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Archive (27 January 2006)

Women

We hear from an Expert, an NGO and a Minister of Women's Affairs -- all taking part in the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Older Women -- a source of strength and wisdom

Today's Features

UN Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Optimistic About Prospects for Peace in the Region
UN Marks First Annual Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust

Today's News

Middle East Quartet Calls for Respect of Results of Palestinian Elections
Tanzanian Foreign Minister Calls for Focus on the Great Lakes Region
UN Human Rights Office Says Situation has Not Improved in Sudan
UN Secretary-General Says Holocaust Denial Must Be Rejected

Caribbean News

The committee preparing for the review conference on illicit small arms trade concludes its session without agreement
Jamaica says it's disappointed that efforts to reach agreement on marking and tracing illicit arms continue to be blocked
Trinidad and Tobago says only through political will can the international community end the scourge
A new report by the International Labour Office says the Caribbean and Latin America saw the largest increase in unemployment last year
Antigua and Barbuda says it has done reasonably well in meeting the Millennium Development Goals
Secretary-General Kofi Annan hails the importance of sports in bringing people together

UN Calling Asia

Timor-Leste chooses restorative over punitive justice for war crimes committed during 24-year independence struggle
Prime Minister of Pakistan responds to the press at UN Headquarters on transparency in quake aid, the gas pipeline, Iran's nuclear option, and women's rights
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