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Seeking to restore calm in Timor-Leste and boost the rule of law in the country it ushered to independence from Indonesia just four years ago, the United Nations today presented the new prime minister with a report covering key issues such as the fi
04:10 Jul 13, 2006 PST
Returning from a fact-finding mission on violence against women in the Netherlands, a United Nations human Rights expert today called for a holistic approach to gender equality in the country, saying special attention should be paid to immigrant, tr
03:58 Jul 13, 2006 PST
'The role of civil society is to warn us, and to make sure that we don't overlook, the real risks of international migration, particularly in the area of human rights,' he told participants.
03:55 Jul 13, 2006 PST
As some of the most powerful leaders in the world prepare to attend the G8 summit of industrialized countries in St. Petersburg, Russia, this weekend, more than 60 teenagers have opened their own United Nations-backed 'Junior 8' nearby with a para
03:51 Jul 13, 2006 PST
A two-day donors' partnership conference aimed at taking stock of achievements during the first six months of Liberia's new post-war Government and developing a consensus on the way forward began today in Monrovia with the senior United Nations en
03:51 Jul 13, 2006 PST
The United Nations has improved its field operations to help countries pursue their development goals as a result of better interagency cooperation, the heads of UN agencies told the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today, but still more reforms
03:43 Jul 13, 2006 PST
United Nations experts are helping Liberia meet obligations under the many international treaties it has entered into as it emerges from over a decade of civil conflict, through a five-day workshop in the capital Monrovia.
03:40 Jul 13, 2006 PST
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. speaking on Iran News network TV last week, gave advance notice of an 'intense fury' to be applied to Israel, showing, once again, Iran's involvement in the attacks on Israel.
21:07 Jul 12, 2006 PST
The United Nations Security Council today condemned 'in the strongest terms' the bomb attacks that caused hundreds of deaths and injuries in Mumbai and other parts of India yesterday, calling them 'heinous acts of terrorism' and urging all State
15:29 Jul 12, 2006 PST
Though 'hardliners' within the Islamic groups that now control the Somali capital of Mogadishu are causing serious concern, talks between those groups and the Somali Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) hold out the possibility the situation ca
15:23 Jul 12, 2006 PST
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed increasing concern about the health and welfare of a group of 200 Iranian Kurds stranded at the Iraq-Jordan border since last year, with a senior official saying he feared the group was being manipul
15:06 Jul 12, 2006 PST
Donor countries' official development assistance (ODA) to poorer nations has grown markedly in the past few years due to various relief efforts, but funding to meet international development goals has actually dropped off, according to a report pre
14:29 Jul 12, 2006 PST
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the immediate release of two Israeli soldiers seized by Hizbollah militants from Lebanon and conferred with key leaders on the attack, which he condemned as a 'blatant breach' of Securit
14:22 Jul 12, 2006 PST
WFP needs at least $12.6 million to distribute 7,700 metric tons of food aid to targeted Angolan beneficiaries for the remainder of this year. Donor support for the agency's relief programme has diminished alarmingly since last year.
14:15 Jul 12, 2006 PST
A top U.S. trade official says the Bush administration wants Congress to approve permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Vietnam before an August recess, but swift action remains far from certain.
14:11 Jul 12, 2006 PST
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