terror

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.
Amb. Heraldo Muñoz

Sanctions on al-Qaida must be upgraded or risk irrelevancy, UN panel chief says

30 August 2004
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.

Al-Qaeda-related terrorism still poses as great a threat as ever

27 August 2004
Despite international efforts, the threat from al-Qaeda-related terrorism remains as great as ever but the nature of that threat has changed, according to the first report from the monitoring team dealing with United Nations sanctions against the group and Afghanistan's former Taliban regime that sheltered it.
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.
Nadia Younes

Fund for UN staffer slain in 2003 Iraq terror blast to help students of world affairs

18 August 2004
On the eve of the first anniversary of an unprecedented terrorist attack against the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, officials from the American University in Cairo (AUC) today said a fund set up to memorialize one of the victims is paving the way for a better future by helping students of international affairs.
Guatemalan refugees in Mexico

Terrorism's challenges focus of Central American meeting - UN refugee agency

13 August 2004
The United Nations refugee agency's first regional consultation on the new problems for refugees and governments generated by the war on terrorism ended today in Costa Rica, as Latin America observed the 20th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on the needs of victims of the continent's armed conflicts and human rights abuses.

Annan stresses need to take security threats seriously, protect aid workers

3 August 2004
Reflecting on the year since a terrorist's bomb destroyed United Nations offices in Iraq and killed more than 20 people, the worst attack deliberately aimed at the world body in its history, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the importance of taking seriously future threats and as well as the need for preventive measures to protect aid workers posted in dangerous parts of the world.