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31 January 2005

Women

Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Conducts Inquiry on Murders in Mexico UNFPA Distributes Hygiene Supplies to Tsunami-affected Indonesian Women Student Volunteer Helps in Rescue Operations in Aceh Equality Under the Law Does Not Always Guarantee Women's Rights CEDAW Committee Considers 'Shadow' Reports

Today's Features

Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Conducts Inquiry on Murders in Mexico
Bird Flu - A 10 year Old Girl has Died of Bird Flu in Vietnam
UN is Encouraged by Successful Conduct of Elections in Iraq

Today's News

Risk of Disease Still High in Aceh Province: WHO
Palestinian girl killed in Gaza Camp
Annan Condemns Violations of Rights in Darfur
Annan Challenges Africa to end Threats to its Internal Peace
Annan Hails Iraqis Vote and Calls for Reconciliation
WFP Says Nearly 800-Thousand May Need Food Aid in Aceh Province

28 January 2005

Today's Features

FAO Restoring Livelihoods of Fishermen And Farmers
UNICEF Helps Tsunami Victims in Remote Fishing Village in Somalia
Jan Egeland on Tsunami-Affected Areas, One Month after the Disaster.

Today's News

UN Women's Committee Finds Discriminatory Laws in All Eight Countries Examined
UN Human Rights Chief is in Afghanistan to Support Efforts to Deal with Past Abuses
High Commissioner for Refugees Goes to West Africa
UN Secretary-General on Recent Attack in the Darfur Region
UN Secretary-General Calls on Iraqis to Exercise Right to Vote

Caribbean News

World Conference on Disaster Reduction ends in Japan with a pledge to strengthen global disaster reduction activities Trinidad and Tobago supports the call for a global early warning system to cover natural hazards Barbados warns of the many natural disasters which continue to undermine sustainable development in the Caribbean Suriname says the Barbados Programme of Action remains the blueprint for the sustainable development of small island developing states St. Kitts-Nevis embarks on efforts to improve and increase its freshwater supply.

27 January 2005

Today's Features

Organic Farming Points Way to Reducing Rural Poverty
The UN Sees Sunday's Election in Iraq as Part of a Longer Process of Transition
Photo and Paintings Exhibition Commemorates Liberation of Auschwitz

Today's News

WFP Needs Over $200 Million to Help Hungry North Koreans
UNICEF Prepares for Schooling in Southern Sudan
UN Declares Parts of Darfur No Go Areas as a Result of Fighting
Needs of Pregnant Women in Tsunami Hit Aceh Have Not Been Met
UN Food Agency Seeks Funds to Rebuild Livelihoods in Tsunami-hit Countries

UN Calling Asia

India to Double its Troops in UN Peacekeeping Missions the Igorot Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines Call for Free, Prior and Informed Consent on Development Projects

UN and Africa

In this special programme, We deal with the serious problem of sexual exploitation by SOME UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo

26 January 2005

Today's Features

UNICEF Helps Reopen Schools in Aceh province, Indonesia
UN Security Council Calls for a Solution to Georgian-Abkhaz Conflict
Donors and tsunami survivors meet through video-conferencing

Today's News

3 by 5 AIDS Treatment Target is Likely to Be Reached: WHO and UNAIDS
UN Human Rights Chief Calls on Parties in Nepalese Conflict to Sign Human Rights Accord
UNICEF Appeals for $763,000 for Forgotten Emergencies Evoking 'Tsunami Spirit'
UNICEF Helps Indonesia Reopen Schools in Tsunami-Devastated Aceh Province
Iraqi Elections

25 January 2005

Scope

English Football Star David Beckham Helps UNICEF's Work for Tsunami Hit Countries Clearing Landmines that Endanger Wildlife Vaccination Campaign Aims to End Polio in Africa by End of Year Exhibit Commemorates Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

Today's Features

UN Establishes Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Examines Reports from Member Countries and Women's Groups
A UN Report Says the World Economic Peaked in 2004

Today's News

UN Says World Economy Expanded Last Year
UN Hosts an Exhibition on the Holocaust
WHO Welcomes Donations for Vaccination Programme
Secretary-General Says All Countries Have Capacity to Achieve Development Goals
UNHCR Criticizes British Conservative Party's Refugee Plan

24 January 2005

Today's Features

Fighthing in Eastern Part of Democratic Republic of the Congo
The U.N's World Conference on Disaster Reduction has ended in Kobe, Japan
General Assembly Marks 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

Today's News

FAO Calls for Improvement of Financial Services for Rural People and Farmers
Close to 50,000 Expatriate Iraqis Register to Vote
World Conference on Disaster Reduction Adopts Declaration
General Assembly Commemorates Liberation of Nazi Extermination Camps

21 January 2005

Today's Features

Clearing Landmines that Endanger Elephants
UNFPA is Providing Basic Hygiene Supplies for Women, Which are Often Overlooked in the Response to Emergencies
African Health Ministers Pledge to Eradicate Polio by the End of This Year

Today's News

WHO to Conduct Study and Recommend Measures to Curb Alcohol Abuse
A UN-Backed Report Says Companies Are Slow to Respond to HIV/AIDS
UNFPA Helps Supply Traditional Attire to Muslim Women in Tsunami-hit Indonesian Province
UNEP Helps Assess Environmental Damage Inflicted on Indonesia by Tsunami
World Conference on Disaster Reduction Expected to Adopt Action Plan for the Next Ten Years

Caribbean News

A plan to combat global poverty is launched this week at the United Nations The UN General Assembly calls on the internation community to strengthen coordination of humanitarian al assistance for countries devastated by last month's earthquake and tsunami Delegates at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction pledge their support to create a regional early warning system in the Indian Ocean.

UN Calling Asia

Tsunami devastation sets back development progress by decades Early warning tsunami system to be installed at a cost of $30 million in Indian Ocean And the natural disaster dissolves old enmities

UN and Africa

Africa Lagging Behind by More Than 100 Years, How the Millennium Development Goals Should Help HIV/AIDS in Africa Compared to the Tsunami Eradicating Polio from Africa, This Year

20 January 2005

Today's Features

Women's Committee Says Neutral Doesn't Mean Equal
General Assembly Emphasizes Need to Maintain Focus on Tsunami-hit Region Beyond Emergency Relief Stage

Today's News

Secretary-General Points to Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau as Challenges for Peace in West Africa
WFP Tackles Serious Food Crisis in Northern Burundi
UNICEF Helps Improve Water and Sanitation in Bandah Aceh
Experts Call for Integration of Disaster Management in Development Policies
UN Human Rights Commissioner Visits Nepal

19 January 2005

Today's Features

Football Star David Beckham Joins Team UNICEF
The United Nations is commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwtiz-Birkenau with a photo exhibition entitled "Afterwards, It's just a Part of You."
UN Special Envoy applauds efforts of African countries to fight HIV/AIDS

Today's News

Cote d'Ivoire Government Says Peace Negotiations Stalled by Refusal of Rebels to Disarm
UN Agencies Agree at Kobe Conference on Plan for Early Warning System
UNICEF Helps Traumatized Children in Devastated Indonesian Province
UN General Assembly to Hold Special Session on Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

18 January 2005

Women

UN Investigates Alleged Sex Crimes by Peacekeepers inthe Democratic Republic of the Congo <> UN Expert Talks about Situation of Women in Jamaica <> Report Looks at Double Burden of Discrimination for Minority and Indigenous Women <> Global Forum on Water Puts Women at the Centre
UN Investigates Alleged Sex Crimes by Peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo <> UN Expert Talks about Situation of Women in Jamaica <> Report Looks at Double Burden of Discrimination for Minority and Indigenous Women <> Global Forum on Water Puts Women at the Centre

Scope

A Plant Able to Detect Landmines <> Cartoons that Encourage Condom Use <> A Practical Action Plan to Combat Poverty <> Why Music Matters

Today's Features

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is Meeting to Examine Reports from Several Countries
The World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) Opens in Kobe, Japan
Secretary-General Tells General Assembly of his Visit to Tsunami-Affected Region

Today's News

Newly Appointed Head of UNICEF Vows to Promote Millennium Development Goals
The UN Food Agency Appeals for Food Aid for West Africa
UNHCR Welcomes Arrival of Mainly Liberian Refugees
World Conference on Disaster Reduction Opens in Kobe, Japan
UN Secretary-General Says Humanitarian Response to the Tsunami is on Track

17 January 2005

Today's Features

New Report Proposes Practical Action Plan to Achieve Millennium Development Goals
Why Music Matters
UNICEF Says Tsunami Relief Effort is Going "Reasonably Well"

Today's News

WFP Appeals for Close to $31 Million to Provide Food to Mauritania
United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction
UN Supports Establishment of Centre on Missing Persons in Iraq
UN Secretary-General is Concerned about Situation in Middle East
Report on Millennium Development Goals is Launched

14 January 2005

Today's Features

The Three Amigos: United Nations is helping to launch one of the world's largest safe-sex campaigns
Minority and Indigenous Women Face Double Burden of Discrimination
The Security Council this week expressed concern about the security situation in Haiti.

Today's News

Refugees from the DR Congo Flee to Uganda
The International Meeting of the future of Small States
UNICEF Says Getting Children Back to Class is Essential for Recovery
Child Protection Agencies Warn of Human Trafficking in Tsunami-Hit Countries
UN Secretary-General Calls for Inclusive Elections in Iraq

Caribbean News

An international conference adopts a strategy on the future of small island developing states; The Security Council calls on the transitional government of Haiti to ensure the holding of free and fair elections in 2005; The UN Committee against the discrimination of women looks at what some countries have been doing to improve the status of women.

UN Calling Asia

Tsunami disaster: Paris Club offers debt relief; Indonesian government expects to take over a large part of the relief and recovery operation by end of March; Sri Lankan UN Ambassador: billions will be needed for recovery - fisheries infrastructure wiped out

UN and Africa

SUDAN – THE NORTH-SOUTH TALKS SUCCEED BUT DARFUR, IN THE WEST, REMAINS A HUGE CRISIS; KENYA – TAKING CARE OF REFUGEES FROM NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES; COTE D’IVOIRE – SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI PRESSES ON TO GET THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK.
Sudan: the north-south talks succeed, but Darfur remains a huge crisis; Kenya: taking care of refugees from neighbouring countries; Cote d'Ivoire: South African President Thambo Mbeki presses on to get the peace process back on track

Perspective

Small island developing states are at risk of sinking both economically and physically - what can the international community do to save 43 such troubled islands found mostly in the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean? UN's Diane Quarless addresses these questions and more in the wake of the UN Conference on Small Islands held in Mauritius

13 January 2005

Today's Features

Danish Company Develops Plant that Detects Landmines
Women's Anti-Discrimination Committee Examines Country Reports on the Implementation of Women's Rights
UN Seeks Clarification on Indonesia's Tsunami Restrictions

Today's News

A United Nations Police Officer is Killed in Kosovo
African Health Ministers Vow to End Polio
UN Food Agency Calls for Support for War-Ravaged West Africa
FAO Says Tsunami has Disrupted Fishing in Affected Countries
UN Official Says Israeli-Palestinian Peace Needs Global Support

12 January 2005

Today's Features

UNIFEM Study Uncovers the Story behind the Numbers for Women's Employment in Eastern Europe
Secretary-General Notes Crucial Importance of Small Island Developing States Conference in the Wake of the Tsunami Disaster
Sudan Peace Agreement is Just the First Step

Today's News

Security Council Reiterates Support for Haiti
Secretary-General Praises Solidarity of Small Island Developing States at Mauritius Conference
Tsunami Donor Session Gets Commitments for $717 Million for Immediate Relief Effort
UN Envoy Calls on Sudan to Extend Benefits of North-South Peace Agreement to Darfur

11 January 2005

Today's Features

Education: a Priority for Iraqi Children and their Parents
How WFP is Assisting Tsunami Affected Areas
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Calls for Comparable Generosity for All Crises

Today's News

UN Refugee Agency and Pakistan Agree on A Census for Afghans
FAO Says Small Island States Face Food Insecurity
A measles campaign is Under Way in Aceh
UNHCR Chartered Plane with Supplies Lands in Banda Aceh
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Calls for More Donations This Year

10 January 2005

Today's Features

Allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers in DRC
Japan Conference on Disaster Reduction to Discuss Tsunami Early Warning System
In wake of tsunami, Small Island Meeting takes up early warning system

Today's News

UN Human Rights Commission Establishes Presence in Guatemala
UN Secretary-General Welcomes Palestinian Elections
International Conference on Small Island States Opens in Mauritius
Narcotics Remain Biggest Threat to Building Democratic Afghanistan
UNICEF and Clinton Foundation Launch Tsunami Initiative

7 January 2005

Scope

WHO Warns of Possible Health Disaster after Earthquake and Tsunami Tsunami Expert Explains the Phenomenon Annan Appoints Brown as Chief of Staff Lowering the Incidence of Cervical Cancer

Today's Features

Small Island States Fisheries Arrangement
International Meeting to Review the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action for Small Island Developing States Takes Place in Mauritius
WFP Helping Victims of Tsunami in Somalia

Today's News

WHO and UNICEF Spearhead Polio Vaccination Campaign in Sudan
UN Conference on Small Island Nations is Set to Start on Monday
UNICEF Helps Restart Schooling in Maldives
Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees Visits Banda Aceh
UN Secretary-General is Shocked by Destruction in Aceh, Indonesia

Caribbean News

International community meets in Mauritius next week to begin a review of the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action Experts say the key to surviving disaster is preparedness and warn that it could happen almost anywhere Haitian singer song/writer Wyclef Jean releases a song of hope and help for Haitian flood victims United Nations reform to be a major focus during this year

UN Calling Asia

UN Ambassador to India discusses reform of the United Nations E-commerce: using the Internet to improve business in the developing world

6 January 2005

Women

UNIFEM Study Uncovers the Story Behind the Numbers for Women's Employment in Eastern Europe Health Alliance Issues Manual for Cervical Cancer Screening UNICEF Helps Victims of Trafficking

Today's Features

A TEN YEAR REVIEW OF A PLAN TO HELP SMALL ISLAND STATES
UN AGENCIES PREPARE FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ACEH
FLASH APPEAL IS MADE FOR $977 MILLION DOLLARS

Today's News

UNEP Reports on Vulnerability of Small Island Nations Ahead of Mauritius Conference
UN Agencies Join Appeal for Tsunami Relief Funds
World Leaders in Jakarta Agree on Establishing Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
Secretary-General Appeals for Nearly $1 Billion in Aid for Tsunami Victims

UN and Africa

THE INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER How is Africa affected? How are victims in Somalia's Puntland region being helped? How might the generosity of the world be bad or good for Africa? What are Africans and African governments contributing in response?

5 January 2005

Today's Features

Women's Alliance for Water
Iraqi Expatriates in 14 Countries Will Be Able to Participate in Election: IOM
UN Relief Coordinator Cites Progress As Well As Obstacles

Today's News

UN Secretary-General Calls on Israelis and Palestinians to Exercise Restraint
IOM Prepares Out of Country Voting for Iraqis
WHO Appeals for $60 million to Address Health Needs in Southeast Asia
UN Agencies Join Forces for Tsunami Early Warning System
UN Relief Coordinator Says Access to Tsunami Affected Areas is a Major Problem

4 January 2005

Today's Features

UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland on Money Pledged by 45 countries for Tsunami Disaster
Annan Appoints Malloch Brown as Chief of Staff

Today's News

New UN Chief of Staff Pledges Support for Secretary-General
Calls for Postponement of Iraqi Elections
WFP Sends Food To Victims of the Tsunami in Somalia
UNHCR Mounts Major Response to Tsunami in Sri Lanka
UN Secretary-General Goes to Tsunami-Affected Countries

3 January 2005

Today's Features

Year in Review 2004 includes coverage of global events. An intimate view of the worldwide work of the United Nations in 2004 and proposals for reforms of the Organization as it enters the 60th anniversary year, in 2005.

Today's News

Year in Review 2004
THE YEAR IN REVIEW - 2004