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POLITICS: U.S. Must Curb Abuses in Iraq, Say Activists
As charges of human rights violations by U.S. and other coalition soldiers in Iraq grow, a rising chorus of voices is demanding urgent international action on these alleged abuses.POLITICS: U.N. Must Protect Children in War – NGOs
A coalition of groups is urging U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to prepare an annual list of governments and groups that recruit or use child soldiers or fail to protect children during military conflicts.POLITICS: Squeezed Japan Threatens Cuts to U.N. Agencies
Faced with an increase in its mandatory contributions to the 2004-05 U.N. budget, Japan plans to cut voluntary contributions to more than a dozen U.N. development agencies and international humanitarian organisations worldwide.POLITICS: Afghans Living in Fear, Says U.N. Official
Despite a heavy western military presence and a two-year-old U.S.-backed government in Kabul, Afghanistan has been reduced to a country with no rule of law, a senior U.N. official warned Monday.DISARMAMENT: Syria Calls for Nuclear Free Middle East
Less than 72 hours before it completes its two-year term in the 15-member U.N. Security Council, Syria formally introduced a resolution Monday calling for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the politically volatile Middle East.DISARMAMENT: Syria Calls for Nuclear Free Middle East
Less than 72 hours before it completes its two-year term in the 15-member U.N. Security Council, Syria formally introduced a resolution Monday calling for a nuclear weapons-free zone in the politically volatile Middle East.IRAQ: Sceptics Scoff as U.S. Again Turns to U.N. for Legitimacy
After coercing the United Nations to give its blessings to the military occupation and post-war reconstruction of Iraq, the United States is planning to return to the world body - this time to legitimise the transfer of political power to Iraqis.POLITICS: U.N. Workers Question Headquarters Security
One of the first known terrorist attacks on the United Nations occurred when the late Ernesto Che Guevara, a disciple of Cuban President Fidel Castro, was at the headquarters building in New York City to address the General Assembly session in December 1964.IRAQ: U.S. to Get Billion-Dollar U.N. Oil for Food Programme
The U.S.-run Coalition Provisional Authority will get control of billions of dollars in Iraqi oil revenues beginning midnight Friday when it formally takes over the seven-year-old, U.N. administered "oil-for-food'' programme.IRAQ: U.S. to Get Billion-Dollar U.N. Oil for Food Programme
The U.S.-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) will get control of billions of dollars in Iraqi oil revenues beginning midnight Friday when it formally takes over the seven-year-old, U.N. administered "oil-for-food'' programme (OFFP).HEALTH: HIV/AIDS Threatens U.N. Peacekeeping
The spread of the deadly disease AIDS is threatening the security and stability of several U.N. peacekeeping missions overseas, said an agency official Monday.IRAQ: Relief Agencies Wary of Returning
The United Nations and some major international relief agencies say they have no immediate plans to return to Iraq despite a U.S. decision to accelerate the transfer of political power to Iraqis.POLITICS: U.N. Reform – Will Anyone Compromise?
When he addressed reporters at a recent U.N. press conference in New York, visiting Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was visibly annoyed when asked if South Africa should have a permanent seat in the Security Council.RIGHTS: Defenders Thwarted by Anti-Terrorist Laws – Report
Hina Jilani, whose U.N. mandate is to protect the world's human rights defenders, believes that support for human rights worldwide continues to be eroded by a rash of new anti-terrorist laws that threaten civil liberties and the rule of law.DEVELOPMENT: Rich Nations Fail Aid Pledge to Poor
When more than 50 world political leaders and finance ministers from rich nations gathered in Mexico in March last year, they solemnly pledged to substantially increase their official development assistance to the world's poorer nations.But 19 months later, the promises of increased aid held out at the International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) in Monterrey, Mexico, have failed to materialise.
DEVELOPMENT: Rich Nations Fail Aid Pledge to Poor
When more than 50 world political leaders and finance ministers from rich nations gathered in Mexico in March last year, they solemnly pledged to substantially increase their official development assistance (ODA) to the world's poorer nations.RIGHTS: Israeli Abuses the Worst in 35 Years – U.N. Report
After 35 years of investigations, a U.N. committee monitoring human rights abuses of Palestinians has concluded that the situation in the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank was the worst ever last year.POLITICS: U.N. Probes Office that Guided Anti-Corruption Treaty
A United Nations agency that brokered a much-ballyhooed international treaty against bribery and corruption is now being investigated for misconduct and financial irregularities in its own backyard.POLITICS-U.N.: Walking the Middle Ground, Annan Irks Extremes
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently faulted a lop-sided U.S. resolution for failing to assure self-rule for Iraqis, he was accused of threatening a regime change in the White House.POLITICS-U.N.: Walking the Middle Ground, Annan Irks Extremes
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan recently faulted a lop-sided U.S. resolution for failing to assure self-rule for Iraqis, he was accused of threatening a regime change in the White House.POLITICS: U.N. Pullout from Baghdad Threatens to Undermine U.S.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's decision to withdraw his staff from Baghdad over U.S. objections could deal another body blow to the U.S.-led military occupation of the increasingly dangerous, war-ravaged nation.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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