By Luis Ramirez Beijing 04 April 2006 Dr. David Nabarro, UN's chief coordinator for avian influenza speaks to journalists in Beijing, China, April 4, 2006 The top UN official for avian influenza says...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 31 March 2006 United Nations humanitarian relief coordinator Jan Egeland is in Uganda as part of a four-nation tour to assess and highlight the security and drought situation...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 29 March 2006 UN Security Council (file photo) The U.N. Security Council has taken the first step in confronting Iran about its controversial nuclear program. The Coun...
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 29 March 2006 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has lashed out at the United Nations human rights envoy to Cambodia, after the diplomat criticized the country's human rights re...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 27 March 2006 Canadian Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, gives a speech in front of the 62nd Commission on Human Rights, during the last session of the Commi...
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 24 March 2006 watch UN Reform The reforms recently unveiled by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to overhaul the world body's operations have met resistance, both from s...
By David Gollust State Department 24 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday there should be no further delay on a U.N. Security Council statement calling on Iran to halt ura...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 17 March 2006 The United Nations' special representative for Iraq says he does not believe Iraq is headed toward a civil war despite an escalation in sectarian violence....
By David McAlary Washington 17 March 2006 Scientists report evidence that the universe was born in less than the blink of an eye, expanding instantly from sub-microscopic size to astronomical proporti...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 16 March 2006 UN peackeepers patrol in western Ivory Coast Ivory Coast is one the first countries to benefit from a new United Nations emergency fund. The $1 million allocated to...