Iraqi officials seek UN help in rehabilitating Najaf and Sadr city
Iraqi officials today sought United Nations help in rehabilitating urban areas hard-hit by recent clashes, including Najaf and Baghdad’s Sadr city.
World's biggest drive against intestinal worms reaches 4.5 million Afghan kids
For a cost of less than half a million dollars, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has completed its largest-ever campaign to fight intestinal worms, treating more than 4.5 million children in Afghanistan against the biggest cause of disease in young children in the developing world.
Darfur’s displaced remain traumatized and at risk of rape, harassment – UN official
The displaced inhabitants of the Sudanese region of Darfur are traumatized and humiliated, and remain at constant risk of rape, violence and pressure to return to their homes, a United Nations humanitarian official told reporters today after visiting the war-torn area.
Nigeria and Cameroon discuss handover of Bakassi Peninsula
Nigerian and Cameroonian delegates to a United Nations commission have met to discuss the peaceful implementation of a October 2002 World Court ruling ceding the formerly disputed, mineral-rich Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon by 15 September, the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) said.
On International Day of Disappeared UN launches call for action
Noting that the enforced disappearance of people around the globe continues unabated and is even growing in some countries, the United Nations today marked International Day of the Disappeared with an appeal to all governments to take preventive action and end impunity for the responsible security forces and armed bands.
UNESCO chief condemns murders of two more journalists
In his ongoing campaign to protect journalists as an essential pillar of democracy, the rule of law and human rights, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has condemned the murder of two more reporters, voicing outrage at the increased targeting of media professionals.
China: UNICEF head gets first hand look at health and education deficit in Tibet
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Director Carol Bellamy is in Tibet to get a first hand look at the situation of youngsters in western China, a region that is struggling to catch up with the country’s strong economic growth.
Sanctions on al-Qaida must be upgraded or risk irrelevancy, UN panel chief says
With al-Qaida-related terrorism posing as great a threat as ever, the head of the United Nations committee monitoring sanctions against the group today called for "pressing on the accelerator a lot more" to strengthen steps to cut off financing and prevent the terrorists from obtaining a dirty bomb or other means of mass destruction.
Italian Major-General named new UN Chief Military Observer in India-Pakistan
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Maj.-Gen. Guido Palmieri of Italy as Chief Military Observer in the United Nations Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).
No casualties after blast apparently targets election workers in Afghanistan
As polling officials in Afghanistan began training today for the country's upcoming elections, the United Nations temporarily stopped road missions to Rodat District in Nangarhar province after a blast apparently targeted election workers there.