Americas

With ‘hunger season’ approaching in Haiti, UN urges aid and better farming

30 July 2004
Upcoming harvests in Haiti are expected to fail, prompting experts to call for food aid as well as new farming techniques and crop diversity in the drought-stricken northwestern part of the country, the United Nations said today.

UN envoy to Haiti says peacekeeping mission must revive economy

29 July 2004
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is not only in the Caribbean country to improve security but also to stimulate the economy and restore the political and electoral systems, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General said there on Wednesday.

Athlete swims entire Hudson River to spotlight UN Decade for Action on Water

28 July 2004
Seeking to inspire citizens around the globe to protect their local waterways as part of the United Nations International Decade for Action on Water, long distance swimmer Christopher Swain today became the first person in history to swim the entire 315-mile length of the Hudson River.

UN rights expert hails release of 11 prisoners in Cuba

28 July 2004
A United Nations human rights expert has welcomed the release in Cuba of 11 prisoners from among 75 people arrested early last year.

Prolonged cold snap in Peru causes deaths of 60 children, UNICEF says

27 July 2004
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working with communities in Peru to combat the effects of a cold snap which has killed scores of people as the country’s authorities struggle to deliver supplies to isolated mountain regions in the southern and central regions.

ECOSOC to advise and build support for long-term development in Haiti

27 July 2004
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has approved the reactivation of its dormant group on Haiti to advise the Caribbean nation on development programmes into the future and to help ensure international support for this process.

Political actors in Venezuela accept UN proposal for dialogue

27 July 2004
All political actors in the Venezuelan crisis have accepted a United Nations proposal for a dialogue, a UN envoy has reported to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Visiting Gonaïves, UN envoy for Haiti pledges to improve living conditions

26 July 2004
The newly arrived senior United Nations envoy to Haiti has visited Gonaïves – the scene of unrest which sparked a political crisis earlier this year – pledging to alleviate the conditions now facing the population in the country’s fourth largest city.

New UN envoy to Haiti arrives in Port-au-Prince

24 July 2004
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to Haiti arrived today in the country's capital to take up his work as chief of the UN peacekeeping operation there.

UN adviser urges dialogue, not polarization, for Venezuela's political actors

23 July 2004
A United Nations adviser today urged Venezuela's political actors to move away from the polarization that has prevailed in the period leading up to next month's recall referendum on President Hugo Chavez.