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UN / RUSSIA-GEORGIA
Russian Ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, says Russia looks forward to "serious and constructive discussions" with Georgian experts concerning the recently alleged bombing of Georgian…
16 August 2007
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Forum 59
This report offers a preview of the main issues that were to be addressed during the 14th General Assembly of the United Nations.
1 January 1959
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CAMEROON / SCHOOLING
UNICEF arranges the drilling of a borehole near a school in Mbang-Mboum so that students can have access to safe water. UNICEF
2 June 2007
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UN / CHARLES TAYLOR
Special Court for Sierra Leone prosecutor Stephen Rapp briefs on the preparations for the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, saying it should be a "fair, just and equitable…
30 January 2007
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UN / SOMALIA
Days after the murders of two journalists in Mogadishu, the United Nations Security Council is considering measures to make the international body "more present" in Somalia. In particular,…
13 August 2007
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UN / IRAQ APPEAL
UNICEF and the UN refugee agency issues a $129 million joint appeal aimed at getting tens of thousands of uprooted Iraqi children back in school. UNICEF
27 July 2007
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SUDAN / ATTACK
Members of the Indian contingent and the United Nations Mission in Sudan bid farewell to a UN Peacekeeper who was killed during an attack on Friday by unidentified armed elements in South Sudan.…
29 January 2007
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UN / WORLD ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
The mid-year update of the World Economic Situation and Prospects report says that in order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from…
30 May 2007
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UN / INDIGENOUS DECLARATION
The General Assembly adopts a landmark declaration outlining the rights of the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people and outlawing discrimination against them – a moved that followed…
13 September 2007
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GENEVA / DIDIER DROGBA
Cote d'Ivoire soccer star Didier Drogba is appointed the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty and the promotion of the Millennium…
24 January 2007
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UN / WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY ADVANCER
On World Press Freedom Day (3 May), Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, vowing to reaffirm the UN's committment to press freedom, says attacks on freedom of press are attacks against international…
2 May 2007