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Selected summary of United Nations news and events Secretary-General heading to Ethiopia and Sudan to seek help for Darfur Post-tsunami recovery will take about a decade: UN agencies Armed conflicts now leading cause of world hunger Global health rules aim to halt disease spread UN envoy's tour refocuses attention on drought, HIV/AIDS in southern Africa

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events AP: U.S. Bill Would Demand U.N. Reform Togolese refugees in Ghana and Benin now number nearly 32,000 Tsunami damage helps UN to price the unseen value of ecosystems UN Holds Seminar on the Use of Technology for Disaster Management Annan requests extension and expansion of UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events UN demands independent probe into Uzbek killings 'Core' UN staff returning to Afghan city hit last week by riots Government of the Netherlands to Host Sustainable Business Conference in Conjunction with UN World Environment Day UN meeting for South Asia seeks end to violence against children

Transcript of CNN's program Diplomatic License, which aired on May 15th, 2005, covering "Current Events at the United Nations." Excerpt: GEORGE LOPEZ, NOTRE DAME UNIV.: Well, remember, we know that $4.4 billion in Oil For Food needs to be accounted for. This may be a good deal of that. What we also know is that it is nearly triple that amount worked outside the system, with the approval of individual members of the council, and the dialogue in the media up to this point has focused almost exclusively on the secretariat and not on the member states and the Security Council.

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events UN expert extends stay in Lebanon in preparation for 29 May elections Senate Tries to Untangle Oil-For-Food U.N. Taps Management Chief, Makes Reforms Marking its 60th anniversary, UN in New York stages its first documentary film festival UN panel urges ban on making smallpox from scratch

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Report Says Treasury Missed Iraq Oil Abuses U.S. Reiterates Threat to Bring Iran Nuclear Issue Before UN KYRGYZSTAN-UZBEKISTAN: Camp established as refugees flee Uzbek violence New UN-backed global partnership aims to boost access to health information Burma Launches UN-sponsored HIV-AIDS Program

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events US, UN share same lofty founding ideals: Annan U.N., China establish poverty relief center Oil-for-Food Benefited Russians, Report Says Major public health issues on agenda at UN meeting in Geneva UN meeting focuses on collective action to tackle problems in Asia-Pacific region

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Report paints grim picture of Iraqi life German prosecutor to head UN inquiry into murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Heat Rises Over Meeting on Climate Change UNICEF to RP: Address rights violations vs children

Selected summary of United Nations related news and events Mayors from around the globe to mark Environment Day with urban 'green' accords UNICEF alarmed by cholera outbreak in Sao Tome, UNICEF rushes in medical supplies Six million doses of vaccine shipped to Yemen for emergency polio outbreak response UN sustainable development symposium opens in Nanchang Court Favors U.N. on Oil-For-Food Papers