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Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Powers Split Over Iran Talks Bid Two U.N. Peacekeepers Killed in Haiti Landslides Strand Quake Survivors Condemning Violence in Afghanistan, Security Council Backs New Development Plan Lebanon Wants UN Force in South for Another Year UNICEF Brings Community Health Care to Quake-hit Pakistan Nabarro Begs Richest Nations as Millions Face Bird Flu Death Bird Flu: Interview With UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Erwin Northoff United Nations Holds Informal Session on Space Technology for Sustainable Development and Disaster Management

"Experts meeting at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva today begin discussions on racism and the Internet and other related issues. During their two-week session, an intergovernmental working group set up to follow-up on decisions made at the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa." [More]

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events US Diplomats Ready to Go to United Nations UN Resumes Earthquake Aid Flights United States Sending Diplomatic Mission to Ethiopia, Eritrea Bird Flu in Turkey Following Asia's Pattern of Poultry-to-Human Transmission, UN Expert Says Arms Flow to Sudan's Darfur Despite Embargo: UN Record Number Of Countries Contributed To UNFPA, The United Nations Population Fund, In 2005

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the health of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He is following developments closely and very much hopes that the Prime Minister will make a speedy recovery. His thoughts are with Mr. Sharon and his family, as well as with the Government and people of Israel." More

"U.N. investigators want to question Syria's president and foreign minister about the assassination of a former Lebanese leader and have made a request to that effect, a spokeswoman for the probe said Monday. Nasra Hassan, who speaks for a U.N. commission heading the inquiry, also said investigators want to interview former Syrian Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam "as soon as possible." [Full Story]

"A United Nations official said Wednesday that Iraq's recent parliamentary elections, which have given a strong lead to the Shiite religious bloc dominating the current government, were credible and that there was there was no justification in calls for a rerun." [Full Story]

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Kenyan UN peacekeeper in Ethiopia/Eritrea UN Says Tension Remains Between Eritrea and Ethiopia Despite Redeployments UN Probes Death of Canadian in Haiti U.N. Budget Talks Focus on Ending Reform Impasse PAKISTAN: UN Foundation Establishes Earthquake Responses Fund Report from UN Special Envoy Clinton Says Tsunami-hit Countries Make Good Progress Aceh Family Set to Move House Year After Tsunami Children Recovering After Tsunami

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Canadian Peacekeeper Killed in Haiti UN Establishes New Body to Prevent Countries From Sliding Back into War Kosovo Could One Day Be Self-sufficient: UN Envoy Afghan Parliament Begins Tough Job Aid Effort in Africa Undermined by New Violence, U.N. Reports Annan Urges Developing Nations To Use Creativity UN Approves Long-delayed Whistle-blower Rules U.S. Greenhouse Gases Rose 2 Percent Environmental Prize for UN Chief

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events UNHCR plans to build a new school to replace this crumbling secondary school for girls in Yei, South Sudan. South Sudan repatriation to start Saturday, says UNHCR Annan Urges World Trade Talks to Take Steps to Boost Exports of Poor Countries Iraq: UN Envoy Hails Start Of Voting U.S. Backs Extending U.N. Inquiry on Hariri Death Pope Says War No Excuse for Human Rights Abuses UN Court Tries Former Leader of Wartime Serb State UNESCO Condemns Assassination Of Lebanese Editor War Would Hit S.Lanka Health, Bird Flu Effort-UN