Full Coverage: United Nations

06/30/2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 30 (OneWorld) - Africans and Americans support United Nations-authorized military intervention to quell serious human rights abuses and violence in Sudan's Darfur and other conflict-wracked regions, said a pair of new polls.

06/30/2005 At a Beijing meeting last week, UN special advisor Jeffrey Sachs asked China to take the lead in the fight against malaria. By cultivating a shrub that produces an anti–malarial medicine, China could make major contributions to reduce global poverty and meet the U.N. Millennium Development Goals.

06/30/2005 In occasione dell'inaugurazione dell' Istituto Euro Mediterraneo sarà presentato, il rapporto 2004 dell' ONU sulla Democrazia nei paesi arabi.

06/30/2005 On Tuesday, June 27, the US Congress House of Representatives has adopted a resolution demanding that those responsible for the Srebrenica massacre be brought to justice. The US Senate watered down the text of the Resolution the next day.

06/30/2005 L'audizione dell'Onu con le Ong, che si è tenuta nei giorni scorsi al Palazzo di Vetro, è stata un primo passo significativo di una nuova concertazione tra società civile e Nazioni Unite che dovrà caratterizzare i prossimi mesi, in vista del Millennium Summit +5 di settembre, per poi diventare un meccanismo permanente. "E' un risultato positivo per le Ong" - ha affermato Sergio Marelli, Presidente dell'Associazione Ong Italiane, "che chiedono questa interazione da anni". Prima richiesta unanime da parte di tutte le Ong è stata la creazione di un "Consiglio Permanente per i Diritti Umani", proposta sostenuta anche dall'Unione Europea. Un organo composto da un numero ristretto di Stati, il cui meccanismo di selezione prediliga il coinvolgimento di Stati che realmente applicano e rispettano i diritti umani, che abbia potere sanzionatorio e che preveda la piena partecipazione della società civile e delle Ong. E di rifoma dell'Onu tratterà anche il "Quinto vertice dell'Unione africana" (Ua) che vedrà riuniti a Sirte, in Libia, il 4 e 5 luglio, almeno due terzi dei capi di Stato africani.

06/27/2005 ”We do not want decisions taken in small groups behind closed doors," said an NGO representative participating in last week's UN meetings to plan for September's UN World Summit on the Millennium Goals. Civil society organizations propose similar consultations be held with the NGO community before all major summits, as they have firsthand experience on the issues and governments would benefit from their expertise.

06/24/2005 Six months after the tsunami ripped across the Indian Ocean, challenges still lie ahead--including where to re-establish housing and how to restore livelihoods. Speaking for the UN's development agencies, former president Bill Clinton said efforts are in a transition phase where long-term planning is finalized but far from implementation.

06/23/2005 OTTAWA — L’Institut Nord-Sud et la Fédération mondiale des associations pour les Nations Unies (FMANU) ont publié aujourd’hui le 4e rapport annuel sur l’engagement de la société civile en faveur des Objectifs de développement du millénaire. L’Institut se joint ainsi aux nombreux participants du Canada et de par le monde qui répondent à l’appel lancé pour lutter contre la pauvreté.

06/23/2005 UNEP (Program za zivotnu sredinu UN) pokrenuo kampanju za zabranu proizvodnje i korištenja olovnog benzina putem Partnerstva za cistija goriva i vozila (PCFV). "Želimo pomoći zemljama u razvoju da naprave akcijske planove za ukidanje olovnog benzina i pokrenu daljnje napore za smanjivanje sumpora u dizelu te usvajanje standarda za čišću proizvodnju vozila", kaže Elizabeth O'Brien članica PCFV.

06/23/2005 Përfaqësuesi i Kofi Ananit për të zhvendosurit, Ualter Kalin, i cili po qëndron për një vizitë në Kosovë, vlerësoi përpjekjet e institucioneve të Kosovës për përmirësimin e kushteve të të zhvendosurve. Gjatë një takimi me përfaqësues të komuniteteve minoritare dhe me udhëheqësit komunalë në Asamblenë e Kastriotit, Kalin i cilësoi inkurajuese përpjekjet e deritashme për ndërtimin e shoqërisë shumë etnike në Kosovë.

06/23/2005 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (IPS) - For the first time ever, civil society has been invited to participate in interactive sessions of the U.N. General Assembly, but the guest list has irked some leading activists who wonder why they were not asked to attend.

06/22/2005 The nomination of John Bolton, President Bush's choice to head the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, has hit a stalemate following Monday's refusal by the U.S. Senate to confirm him to the post. The president has the power to by-pass the Senate and appoint Bolton during the summer Senate recess without congressional approval. But could he be a credible, trusted, or effective ambassador?

06/22/2005 Ukoliko izbeglice s Kosova budu vraćene u domovinu koja više nije njihov dom, vlasti moraju barem da stvore neophodne uslove kako bi oni mogli da izgrade svoj pravi dom, piše Marek Antoni Novicki, ombudsman na Kosovu u svom komentaru za "Kohu Ditore".

06/21/2005 A party line vote in Congress Friday ended hope for the most recent measure to unlock $34 million for the UN Population Fund. $134 million has already been held up over four years, ostensibly to send a message to China, reports PlanetWire, while women and families in 140 other countries continue to suffer.

06/21/2005 Is it fair that Iraq has to spend its oil revenues in settlement of debt and reparations to countries which themselves were happy to do business with Saddam Hussein? Protesters have started a 15 day fast in Geneva where the UN Compensation Commission will make its ruling.

06/20/2005 As governments across the world realize that the fear of terrorism can be made to serve a political purpose, the distinction between "ordinary" crime and terrorism is being deliberately blurred. A study by Professor Kalliopi K. Koufa, the U.N. Special Rapporteur for Terrorism and Human Rights, shows that "the fear of terrorism out of proportion to its actual risk ... can make people willing to accept counter-terrorism measures that unduly curtail human rights and humanitarian law."

06/20/2005 Svetski dan izbeglica u Srbiji dočekaće oko 140.000 ljudi. Problemi izbeglica i raseljenih lica u Srbiji i Crnoj Gori i dalje su veliki, a zainteresovanost države i međunarodnih organizacija za rešavanje njihovih problema sve je manja.

06/20/2005 While the violence in Iraq continues to garner attention, the situation in Haiti--where the Bush administration also played a key role in creating regime change--is going from bad to desperate, reports Jim Lobe of Inter Press Service.

06/15/2005 On the occasion of June 12, the World Day Against Child Labour, INSTAT (Albanian Statistical Institute) and UNICEF raised the alarm about the situation with Child Labour in Albania.

06/15/2005 The EU Police Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM) started the monitoring of the preparations by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Srpska, regarding the security at the forthcoming Commemoration Ceremony in Srebrenica.