Selected summary of United Nations related news and events
Annan Urges All Sides to ‘seize opportunity’ of Northern Ireland Disarmament: “United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on all sides in the Northern Ireland dispute to seize the “unique opportunity” offered by the decommissioning of weapons by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to advance the 1998 Good Friday agreement laying out a framework for a peaceful and democratic settlement.”
Rice Arrives in Haiti for Visit Ahead of Elections
Tehran Warns Against UN Referral
Cocaine Is Killing Colombian Nature Parks
More Foreign Aid on Way for Indonesian Bird Flu Fight
UN Refugee Boss Says World Tackling Past Failures