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Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Annan Hails UN Security Council Call on Iran to Suspend Nuclear Activities Victims of Sierra Leone War Rejoice at Taylor's Arrest Eastern Congo Militias on Offensive Before Polls-UN Recruiters of Child Soldiers Targeted for Prosecution UN Torture Investigator to Visit Russia, Chechnya Serbia Urges Patience Over Mladic United Nations Praises India's Decision to Provide all Women Police Unit

Security Council open meeting on Haiti held at UN Headquarters in New York "Haiti's president-elect appealed for urgent international help Monday to spur development in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country and called on all Haitians to join in a national dialogue to promote peace, democracy and stability." [Read more] See also: Aid Vital to Haitian Democracy, Preval Tells UN United States Committed To Helping Haitian People, Says Bolton

"In a wide-ranging review of the "many formidable challenges" facing the Arab world, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reaffirmed the United Nations commitment to help resolve issues ranging from sectarian violence in Iraq to the Israeli-Palestinian impasse to the continued killings, rape and displacement in Sudan.

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Kerry: Fight Terrorism by Boosting United Nations UN Atomic Chief Sees no Breakthrough at Meeting on Iran's Nuclear Programme Watchdog Holds Crucial Iran Talks Annan Wants U.N. to Consider Outsourcing Principles Defeat Politics at the U.N. UN Deplores 'Cowardly' Murder of Afghan Aid Worker

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events IAEA: Iran Wants to Expand Uranium Program World Court Opens Landmark Bosnian Genocide Case Against Serbia U.N. May Upgrade Darfur Peace Force Empowering Women is Key to Development, Frechette Tells UN Commission PAKISTAN: UN Presents Post-Quake Recovery Plan

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Bird Flu Could Hobble Africa's AIDS Fight-UN Eleven Million at Risk in E.Africa Drought-UN World Water Crisis Worsened by Corruption,
Repression: UN Report UN Ozone Experts Meeting in Otago UNICEF Gives N$160 Million for Aids Battle Five Former Afghan Jehadi Commanders
to Surrender Arms to UN-Supported Unit

"The head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) today supported Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council's declaration that former President Rene Preval was the winner of last week's presidential elections and stressed that the Council's decision had not been influenced by the mission." [More]

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Secretary-General Kofi Annan meets with President
Bush at the White House © UN/Eskinder Debebe Annan seeks U.S. help for Darfur peacekeeping Iran Says 135 Swans Died of Bird Flu UN Security Council Calls on Haitians to Refrain from Electoral Violence Lebanese Rally Draws 500,000 to Mark Hariri's Death UN Forecasts Continuing Drought in Horn Of Africa Kyoto 2012 Greenhouse Gas Goals Still in Reach: UN

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Davos: Annan Lauds U.N.'s 'New Mindset' 'The United Nations Cannot Stand Still, Because the Threats to Humanity Do Not Stand Still', Secretary General Tells Davos World Economic Forum Chief of UN Mission in Cote d'Ivoire Says 400 UN Staffers Evacuated After Riots, Siege Diplomatic 'Quartet' Hails Free Palestinian Elections, Urges All to Renounce Violence UN Says Asia Will Lead Global Economic Growth in 2006 UN Has Created Innovative Responses to Emerging Global Challenges, Frechette Says Development: Poorer Nations Weather High Oil Prices - for Now Meningitis Outbreak Leaves Thousands in Uganda in Need of Vaccine, UN Agency Says Nicole Kidman Becomes U.N. Women's Fund Ambassador U.N. Lends Backing to the $100 Laptop