Europe

Secretary-General condemns deadly terrorist bombing near Moscow subway station

31 August 2004
Expressing his dismay at "yet another terrorist attack in the Russian Federation," Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced today's deadly bombing outside an underground railway station in Moscow.

UN team arrives in Cyprus to review mandate of long-running peace mission

30 August 2004
As the United Nations prepares to reappraise its activities in Cyprus, officials of the world body have arrived on the island to review the peacekeeping operation there, a UN spokesman reported today.
Louise Arbour

Judiciary must guard long-held principles in war on terrorism, UN says

27 August 2004
In the war against terrorism, the judiciary should not yield its long-accepted principles of safeguarding human rights to an executive using secrets to achieve unknown ends, the United Nations human rights chief said today.

Georgia: UNICEF rushes vaccines to children displaced from South Ossetia

25 August 2004
A week after fighting between government troops and separatist forces displaced thousands in the South Ossetia region of Georgia, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is rushing vaccines to immunize 1,600 evacuated youngsters against measles, mumps and rubella.
Kenenisa Bekele

UNICEF strikes gold with top racing Ethiopian Goodwill Ambassador

24 August 2004
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has struck gold with its Ethiopian Goodwill Ambassador for Orphans and Vulnerable Children in its battle to end stigma attaching to HIV/AIDS.
UNEP chief Klaus Toepfer

New oil operations in Barents Sea could compound pollution problems, UN warns

24 August 2004
Despite existing regulations and controls, the Arctic region's Barents Sea is being over-fished and endangered by massive nuclear waste storage, while expanded oil and gas operations could further pollute the area, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.

Kosovo's ethnic minorities need continuing protection, UN refugee agency warns

24 August 2004
Highlighting a surge in the number of murders of Kosovo Serbs over the past year, the United Nations refugee agency has issued three linked reports showing that inter-ethnic relations in the troubled province are so fragile that minority groups continue to need international protection from the threat of violence.

Kosovo: UN and Council of Europe sign important human rights accords

23 August 2004
In an effort to enhance the establishment of human rights in United Nations-administered Kosovo, top UN and European officials today signed two agreements that seek to monitor compliance with important international principles and prevent torture and other inhuman or degrading treatment.

Georgia: UNICEF sends school supplies to displaced children from South Ossetia

19 August 2004
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced the delivery of school supplies and sporting equipment to displaced civilians who have fled fighting between government troops and separatist forces in the South Ossetia region of Georgia.

Georgia: UNICEF provides aid to women and children fleeing fighting

17 August 2004
As civilians flee fighting between government troops and separatist forces in the South Ossetia region of Georgia, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is helping to provide rapid emergency assistance to those in need.