By Franz Wild Abidjan 15 October 2006 The United Nations' elections supervisor in Ivory Coast, Gerard Stoudman, has said it will take another year to organize elections in the war-divided country. The United Nations had already said elections would...
By Scott Stearns White House 14 October 2006 George W. Bush U.S. President George Bush wants strong United Nations action against North Korea following the country's reported nuclear test. Opposition Democrats say the president has not done enough t...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 13 October 2006 The U.N. Security Council has tentatively agreed to impose stiff sanctions on North Korea for its apparent nuclear test. A formal vote is scheduled for Saturday. The United States introduced a comprom...
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 12 October 2006 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday inaugurated a new Crisis Management Center to fight avian influenza outbreaks and other major animal health or food health-related emergenci...
By Efam Dovi Accra, Ghana 12 October 2006 The government of Ghana said it is investigating activities of all licensed diamond dealers in the country. The investigation started as a result of a U.N. report that says conflict diamonds are being smuggl...
By Noel King Khartoum 12 October 2006 The African Union Mission in Sudan says violence between Darfuri rebels and the Sudan government continues along the Sudan/Chad border. A U.N. panel of experts says that an arms embargo in Darfur is being routin...
By Michael Bowman White House 02 October 2006 President Bush says prompt U.N. action is required to save lives in Sudan's Darfur region. The president spoke with reporters after meeting with his new special envoy to Sudan, Monday. ----- President Bu...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 27 September 2006 The annual U.N. General Assembly debate has ended in New York, clearing the way for the final stage of the process of selecting a new secretary-general. The field of candidates for the job of diplom...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 25 September 2006 Ali Mohamed Gedi The prime minister of Somalia's beleaguered interim government is urging the UnitedNations Security Council to act swiftly in lifting a 14-year-old arms embargo on Somalia, so that armed peace...
By Barry Wood Mitrovica, Kosovo 22 September 2006 The city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo has long been a flash point of ethnic tension between the Albanian south side of the Ibar River and the mostly Serbian north. VOA's Barry Wood reports from Mi...