By Lisa Schlein Geneva 20 November 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging nations to do more to combat biological weapons, and to create global safeguards to keep them out of terrorist hands. Kofi Annan at a review conference on Biological...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 November 2006 The threat of bio-terrorism will top the agenda of a sixth review conference of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. The two-week conference, which begins Monday in Geneva will review the ban on biological...
By Noel King Khartoum 18 November 2006 United Nations Humanitarian chief, Jan Egeland, has painted a grim picture of life for millions of civilians in Darfur, following his return from the war-torn region. On Saturday, Egeland appealed to the Sudane...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 16 November 2006 A new report says developing countries that do not have broadband access to the Internet are at a big competitive disadvantage with businesses in industrialized countries. The U.N. Conference on Trade and Deve...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 14 November 2006 The United Nations and a group of international insurance and finance companies are calling Tuesday for creative ways to provide climate insurance to farmers and others affected by climate change. Experts s...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 November 2006 Ron Redmond (file photo) The U.N. refugee agency is appealing to the international community to send troops to help protect civilians and refugees in Chad from attacks by armed Arab gunmen. The UNHCR says new...
By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 13 November 2006 Ibrahim Gambari is surrounded by reporters on his arrival at Suvarnbhumi Airport in Thailand, from Myanmar, November 12, 2006 U.N. envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, says detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San...
By Noel King Khartoum 12 November 2006 UN Emergency Coordinator Jan Egeland (L) with Martin Ojul, chairman of LRA negotiating team, in Sudanese town of Juba, November 11, 2006 The United Nations humanitarian chief is in southern Sudan for a meeting...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 11 November 2006 The United States has used its Security Council veto to block a U.N. draft resolution condemning a deadly Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip. Sponsors of the resolution are planning to take the matter...
By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 Declaring dirty water is a bigger killer than bullets worldwide, the United Nations Development Program is calling for a global action plan for the more than one billion people with no access to clean water and...