in Chechnya and Ingushetia
AIDS Pandemic Spreading Further in China
Attacks Send Refugees Fleeing To Chad, UN Agency Reports
Concerned at Rising Violence in Darfur, Annan Calls on Parties to Halt Attacks
Global Jobs Crisis Threatens Stability, Says UN Labour Agency Chief
New Multi-Million Dollar Funding to Fight TB Pandemic
Stocks Run Low as Drought Leaves Millions More Kenyans in Need of Aid
UN Envoy to  Kosovo Pays Tribute to its Late President
400 UN Ivory Coast Staff Evacuated After Riots
20/1/2006
UN health agency says it will use donated bird flu treatment for poor countries
Disabled youth plead for inclusion at UN meeting on disability rights treaty
Governments must do more to reduce the impact of natural disasters
Darfur: Annan Calls For More Resources For Peacekeeping
Border between Ethiopia and Eritrea still tense, UN says

13/1/2006
Agreement Clears Way For 70,000 Sudanese Refugees To Return
Bird Flu: Challenge to Control Disease in Animals, Says UN Agency Doctor

Loss of Key Ecosystems Worsens Deadly Drought In East Africa, says UN Agency
UN Envoy Says Security Council Must Enforce Sudan Sanctions
WFP Warns of Catastrophe in Horn of Africa
6/1/2006
After ‘year of disaster,’ donors must prepare for 2006: UN food aid official
Disasters of 2005 not completely 'natural,' UN health
As Nepal truce ends, UN human rights chief warns against abuses

In environmental milestone, Sub-Saharan Africa free of leaded fuel – UN agency
UN agency helps Afghanistan develop pioneering environmental legislation
UN food aid agency lauds record 2005 European contributions to fight hunger
Despite forceful Security Council moves, atrocities continue in Sudan’s Darfur region – UN report
9/12/2005
Civilians Still Victims Of Violent Conflict Despite Recent UN Efforts
Climate Change Conference Urges Strategies To Curb Massive Deforestation
Iraq: Elections Mark Start Of New Phase Where National Dialogue Vital
Top UN Officials Head To Ethiopia And Eritrea In Bid To Ease Tensions
New Initiative To Tackle Violence-AIDS Link
UN Agency Heads Call On World Trade Negotiators To Protect In-Kind Food Aid
UN Emergency Coordinator Says Zimbabwe’s Humanitarian Situation Is Worsening
2/12/2005
UNHCR Concerned About Recent Adoption Of EU Asylum Directive
Huge Challenges Remain In Achieving Education For All
One-Third Of World's Humanitarian Needs Are Focused On Sudan
Torture Remains Widespread In China, UN Expert Reports

UN 2006 Humanitarian Appeal Seeks $4.7 Billion For 26 Crises Worldwide
UN Reports First Deaths Due To Cold Among Quake Victims
UN Group For Sustainable Development In Europe Adopts Wide-Scale Reforms
25/11/2005
46 countries not to achieve 2005 school parity MDG target
UN Support For Arab League Meeting Seeking Iraqi Reconciliation
Annan: Barrier, Settlements And Security Challenge Two-State Israeli-Palestinian Solution
Human flu pandemic inevitable, says WHO

Pakistan: Angelina Jolie And Refugee Chief Pledge Support To Quake Victims
18/11/2005
Agricultural Losses From Quake Exceed $440 Million
Continued Posturing Along Ethiopia-Eritrea Frontier
Deforestation Continues at an Alarming Rate - says UN Agency
Greater Efforts Needed to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, says UN Report
$100 Laptop Unveiled At Tunis Summit
UN Agencies Race to Bring Relief to Quake Victims
UN Worries Over Trial of Alleged Andijan Rebels
UNESCO Celebrates 60th Anniversary
UN experts not to go to Guantanamo, Cuba

11/11/2005
Bird Flu: UN-Sponsored Conference Draws Up Six-Point Action Plan
Health Millennium Development Goals Meeting in Paris
Islamic States At UN-Backed Meeting Call For End To Female Genital Mutilation
EU President and UN Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Deadly Terrorist Blasts In Jordan
New UN Repatriation Route Opens For 155,000 Congolese Refugees In Tanzania
Pakistan: With Winter Raising Disease Risk, UN Quake Appeal Faces Huge Shortfall
Polio Epidemic Across West And Central Africa Halted By Massive Campaign

Security Council Condemns Increasing Violations Of Somali Arms Embargo
UN Development Fund For Women Urges Embedding Gender Equality In Aid Programmes

4/11/2005
Conflict Threatens To Erupt In Horn Of Africa
De-Miners Killed By Ugandan Rebels
Humanitarian Relief Effort for Earthquake Victims is Running Out Of Cash
LDCs Still Need Disaster Early-Warning Equipment
Poorest Countries Also Need Market Access In Developing World
Vaccination Yields Dramatic Fall in African Measles Deaths
Zimbabwe Government Rejects Aid for Homeless

28/10/2005
Land Degradation, Desertification Pose Challenge To Achieving Anti-Poverty Goals
More landmines come out of the ground than are planted each year, UN official says
Three Weeks After Pakistani Quake, 200,000 Victims Have Yet To Receive Aid
On 60th Birthday UN Pledges To Rise To New Challenges
UN Expert Says Human Rights Abuses In Myanmar Not Being Addressed

UN launched groundbreaking campaign to support children affected by AIDS
21/10/2005
Azerbaijani Food Aid Programme Faces Shut Down
Chad's 'Forgotten' Refugees
Peace Eludes Darfur as Violence Resumes
Earthquake: UN Talks of Second Massive Wave of Death.
Kosovo: Annan Recommends Starting Future Status Talks Now
Pakistani Earthquake UN’s Worst Ever Logistical Nightmare
UNICEF Increases its Malawi Appeal Five-fold as Food Crisis Worsens
Delegates Urge More Efforts To Protect Women In Wartime

14/10/2005
Floods And Volcanic Activity Create Catastrophe In Central America
World Food Day To Be Marked Around The World
Hunger is the Real Mass Killer, Says WFP Head
European Commission and UN Agencies Respond to Asian Earthquake, But Task is Overwhelming
Second Pirate Attack On UN Food Aid Ship In Somalia
Time Running Out To Save Southern Africa From Famines
UN Reports Worsening Security In Darfur
UNESCO Unveils Low Cost Arsenic Filter Made From Waste Product
7/10/2005
Sierra Leone: Peacekeepers Leave, Numerous Challenges Remain
Gender Budgets And Valuing Women's Voluntary Work
Annan: Intellectual Breakthrough On Security, Development, Rights
Thousands Of Kenyan Children Face Drought-Induced Hunger
UN Group Reports Jump In Violations Of Arms Embargo Against Somalia
UN Sudan Envoy Urges Darfur Parties To Tackle Power, Wealth And Security Questions

30/9/2005
In Climate Marked By Terror, UN Agency Urges Stepped-Up Efforts To Promote Peace
In Niger, WPF Starts Second Round Of Food Distribution
Sudan: UN Refugee Agency Voices ‘Grave Concern’ At Deadly New Attack On Darfur Camp
UN Envoy Meets With Palestinian, Egyptian Leaders On Lebanon
UN Refugee Chief Says Increased Intolerance Threatens Asylum Principles
23/9/2005
UN Food Agency Appeals For $30 Million To Feed Angolan Children
Annan Optimistic On UN World Summit Outcome
Children Without Parental Care Are More Likely To Suffer Deprivation, UN Says
Emergency Efforts To Avert Malaria Crisis In Niger
Malaria Epidemic Threatens 6 Million Ethiopians
Malawi Faces Famine As Agency Appeals Go Unheeded
Obesity and Overweight Now Low-Income Countries’ New Plague
UN Marks International Peace Day
Poor States Need Trade More Than Aid To Overcome Poverty, Say UN Delegates
UNESCO Director-General Matsuura Elected To Second Term

16/9/2005
Barroso challenges others to match European Union’s commitments on Development goals
Iran pledges cooperation with IAEA, private and public sector players on nuclear issue
Iraq will ask multinational forces to leave some areas once it can secure them
New Report on The UN Voluntary Fund For Victims of Torture
Illegal Fishing, Adventure Tourism And Bioprospecting Contribute To Degradation In The Antarctica
UN World Summit Adopts Landmark Outcome Document On Raft Of Crucial Issues

9/9/2005

Annan Concerned That Member States May Fail To Reach Agreement On World Summit Document

Barroso To Attend United Nations World Summit 2005
Collaborative Effort Needed To Save World’s Remaining Great Apes
Commission Allocates €15 Million To Victims Of The Darfur Conflict
Education Is The Best Road Out Of Poverty For Rural African Poor, UN Says
Food Shortages Threaten In Southern Africa As Funding Shortfalls Arise
Refugees Die In Gulf Of Aden: UN Chief Appeals For International Action
Swedish Gift To AIDS Orphans
Israelis And Palestinians Meet Under UNESCO Auspices


2/9/2005
African Traditional Medicine Could Contribute To HIV Prevention
Ahead Of September World Summit, Annan Stresses Importance Of MDGs
Côte D’Ivoire Nationals Must Take Ownership Of Peace Process
UN Rights Chief Calls For ‘Ever Closer Partnerships’ To Combat Human Trafficking

UN Steps Up Police Presence In Kosovo After Serb Killings
UNIFEM Promotes Decent Work For The Working Poor
Wild Birds Likely To Spread Potentially Deadly Bird Flu Far And Wide
Forest Fires Choking South-East Asia
26/8/2005
Iraq’s “Garden Of Eden” On Its Way To Recovery
UN Raises Alarm Over The Prospect Of Famine In Malawi
“Save The North Sea” Project Chosen For UN Award
UN Rapporteur On Torture Warns UK
Zimbabwe Facing ‘Meltdown’ Says UN
Africa Facing Tuberculosis Epidemic

22/7/2005
Niger: Famine Worsens But Funds Now Beginning To Flow In.
Sites In Bahrain, Moldova, And Bosnia And Herzegovina Added To The UNESCO World Heritage List
Violence Against Afghan Women Must End
Zimbabwe’s Evictions Carried Out With ‘Indifference To Human Suffering,
Funding Still Needed For Mine Clearance In Kosovo
Lack Of Modern Fuels Kills 1.6 Million People Per Year, Says UN Report
15/7/2005
WFP Appeals For $3 Million To Feed Refugees From Togo’s Violence
Agency Triples Estimate Of Niger Food Emergency
Growing Problem Of Anti-Biotic Resistance, Say UN Agencies
On World Population Day, UN Calls For Gender Equality
UN World Heritage Sites Removed From Endangered Lis
t
UN Calls Again For Independent Probe Into Uzbekistan Killings
UN Agencies React To G8 Summit’s Commitments

Commissioner Olli Rehn Pays Tribute To The Victims Of Srebrenica
8/7/2005
Millennium Development Goals Have Unprecedented Support, Annan Says
Initial Agreement Between Sudan, Rebels To End Darfur Conflict
UN Experts and Partners Draw Up $100-Million Plan To Avert Human Bird Flu Pandemic

1/7/2005
Annan Calls For Aid To Central Africa Republic
Groups In Sudan, Spain And Mozambique Win UNESCO Literacy Prizes
UN-Backed Global Fund Reports Rapid Expansion In Treatments
UN Report: Many Poor Countries Not On Track To Meet Health Targets
/24/6/2004
UNESCO Helps Preserve 29 More Collections Of World’s Cultural Heritage
Annan Calls For Broad Burden-Sharing In Iraq
Civilians Need Better Protection In Armed Conflict, Says UN
More Incidents Of Torture Reported Says UN

New Costs Of Fighting AIDS Pandemic Released
Plans To Green Post-Tsunami Reconstruction In Aceh
Starvation Looms In Mali And Niger
UN At 60 Looks Forward To Reform
UN Steps Up Aid To Children Evicted In Zimbabwean Clearances
UN Voices Concern Over Allegations Of Torture In Uzbekistan

17/6/2005
Annan Hails Iraqi Accord To Make Constitution-Drafting Process More Inclusive
Effective UN Is ‘Life-And-Death’ Matter For Many In Developing Countries, Fréchette Says
UN Panel Requests Argentina, UK To Resume Talks On Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Liberia Has Completed Disarmament But Instability Still Threatens
Rape Is Most Common Form Of Violence In Internally Displaced Camp In Northern Uganda
Security Council Briefed On Proposed Truth Commission For Burundi
10/6/2005
African Poverty Worsens As Elsewhere Poverty Falls
Five Million African Children Could Die By 2015, Warns UN Agency
Floods Wreak Havoc In Horn Of Africa
International Criminal Court Opens Investigation Into Darfur

Latin American Forests Depleted By Cattle Ranching
 More Than A Million Children Work In Mines, Says UN Agency

September's Summit Could Be Tougher Than That Of 2000
3/6/2005
Burundi: UN Envoy Says Election Disturbances Are Few, Though Serious
Sudan: UN Envoy To Meet Top Arab League Official On Darfur Crisis
Two Billion People Need Access To Basic Sanitation By 2015 To Meet UN Target
27/5/2005
Climate Change Will Threaten Crops, UN Agency Says

Conflicts Now Leading Cause Of World Hunger
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Proposed As Next Un High Commissioner For Refugees
Fréchette Unveils UN Management Reforms
Lamy Confirmed As Next Head Of WTO
UN Group Meets To Promote Sports For Peace And Development
UN And African Union Appeal For Assistance In Darfur Crisis
UN Expert On Arbitrary Executions Requests Urgent Visit To Uzbekistan
UN War Crimes Tribunal For Former Yugoslavia Transfers Case To Bosnian Court

20/5/2005
5 Experts Named To Monitor UN Arms Embargo On DR Of Congo
In Wake Of Tsunami, UN Conference Examines Media Relations And Tourism
Mandate Of UN Mission In Tajikistan Continued For Another Year
Number Of Asylum Seekers Arriving In Industrialized Countries Continues To Fall
Six Million West Africans Face Famine Because Of Locusts And Drought
UN Meeting For South Asia Seeks End To Violence Against Children
UN Peacekeeping Mission In Timor-Leste Comes To An End

13/5/2005
UN Survey Finds Dismal Living Conditions In Iraq
2005 Will Be Decisive, Say Barroso And Annan

Conference Seeks €40 Million To Restore Cultural Heritage Sites In Kosovo
Eastern Europe Agrees New Strategy To Combat Mining Pollution

More Than 12 Million Are Victims Of Forced Labour, Says UN

The Best Development Tool Is Women's Empowerment, Says Annan
UN Peacekeeper Killed In Ambush In Eastern DR Of Congo
UN Sets Up Farm Training Schools For Aids Orphans In Sub-Saharan Africa
6/05/2005
Complaints Of Sexual Infractions At UN Last Year Doubled From 2003
British Deputy Prosecutor Promoted At Special Court For Sierra Leone
Cambodia's Special Tribunals
Governments To Implement Treaty Against Organic Pollutants
Indonesia Polio Cases Increase
UN-HABITAT at work In Disaster-Affected Areas Of Indonesia
Nearly 12,000 Ex-Militiamen In DR Of Congo Disarmed
Some Developing Countries Are Advancing Biotech Research
UN And Partners Immunize 1.2 Million Children In West Bank And Gaza
UNICEF Calls For Emergency Relief For Drought-Affected Children, Women In Kenya
29/4/2005
UNICEF Has Had Striking Results, But Wishes They Had Accomplished More
2 Million Kenyans At Risk Of Starvation
UN Efforts Will Help Restore Iraqi Marshlands
Kemal Dervis From Turkey Chosen To Head UNDP
Fifth Anti-Malaria Day Underlines Toll On Africa

Catherine Bertini Steps Down
Annan Urges Member States To Consider Security Council Reform
22/4/2005
At Asian-African Summit, Annan Urges Support Of UN Reform
Partnership To Stop Malaria Has Made Unprecedented Gains, UNICEF Says
Seminar On Violence Against Women In The 21st Century
Time For New UN Rights Body Is Now As Status Quo Cannot Continue
15/4/2005
European Union Pledges Funds To Help Sudan
Nearly Two Dozen African Countries Need Food Aid Says FAO
New Aid Targets Reinforce Europe's Position As Leading Aid Donor.
Progress In Meeting MDGs Still Insufficient, Experts Conclude
Second European Appointed To Promote Annan's UN Reform Agenda
UN Makes Preparations For 60th Anniversary Summit
Uzbek Executions Dismay UN Human Rights Committee
WFP Expands Emergency Food Operation In Drought-Stricken Eritrea As Malnutrition Rates Rise In Ethiopia

8/4/2005
Deadliest Ever Outbreak Of Marburg Disease In Angola
Nepal’s Maternal Deaths Exceeds Total number of People Killed in the Conflict
Former Serb Commander Charged By UN Tribunal With Crimes Against Humanity
Annan Welcomes Decision Of Ivorian Parties To End Hostilities And Disarm
Break From the Norm: Somali Leader’s Pledge To Pay Primary School Teacher Salaries
Gloomy Picture Of 2004 Economy In Occupied Palestinian Territory
Humanitarian Appeal For Côte D’Ivoire Brings In Just Over 0 Per Cent
Violence Against Women Is Cause And Consequence Of HIV Spread
Without Reform Of Human Rights Body, UN Credibility At Stake, Annan Says
1/4/2005
Africa Shows Alarming Rise In Tuberculosis, UN Reports
Attacks On Trucks Undermine WFP's Ability To Deliver In Darfur
Cholera Outbreak Overshadows Positive Developments In Eastern DR Of Congo
Ecosystem Change Threatens Achievement Of MDGs Says UN Report
Security Council Votes To Try Darfur Human Rights Violations In The International Criminal Court
Several Europeans In Running To Head UNDP
Three Children Die Each Minute From Infected Water, Says UN
UN Refugee Agency Urges Rethink Of EU Asylum Directive

18/3/2005
Italy And Switzerland Attract UNHCR's Concern
Annan To Present New Agenda
UN Draws Attention To Forgotten Burundi's Plight
Darfur's Agony Continues
And So Does That Of The DRC
Progress Towards Forming New Government In Kosovo
Frechette Identifies Hurdles In Fighting AIDS
UNICEF Appeals On Behalf Of Zimbabwe’s Children
UNICEF Work To Reduce Child Mortatlity In Angola
11/3/2005
Annan Lays Out Detailed Five-Point Un Strategy To Combat Terrorism
After Heaviest Snowfalls In Years In Afghanistan, UN Agencies Prepare For Floods
Community Of Democracies Convene Seminar At UN
New Public Policies Omit Knowledge Gained From Gender Studies

All Iraqis Must Join Political Process To Build On Electoral Momentum
4/3/2005
UN Weapons Of Mass Destruction Panel Reports on Iraqi Sites
Annan Reminds Turbulent Côte D’Ivoire To Cooperate With African Union’s Mediation
Chief Of Troubled UN Mission In Dr Of Congo Will Finish Pressing Agenda Before Leaving
Nile River Basin Countries To Benefit From New Water Management Plan
Celebrating Our Gains, Accelerating Change
Private Industry Has Major Role In Fighting Drug
UN And Regional Bodies Can Aid Each Other In Curbing Conflict, Says OSCE Chief
With Help And Effort, Up To 43 Million Africans Can Avoid HIV Over Next 20 Years
Without Gender Equality In Education The World Cannot Advance

Women Increasingly Migrate For Economic Reasons; Trafficking Also Rising
25/2/2005
World Population Forecast To Exceed 9 Billion By 2050
Dire Warnings Over Ability To Sustain African Feeding Commitments
Kosovo: Standards For Final Status Talks Not Reached
Nine Peacekeepers Killed In The DRC
Plans To Harness River Congo Could Supply Power To Europe
Plastic Carrier Bags Declared Environmentally Unfriendly
World Must Act Now On Darfur, Says UN Relief Head
18/2/2005
Eastern DR Of Congo Hit By Less Usual Form Of Plague, UN Says
Inequality In Asia And Policy Gaps In Africa Impede Rise Out Of Poverty
Social Development Back at Centre Of UN Agenda
No New Discoveries On Iran’s Nuclear Programme In Past Six Months
UN Mission Hails New Landmark In Afghanistan’s Disarmament Programme
Sudan Cannot Be Trusted To Tackle Darfur War Crimes
11/2/2005
Annan Calls For Cooperation To Save Central Africa’s Forests

Challenges Of Poverty And Terror Demand Reformed UN Says Annan
Make Poverty History - Urges Action To Cancel African Debt
Peace Still Far Away From Sudan’s Troubled Darfur

4/2/2005
African States Must Give High Priority To Agricultural Research To Cut Hunger
Asia’s Polio-Endemic Countries On Track To Eliminate Disease This Year

UN Agencies And Aid Groups Help Afghanistan Try To Boost Its Low Literacy Rates
Help for Tsunami Survivors Who Will Not Relocate From Ravaged Village
UN Conference Calls For Balancing Water Use Between Agriculture And Environment
UN Official Calls For Cancellation Of Debts Owed By Poorest Countries
First Step In Rebuilding Sri Lanka’s Fishing Fleet
28/1/2005
Violence Continues In Darfur As Annan Receives Genocide Report
DR Of Congo Violence Provides Work For UN Peacekeepers
Effective Governance Needed To Stem High Rate Of Biodiversity Loss
No Sign Of Progress In Deadlocked Western Sahara Dispute
Organic Farming May Help Reduce Rural Poverty
UN And EU Tighten Cooperation On Drugs And Crime

UN Reports Slow Response To African Appeals

UNESCO Plans To Safeguard Jerusalem’s Cultural Heritage
21/1/2005
UN Conference On Disaster Reduction Concludes

UN Launches Plans For Global Early Warning System On Natural Disasters
Evil Of Holocaust Still Threatens World, Annan Says
UN Envoy Holds Talks On Deployment Of Peace-Support Mission In Southern Sudan
Global Trade Liberalization Could Reap Benefits For Developing States
UN Teams Up With Commission To Fight Drug Trafficking, Crime And Terror
UN To Look At Evolving Role Of Microfinance In Reducing Poverty
14/1/2005
Congolese Women And Children Flee Across Lake
Tsunami Relief Effort Going 'Reasonably Well' Says UN
WFP Looks For Help To Europe's New Members
World Moves Towards Gender Parity In Basic Education, UN Says
7/1/2005
30 People Killed Last Month By Mutineers In DR Of Congo
Annan Tours Worst Destruction He Has Ever Seen At Tsunami’s Ground Zero
Peacekeepers’ Sexual Abuse Of Local Girls Continuing In DR Of Congo
UN’s Top Priority Remains Getting Aid To Tsunami Victims It Has Not Yet Reached
17/12/2004
Significant Achievements In The Prevention Of Avoidable Blindness
2004 Is Worst Year Yet For Natural Catastrophes, Climate Conference Told
Balkan Leaders Pledge To Turn Away From Past Conflicts
In Darfur Continuing Fighting Forces UN To Suspend Some Relief Operations
Four Million Have Died In DR Of Congo, UNICEF Says
Annan Urges Europeans To Lead In Talks On New Security Structures
10/12/2004
UN Appeals For Resettlement Of Stranded Kurd Refugees
Oil Pollution Damage Payments To Be Raised In 2005
Security Council Committee Urges Greater Effort On Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Fresh Fighting Imperils Darfur Peace Talks

UN Plans To Recover Stolen Funds For Nigeria, Kenya
3/12/2004
Conference Seeks Safe Drinking Water For All
Darfur: Continuing Breaches Of Ceasefire Threaten Aid
Millions Of People Worldwide Are Still Being Enslaved, Says UN
26/11/2004
Darfur: 300,000 Displaced Persons Cut Off From All Aid Following Rebel Attack
UN Envoy And Lebanon Agree To Try To Revitalize Middle East Peace Process
UN Feeding Agency Suspends Flights In Western Côte D’Ivoire After Shooting
UN Voices ‘Extreme Concern’ For Thousands Of Iranian Kurd Refugees In Iraq

19/11/2004
Rule Of Law At Risk As UN Risks Marginalisation
More Refugees Fleeing Into Uganda From Sudan
Annan Marks International Tolerance Day
Conflict And Lack Of Funds Threaten Polio Eradication Campaign

International Year Of Microcredit Launched
Great Day For The Whole World As Russia Ratifies Kyoto Treaty
UN Wants Faster Action On Sustainable Development
More Than $185 Million Sought To Aid Palestinians In 2005
New Srebrenica Massacre Report Could Led To Prosecutions

12/11/2004
Progress In Fighting Child Sexual Exploitation
UN And EU Renew Calls For End To Violence In Côte D'Ivoire
Online Prevention Techniques For Sex Workers

Tributes from the UN to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat
Lack Of Energy Services For Poor Could Doom Development Goals
Top UN Relief Official Spotlights Crisis In Northern Uganda
UN Analysis Urges Integrating Reproductive Health And HIV Prevention Campaigns
UN Refugee Agency Withdraws Staff From South Darfur Over Sudanese Restrictions

5/11/2004
Aid Operations Suspended After Renewed Fighting In Côte D'Ivoire
Karzai Elected Afghanistan's First President
More Irrigation Needed In Africa Says UN Food Agency
Sudan Set For Further Violence As Government And Rebel Commanders Lose Control
UN Declares Next Year's Summit On Millennium Declaration Will Be Decisive
Annan Calls On Israel To Avoid Civilian Casualties
UN Food Agency Warn That More Funds Will Be Required In Aftermath Of Locust Attacks
29/10/2004
Security Council Discusses Report on Women, Peace and Security
New Approach On People-Trafficking Called For By UN Human Rights Chief
Thailand: UN Human Rights Chief Demands Swift Probe Into Killings
UNESCO And Italy Sign Pact To Handle Heritage Emergencies
22/10/2004
UNICEF Acts To Bring Iodised Salt To West African Children
Annan Again Draws Attention To Poor Progress On Attaining MDGs
Environmental Issues Could Sharpen Disputes In Southern Caucasus
Darfur: Relief Needs Continue To Grow

Deforestation Trends In Latin America Can Be Reversed Say FAO.
In Northern Ireland Annan Outlines Conditions For Successful Peacekeeping
UNEP Welcomes Russian Parliament's Climate Change Decision
15/10/2004
Maintaining Biodiversity Is Key To Ending World Hunger 
Africa Needs Europe's Help With Peacekeeping, Says Guéhenno  
UN Agency Faces $120 Million Shortfall For Emergency Aid To Palestinians
UN Receives New Reports Of Attacks Against Displaced Persons In Darfur, Sudan
UN-Backed Palestine Rehabilitation Forum Announces Development Initiatives
8/10/2004
Afghanistan Goes To The Polls To Choose A New President

Crimes Against Humanity May Have Occurred In Sudan, Says UN
Improvements In Tackling Scourge Of Landmines
Kenyan Environmental Activist Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Locusts March On Heading North West
Poaching Of Rare Wildlife Continues At High Level
Poland Emerges As A Donor Of Foreign Aid
Poor Babies Die; Rich Babies Live
Sudan Fails To Stop Militia Attacks In Darfur  
1/10/2004
20,000 Child Soldiers In Sudan Have Been Demobilized  
Commissioner Patten at the Opening of the 59th UN General Assembly, September 24, 2004
Poul Nielson and Chris Patten met UN Special Representative for Darfur Jan Pronk
Mandate Of UN Mission In DR Of Congo Expanded, Troops Added
Poor Countries Need Help In Managing Ageing Populations
Trained Polling Staff and Donkeys to help with Elections in Afghanistan
UN Helps Liberian Refugees Return To Their Homeland As Peace Takes Hold
The Commission and the UN hail Russian proposal to ratify Kyoto protocol
UN Rights Officials Tell Security Council International Police Are Required In Sudan
24/9/2004
Annan Urges Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Ratification
Bangladesh Hit By Further Flooding
Call To Boost Production Of Anti - Malaria Nets
Call To Reduce Haiti's Vulnerability To Natural Disasters
Commission Joins Forces With UNEP To Improve Global Environmental Governance
European Ministers Acknowledge Need For Multilateralism In Debate On UN Reform
New Funding Sources Required If MDGs Are To Be Met
'Unspeakable Violence' Continues In Darfur
World Cereal Production Up But Locusts Pose Threat In Africa
17/9/2004
Greek-Language School Set Up In Northern Part Of Cyprus

Commission and FAO Join forces to alleviate poverty and hunger in developing countries
Nepal: UN Food Programme Warns Its Activities Threatened By Conflict
UN-Backed Treaty On Hazardous Chemicals To Get Teeth At Geneva Meeting
UN Redoubles Efforts To Protect World's Cancer-Preventing Ozone Layer
10/9/2004
Agencies Rush Aid To Survivors Of Russian School Attack
Annan Sees Major Challenges To Reaching Goals Set At 2000 'Millennium' Summit
Elections Underway For Afghanistan's First Free President
EU, UN Condemn Beslan Killings And Call For Multilateral Action
UN Food Aid Convoy Crosses The Sahara To Chad
Hungry Liberians Benefit From European Aid
In Darfur 200,000 Still Go Hungry
Little Progress Towards Reducing Poverty In Africa
Toxic Pesticide Waste Problem Likely To Worsen As Un Clean-Up Funding Runs Out.
Women And Girls Stll Make Up Most Of The Illiterates

3/9/2004
China: UNICEF Head Look At Health And Education Deficit In Tibet  
Moroccan Olympics Star El Guerrouj To Bring Gold To UN Child Development Plan
Nigeria And Cameroon Discuss Handover Of Bakassi Peninsula
UN Expert Urges Donors To Make Good On Reproductive Health Pledges
Former Bosnian Serb Politician Sentenced To 32 Years' Jail
World's Biggest Drive Against Intestinal Worms Reaches 4.5 Million Afghan Kids
6/8/2004
Eat More Fruits And Vegetables, Says UN
Locust Threat To Africa Grows More Menacing
Possibility Of Improvement In Darfur, Though Funds Are still Short
UN Agencies Appeal For Funds To Aid Kenya
UN Draws Attention To Continuing Effects Of Bangladesh Floods
30/7/2004
Divers Enlisted To Help Save World's Oceans And Seas
EU funding for Afghan elections reaches near €80 million
Involvement Of Local Communities Vital To Save World's Forests From Fires
Netherlands Pledges €20 Million To UN Programmes To Boost Food, Forestry
UN Envoy Aiming For Talks With Both Sides Of Western Sahara Dispute
UN Labour Agency Project Helping Workers In India Suffering From HIV/AIDS
UN Refugee Agency Concerned At Proposed Changes To Swiss Asylum Laws
UN Staff And Others Complete Three-Day Observer Mission To Darfur, Sudan  
UN Tribunal Quashes Most Convictions Of Former Bosnian Croat Genera
l
23/7/2004
Last Sierra Leonean Refugees Return Home As UN Closes Repatriation Programme
UNICEF Supports Summer Camps In West Bank and Gaza Strip
UN Experts Find Rwandan Involvement In Latest Congo Conflict
Global Compact Centre Established In Barcelona
Snowstorms Continue To Threaten Life In The Highlands Of Peru
Japan To Fund Restoration Of Iraq's Southern Marshlands
Lack Of Response From Sudan Government Prompts Call For Tougher Action From UN
16/7/2004
New Housing And Integration Programme For Serbian War Refugees

Hunger Drives Darfur's Locals To Take Food Aid Meant For Displaced Sudanese
Fight against Terrorism Must Not Undermine Respect For Human Rights
Education Remains Privilege in High Population Countries
Regional Integration In Africa Has Some Way To Go
Rebuilt Bridge At Mostar To Be Reopened As Symbol Of Balkan Reconciliation
New Human Development Report Shows Aids Is Making Many Countries Poorer
US Decision To Deny Funds Could Cost Thousands Of Lives Says UN Population Agency
More People Killed By Natural Disasters Than By War Says UN
Continuing Violence In South Darfur Hampers Access By Aid Workers
Afghanistan Still Facing Election Problems
Serbian War Refugees To Benefit From Social Programme
9/7/2004
Despite Khartoum Disarming Promise, Situation in Darfur Worsens Daily

Combating Terrorism On Right Track
UNICEF Teams Up With H&M To Fight AIDS And Help Girls’ Education In Cambodia
UN Makes Ongoing Efforts To Repatriate Angolan Refugees
Congolese Refugees Return To Assess Home Villages And Property
Asia-Pacific Faces AIDS Catastrophe Unless Urgent Action Is Taken Now
 
First global meeting of organic producers and seed industry
West Africa - international assistance urgently needed to avoid a locust plague
AIDS : Highest Ever Infection Rate
2/7/2004
Corporate Leaders Pledge To Defend Human Rights
UN Calls For Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism  
Health in developing countries - Commission and WHO join forces to deliver on development goals  
Kofi Annan Promises Protection During Visit To Darfur Refugee Camps  
25/6/2004
Finance Still A Problem As World Moves Closer To Meeting Targets For Reproductive Health
Global Partnership For Youth Environmental Projects
New African Outbreaks Confirm Advance Of Polio
Rain Brings Further Problems To Darfur
Congolese Flee To Burundi
Fears Of New War In Eastern DRC

18/6/2004
Annan Urges Tougher Action Against Creeping Desertification
Kosovo: UN Police Arrest 270 People Over Deadly Riots In March
Present World Trade Imbalances Are Discriminatory, Annan Says
African Pupils To Help Out-Of-School Peers
UN Crime Agency To Help Afghanistan Prevent Terrorism
UN $2.25 Billion Short To Help 50 Million People In Crises-Hit Areas
Number Of Refugees Reaches 10-Year Low
Coca Cultivation In Andean Region Plunges
11/6/2004
UN And International Community Ensure Lasting Help To Palestinian Refugees 
11 Chinese Workers Killed In Afghanistan  
Education Programme Is Reducing HIV Infection Among African Refugees, UN Says
Food Airlift Gets Under Way To Troubled Darfur
Lord's Resistance Army Murder 128 Civilians  
Norwegian Envoy To Head UN Probe Into Kosovo Violence
Poor Countries Faring Better But Future Still Uncertain
Refugees Fleeing Fighting In DRC Enter Burundi
90,000 Sudanese Refugees Evacuated From Chad Border
Children Exploited For Domestic Labour Says UN Report

4/6/2004
Boost Bio-Energy To Ease Poverty In Developing Countries

Crisis In Darfur Is Of Extraordinary Gravity, International Community Warns
Drought-Hit Northern Somalia Faces Looming Disaster, UN Warns
Threat To Cold-Water Coral Reefs
Fighting Erupts Again In The DRC
Myanmar: Continued Concern For Democracy And Human Rights
Numbers Of Asylum Seekers Fall Again
Thousands Of Refugees Hurry Home To Sierra Leone Before UN Repatriation Programme Ends
UN Human Rights Experts Demand Israel Stop Razing Palestinian Homes
UN Nuclear Watchdog Explains Role In Safeguarding Nuclear Weaponry

28/5/2004
UN and AU new peace–keeping mission in Burundi  
“Fighting Terrorism Must Remain UN Priority”
Poor Countries Need Aid And Well-Planned Trade Liberalization
UN War Crimes Tribunal Indicts Former Croatian General
Stepping up the battle to prevent nuclear weapons from falling into the clutches of terrorists

21/5/2004
UN Panel Examines Strategies Against Global Drug Abuse
Literacy Initiatives In Mauritius, Brazil and China Awarded
EU 'Abhorred' By Abu Ghraib Practices, UN Urges For Engagement With Iraqi Caretaker Government
Ugandan LRA Militants Increasingly Attack Civilians
Annan And Greek Prime Minister Discuss Regional Issues, Including Cyprus
Development Efforts Must Be Culturally Sensitive, UN New Report
Liberia: 1 Dead In Unrest, UN Quells Rioting With Teargas
14/5/2004
Human Rights Idea Has Spread Around The World, Barcelona Conference Told  
Destruction Mounts In Gaza
UN Teams With Swiss Forum To Fight Poverty
Escalating Food Crisis In Uganda
Expanded EU Will Boost Children's Rights, Say UN
Future Food Aid To Zimbabwe Jeopardized By Cancellation Of Food Assessment Mission
Humanitarian Crisis Worsens As Militias Continue Their Attacks On Civilians In Darfur
 
Loss Of Wild Bamboo Threatens Endangered Species
UN Calls For End To 'Persecution' Of Refugees Escaping Hunger In DPR Of Korea
7/5/2004
Sudan and US Quarrel Over Election To UN Human Rights Commission
Humanitarian Situation In Darfur One Of Worst In The World
UN War Crimes Tribunal Reports Serbia And Montenegro's Lack Of Cooperatio
UNICEF School Supplies For Violence-Ridden Southern Thailand
30/4/2004
Commissioner Nielson Meets Executive Director Of UNFPA Thoraya Ahmed Obaid
International Community 'Not On Track' Says Chair Of UN Sustainable Development Commission
European Asylum Legislation Could Breach International Law, Says UN
Great Disappointment At Result Of Cyprus Referendum
Time Running Out To Reach Development Goals, Says Annan
UN Airlifts Stranded Liberian Refugees
UN Maps Scale Of Humanitarian Crisis In Darfur As Peacekeeping Approaches Debated
UNICEF Report Finds Evidence Of Widespread Child Trafficking In Africa
Vatican And UN Discuss Drug Abuse: A Possible Joint Mission
23/4/2004
Contradictory Laws Undermine Children's Right To Education
UN Human Rights Fact-finding Mission In Sudan  
Army Of Child Soldiers Commits Atrocities In Uganda  
UN-Appointed Expert On Human Trafficking To Protect Rights of Victims
Stronger Cooperation Needed To Save Native Forests In Asia-Pacific
Impending Crisis In Southwest Dr Of Congo, UN Relief Officials Warn
UNICEF Launches Travel Agents' Code To Help Combat Child Sex Tourism
16/4/2004
Future Of Cyprus In Balance As Donors Offer Reconstruction Assistance
Darfur: Appeal Raised As EU Considers Sending Peace Forces
Further Half Million Afghans Due To Return From Iran
Annan Urges Universal Adherence To Anti-Landmine Treaty
Polio Outbreak Spreads To Botswana
UNHCR 'Very Concerned' As Iraqis Are Displaced By Fighting  
9/4/2004
Commemorating The Rwanda Genocide: What Have We Learned?  
25 Million Displaced People Still In Need Of Protection And Aid
Foreign Affairs Committee: End Guantánamo Legal Limbo
UNICEF Signs Deal With Stora Enso To Promote Basic Education For All
Experts To Investigate Human Rights Violations Côte d'Ivoire
Opium Cultivation Could Threaten Stability Afghanistan
2/4/2004
Algeria Family Visits Great Success
UN Appeal For Funds To Deter Poppy Growing
UN AIDS Chief Appeals For Help For Swaziland
Progress On Reducing Hunger Has Stopped, Says UN Expert
Now It Is Up To The People
Oxygen-Starved 'Dead Zones' Threaten Marine Stocks Say UN
UN Emergency Food Aid Suspended In Gaza
Zimbabwe Crisis: UN Appeals For $95 Million

26/3/2004
Annan Urges West Africa To Break With Authoritarianism
Memorial Conference On Rwandan Genocide Considers Lessons For Future
Refugee Agency Relocates Largest Number Of Sudanese In Single Day
Liberia: UN Refugee Agency Scrambles To Help Spontaneous Returnees
Mixed Gains For Women In China's Progress On Anti-Poverty Goals - UN Report
New More Agile Structure For Security Council Committee
Calls On Côte D'Ivoire To Implement 2003 Peace Agreement
UN Humanitarian Agencies Urge Israel To Lift Movement Restrictions Into Gaza
UN Rights Commission Hears Reports Of Mixed Progress In Myanmar, Dr Of Congo  
19/3/2004
Annan Invites Greece And Turkey To Help In Cyprus Talks
Combating Climate Change: Economic Opportunity or Economic Suicide?
ECOSOC Continues Preparing For High-Level Talks On Financing For Development
Ministers In Asia To Discuss Pressing Environmental Concerns
Inauguration of Panafrican Parliament
UN Food Agency To Help Afghan Women Boost Poultry Production
Annan Meets With Brahimi On Iraqi Letter Welcoming UN Help With Transition, Elections
Women: Jordan On The Right Track
12/3/2004
New Project To Clear Landmines From Bosnia And Herzegovina
UN Health Agency Launches Photo Contest To Fight Pregnancy And Abortion Deaths
UN And European Experts Meet To Chart Future Course Of Counter-Terrorism Measures
5/3/2004
Afghan Elections Likely To Be Postponed Despite Further Support From Europe
Famine And Disease Crippling Lesotho Say UN Humanitarian Chiefs
UNHCR Appeals For Funds For Refugee Operations In Chad
Gender Equality Necessary To Achieve MDGs Say UN
Millions Of Africa's Refugees Now Face Chance To Go Home
Prodi, Annan Pledge Support For African Union Goals
27/2/2004
Combating AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Africa, Europe and Central Asia  
ILO: European Commission welcomes report of the World Commission on the social Dimension of globalisation
Rotterdam Convention On Safely Marketing Chemicals Comes Into Force
EU and UNESCO: closer co-operation in developing countries
Uganda Refugee Camp Massacre
 
UN Development Official Calls For Expanding Credit Ratings In Africa To Boost Investment
UN's Green Agency Hails Setting Of Measurable Goals In Fight For Biodiversity
West Africa: Victory Over Polio By End Of 2004
20/2/2004
Commission Welcomes The Resumption Of Cyprus Negotiations
Humanitarian Chaos Continues On Sudan's Border
Massive New Immunization Drive Aims To Reverse Recent Polio Expansion In Africa
Pressing Need To Increase UN's Effectiveness In Responding To World Challenges, Says Annan
Stockholm Treaty Banning Persistant Pollutant Chemicals Will Come Into Force In May
Swiss Conference Will Set Strategy For Aid To Palestinian Refugees
The Opium Poppy Blooms Again In Afghan Fields

13/2/2004

Cloud Forests Need Protection, Say UN
Breakthrough In Cyprus Talks Could Lead To Reunification Before 1 May
Despite UN Efforts Spectre Of Famine Looms Over Korea
New Guidelines On Corporate Environmental Accounting Published
Investigating A Massacre In DRC: UN Finds 12 Corpses
UN Study Asks How Should Benefits From Traditional Plant Varieties Be Shared?
Liberian Conflict Has Devastated Environment, Says UN Agency
Relocating In Sandstorms: The Plight Of Sudanese Refugees
7/2/2004
Benefits Of Eliminating Child Labour Far Outweigh Costs, UN Agency Reports  
Annan Calls For All-Embracing Approach In Fighting Threats To Peace
Conference At UN Seeks Nearly $500 Million To Rebuild Liberia
Security Council Extends UN Mission In Côte D'Ivoire And Considers Its Expansion
Without New Aid, UN Food Agency Will Have To Cut Rations To Millions In DPR Of Korea  
Millions Of Natural Disaster Deaths Could Be Averted By Better Preparedness
UN Nuclear Watchdog Calls For Stronger Security To Fight Proliferation
UN Relief Official Seeks To Spotlight Overlooked Suffering In Eastern Europe
30/1/2004
Afghanistan's New Constitution Takes Effect

Burundi Civil War Talks Underway In The Netherlands
Annan Visits Brussels For Talks With EU Leaders And To Receive Sakahrov Prize On Behalf Of UN
At Davos Annan Urges Business Leaders To Take More Responsibility For Global Action
EU Should Process Asylum Applications Centrally Says UNHCR
French Global Compact Network Launched
Nigerian Polio Virus Spreads To Seventh Country
Private Sector Aid Enlisted To Fight Global Hunger  
UN Agencies Appeal As Crisis Grows In Chad
Biosphere Reserves For Sustainable Development

23/1/2004
Annan To Mull Request For UN Advice On Possibility Of Elections For Iraq
Boosting Use Of Space Technology For Development To Be Focus Of UN Meeting
Fréchette Urges Collective International Response To Emerging Security Threats
Germany Triples Its Support For UN Human Settlements Programme
New UN Prize Honours Partnerships In Use Of World's Resources
UN Health Chief Outlines Three-Point Agenda To Combat Crises
16/1/2004
Brahimi Bows Out Of Afghanistan
Ethiopia: Better Harvest But Seven Million Will Still Require Feeding In 2004 Say UN
Israelis, Palestinians 'Lack Will To Take Risks For Peace' Say UN
Liberia: Peace Process 'Irreversible'
9/1/2004
More Funding Needed to Help Tackle Covert Arms Trade
If Peace Prevails, Annan May Recommend Expanding UN Mission In Côte D'Ivoire
Sudanese Refugees Report Continued Killings, Lootings By Arab Militias
UN Says Polio Is Spreading To Countries Where It Had Been Eradicated

18/12/2003
Annan Warns Leaders To Return To Development Issues In 2004
Climate Change Remains The Most Important Global Challenge To Humanity
Europe Works With UN To Break Cycle Of Poverty And Insecurity In Afghanistan
Health Injustices Are Rife, Says UN Agency
Global Warming Sustained In 2003
How Much Do You Know About The UN?
Tragic Feuding Among Refugees Leaves Dozens Dead In Ethiopia

12/12/2003
Climate Conference Ends With Expressions Of Support For Kyoto Protocol
UN-Backed Summit Ends With Declaration On 'Information Society For All'
5/12/2003
FAO Director-General Reports Slow Progress In Banishing Hunger
Landmines Continue To Kill 50 People A Day
Millions Still Condemned To Slavery 
Russians Become Biggest Group Of Asylum Seekers - UN Refugee Agency Data
Survey Shows Steep Decline In Afghan Livestock
Annan Preaches Multilateralism In Los Angeles
FAO Highlight Growth In Illegal Fishing
Pope Backs Hunger Campaign
28/11/2003
Assessment Mission Will Go To Côte D'Ivoire, Annan Says
Iraq: Security Council Establishes New Committee To Track Saddam-Linked Assets
UN Children's Fund Names Hiv-Positive Muppet 'Children's Champion'
One in Three Women Worldwide Could Suffer Violence Directed at Her Simply Because She is Female

21/11/2003
AIDS: Annan Asks EU For A Billion Dollars
UN'S 2004 Humanitarian Appeal For $3 Billion Launched In New York And Brussels
Gates Foundation Gives $10 Million To UN Fight Against Deadly Maternal Tetanus
Polio Could Be Wiped Out In A Year If Governments Marshalled Political Will Say UN Experts
UNICEF Reports Progress In Afghanistan Despite First Murder Of A UN Staff Since The Fall Of The Taliban
14/7/2003
UN Cutbacks And Israeli Policies Hurting Palestinian Children  
UN Joins With Asian Countries To Combat Substandard, Counterfeit Medicines
Security Legislation Can Perpetuate Emergencies  
Security Council Sees Possible Reinforcement Of UN Presence In Côte D'ivoire
Myanmar's Human Rights Situation Has Regressed  
Iran To Sign UN Additional Protocol  
Afghanistan Entering Crucial Stage Of Peace Process  
7/11/2003
China: UN Official Urges Help To Remove Stigma From Those With Hiv/Aids
Children In War Zones Are Being Maimed, Murdered, Or Forced To Fight
UN supports European Fight Against Small Arms
Preventing Conflicts, Reducing Poverty Key Concepts For UN
Security Council Names Countries That Have Failed To Meet Terror Report Deadline
UNESCO Report Finds Girls Still Face Fewer Opportunities To Attend School
UNICEF Says Guinea Becoming Refuge For West African Child Refugees
31/10/2003
Development Funds Moving From Poor Countries To Rich Ones
General Assembly Approves International Treaty Against Corruption
New Internet Portal On Women In Peace And War
UN System Leaders Review Development Parameters Of Monterrey Consensus
UN Declares 2004 The International Year Of Rice
24/10/2003
Iraqi Bombing: “ we all believed that the UN flags protected us…”
Annan Welcomes Pact On Lowering Aids Drug Prices In Develo