4 April 2003 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?662 today wrapped up his weeklong briefings of all UN Member http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?595 States on the current humanitarian situation in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?773 Iraq.
"We basically discussed the humanitarian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1101 situation and the efforts that are being made by the United http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1154 Nations, and of course there were also questions about http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?345 post-conflict Iraq," the Secretary-General told http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1567 reporters following his meeting with the Latin American and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1172 Caribbean Group; he had met with the African Group earlier http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?674 Friday. "We briefed them on our efforts to get http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1683 assistance to Iraq, wherever we can, but this would depend on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1576 means and access. Wherever we have access, we will try and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1338 reach the needy and we will do cross-border and cross-line http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1057 operations."
The Secretary-General said the meeting http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1447 also touched on the question of the post-conflict situation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?353 and what the UN will do. "I think it is obvious that the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?578 UN will play an important role in post-conflict Iraq," http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?380 he said. "The exact nature and extent of that role is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1481 being discussed now among the members, but the UN has had http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1476 quite a lot of experience with situations like this, and I http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1129 hope the members will rally in trying to assist the people of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1110 Iraq, and Iraq. However this war ends, we will be ready to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1042 play our part."
Mr. Annan met the States in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1627 framework of the five regional groupings beginning on Tuesday http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?548 to exchange views with them. On Monday, he met separately http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1434 with the Arab Group, which is not one of the regional groups, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?654 and on Wednesday he also met the 15 members of the Security http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?872 Council for lunch at his office to discuss Iraq.
In other http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1095 news, the Security Council has endorsed the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1559 Secretary-General's recommendation to retain in Kuwait City http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1536 for a further three months a small logistics headquarters of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?886 the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) to support UN http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1499 activities in the region, where the world body is currently http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1654 concentrating on humanitarian relief.
A letter from the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?346 Council President to the Secretary-General released today http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?439 noted that the Council members concurred with Mr. Annan's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1353 recommendation to retain peacekeeping presence until 6 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?503 July.
Mr. Annan withdrew all UNIKOM personnel from the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1002 border region on the eve of hostilities in Iraq but http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?913 maintained a small headquarters consisting of 12 military http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?819 officers, 20 essential civilian staff and some local personnel in Kuwait City.
UNIKOM was set up in 1991 after the war that followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait to monitor the demilitarized zone between the two countries.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Somalias leaders clear obstacles to ending transitional period
25 May 2012 Leaders in Somalia have agreed to set up a Constituent Assembly http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?436 that will adopt the East African nations new constitution in line with an http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1063 existing roadmap to end the current transitional governing arrangement by an http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?889 upcoming deadline, the United Nations envoy for the country said today.
http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1097 At a three-day consultative meeting that ended on Wednesday in the Ethiopian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1522 capital, Addis Ababa, signatories to the so-called Roadmap for the End of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1029 Transition in Somalia agreed that elders will select the delegates to the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1291 National Constituent Assembly (NCA) no later than 20 June, the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1085 Secretary-Generals Special Representative and head of the UN Political http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?464 Office for Somalia (UNPOS), Augustine Mahiga, told a news conference in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?797 Kenyan capital, Nairobi, today.
These meetings [in Addis Ababa] of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1541 principals were dynamic and sometimes contentious. But most importantly, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?576 they were ultimately successful, said Mr. Mahiga.
After decades of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?818 warfare, Somalia has been undergoing a peace and national reconciliation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1131 process, with the countrys Transitional Federal Institutions currently http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1399 implementing the roadmap, devised in September last year, that spells out http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1598 priority measures to be carried out before the current transitional http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?860 governing arrangements end on 20 August.
The NCA will convene on 2 July http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1238 to adopt the new provisional constitution by 10 July. Members of parliament http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1651 will be selected by 15 July by the elders, who will be assisted in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1637 process by a Technical Selection Committee to ensure that the nominees meet http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1334 the criteria set out in an earlier agreement.
In his remarks to the media, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1237 Mr. Mahiga noted that key decisions made during the meetings included the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?879 expansion of the Technical Selection Committee, which will now be broadened http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?289 to ensure representation of Somalias various clans and international http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1220 observers.
There is a real spirit of camaraderie and a drive for progress http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?893 amongst the signatories of the Roadmap, said Mr. Mahiga. The process is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1410 moving forward and the Somali leadership is committed to meeting the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1590 challenging, but achievable, timetable. It is critical that all parties, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?526 including the international community, now pull together to support this http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1470 process.
Agreements reached in Addis Ababa removed procedural obstacles to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?386 the implementation of the roadmap, the envoy said, while noting the limited http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?815 time-frame.
Somalia is less than ninety days away from the most momentous http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1024 event in its recent history. We have no time to lose, he said. There is not http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1356 a moment to spare as Somalia and its partners get down to work and ensure http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?375 this process is participatory, legitimate, inclusive, transparent and, above http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?429 all, Somali-owned.
A communiqu© issued in Addis Ababa at the end of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?606 the meetings also recommended that the President of the Transitional Federal http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?560 Government issue a presidential decree to convene the NCA. The decree will http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1008 also enable the constitutional-making process to proceed towards the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1152 adoption stage and allow the formation of the National Security and Stabilization Plan, which is intended to lay the foundation for the development of the Somali justice and security sector
http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1097 At a three-day consultative meeting that ended on Wednesday in the Ethiopian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1522 capital, Addis Ababa, signatories to the so-called Roadmap for the End of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1029 Transition in Somalia agreed that elders will select the delegates to the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1291 National Constituent Assembly (NCA) no later than 20 June, the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1085 Secretary-Generals Special Representative and head of the UN Political http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?464 Office for Somalia (UNPOS), Augustine Mahiga, told a news conference in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?797 Kenyan capital, Nairobi, today.
These meetings [in Addis Ababa] of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1541 principals were dynamic and sometimes contentious. But most importantly, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?576 they were ultimately successful, said Mr. Mahiga.
After decades of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?818 warfare, Somalia has been undergoing a peace and national reconciliation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1131 process, with the countrys Transitional Federal Institutions currently http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1399 implementing the roadmap, devised in September last year, that spells out http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1598 priority measures to be carried out before the current transitional http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?860 governing arrangements end on 20 August.
The NCA will convene on 2 July http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1238 to adopt the new provisional constitution by 10 July. Members of parliament http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1651 will be selected by 15 July by the elders, who will be assisted in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1637 process by a Technical Selection Committee to ensure that the nominees meet http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1334 the criteria set out in an earlier agreement.
In his remarks to the media, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1237 Mr. Mahiga noted that key decisions made during the meetings included the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?879 expansion of the Technical Selection Committee, which will now be broadened http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?289 to ensure representation of Somalias various clans and international http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1220 observers.
There is a real spirit of camaraderie and a drive for progress http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?893 amongst the signatories of the Roadmap, said Mr. Mahiga. The process is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1410 moving forward and the Somali leadership is committed to meeting the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1590 challenging, but achievable, timetable. It is critical that all parties, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?526 including the international community, now pull together to support this http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1470 process.
Agreements reached in Addis Ababa removed procedural obstacles to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?386 the implementation of the roadmap, the envoy said, while noting the limited http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?815 time-frame.
Somalia is less than ninety days away from the most momentous http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1024 event in its recent history. We have no time to lose, he said. There is not http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1356 a moment to spare as Somalia and its partners get down to work and ensure http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?375 this process is participatory, legitimate, inclusive, transparent and, above http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?429 all, Somali-owned.
A communiqu© issued in Addis Ababa at the end of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?606 the meetings also recommended that the President of the Transitional Federal http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?560 Government issue a presidential decree to convene the NCA. The decree will http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1008 also enable the constitutional-making process to proceed towards the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1152 adoption stage and allow the formation of the National Security and Stabilization Plan, which is intended to lay the foundation for the development of the Somali justice and security sector
On Holocaust Memorial Day, calls for unflagging vigilance to p
27 January 2014 The United Nations today paid tribute http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1638 to the 6 million Jews and countless others massacred in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1633 the Nazi Holocaust with a solemn ceremony in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?493 General Assembly Hall, a rebuke to Holocaust deniers, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1268 and a warning from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?646 perils of anti-Semitism and hatred of any kind.
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1520 United Nations was founded to prevent any such horror http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?991 from happening again. Yet tragedies from Cambodia to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1109 Rwanda to Srebrenica show that the poison of genocide http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1363 still flows, he said in a message marking the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1246 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1646 Victims of the Holocaust, held every year on 27 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?825 January, the date on which Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1295 the worst German Nazi concentration and extermination http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?592 camps, was liberated in 1945.
Mr. Ban recalled his http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1144 own visit to the camp in November as he walked through http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?570 the infamous gate bearing the metal slogan arbeit macht http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?387 frei (work makes [you] free) and stood near the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?698 crematoria that burned the corpses of so many victims. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1052 I will never forget my visit, he said.
I saw the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1429 horrific remnants of the machinery of genocide, as well http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?902 as moving images of European Jewish life in the 1930s - http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1294 weddings, family meals, rituals, other scenes of simple http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?633 daily life - all extinguished through systematic murder http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1568 unique in human history.
I saw the barracks where http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1059 Jews, Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, dissidents, prisoners http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?571 of war and persons with disabilities spent their final http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?911 days in the most brutal conditions, he added, calling http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1635 for unflagging vigilance against bigotry, extremist http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?925 ideologies, communal tensions and discrimination http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?566 against minorities.
UN High Commissioner for Human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?792 Rights Navi Pillay, recalling her own visit to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?568 Auschwitz-Birkenau, has a simple message for all those http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1140 who deny that the Holocaust happened, or who engage in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?472 anti-Semitism and other forms of religious, racial or http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1241 ethnic intolerance or discrimination.
Visit this http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1206 historic and terrible place, she said in a message http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?812 marking the Day. It is a truly humbling and harrowing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1196 experience to feel the chill of evil and immense http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1211 tragedy that permeates its walls and grounds. It is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1233 important to feel - not just to know in an abstract way - where such behaviour can lead.
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg speaks with UN Television. Credit: UNTV
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1520 United Nations was founded to prevent any such horror http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?991 from happening again. Yet tragedies from Cambodia to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1109 Rwanda to Srebrenica show that the poison of genocide http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1363 still flows, he said in a message marking the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1246 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1646 Victims of the Holocaust, held every year on 27 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?825 January, the date on which Auschwitz-Birkenau, one of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1295 the worst German Nazi concentration and extermination http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?592 camps, was liberated in 1945.
Mr. Ban recalled his http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1144 own visit to the camp in November as he walked through http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?570 the infamous gate bearing the metal slogan arbeit macht http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?387 frei (work makes [you] free) and stood near the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?698 crematoria that burned the corpses of so many victims. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1052 I will never forget my visit, he said.
I saw the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1429 horrific remnants of the machinery of genocide, as well http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?902 as moving images of European Jewish life in the 1930s - http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1294 weddings, family meals, rituals, other scenes of simple http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?633 daily life - all extinguished through systematic murder http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1568 unique in human history.
I saw the barracks where http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1059 Jews, Roma, Sinti, homosexuals, dissidents, prisoners http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?571 of war and persons with disabilities spent their final http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?911 days in the most brutal conditions, he added, calling http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1635 for unflagging vigilance against bigotry, extremist http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?925 ideologies, communal tensions and discrimination http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?566 against minorities.
UN High Commissioner for Human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?792 Rights Navi Pillay, recalling her own visit to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?568 Auschwitz-Birkenau, has a simple message for all those http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1140 who deny that the Holocaust happened, or who engage in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?472 anti-Semitism and other forms of religious, racial or http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1241 ethnic intolerance or discrimination.
Visit this http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1206 historic and terrible place, she said in a message http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?812 marking the Day. It is a truly humbling and harrowing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1196 experience to feel the chill of evil and immense http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1211 tragedy that permeates its walls and grounds. It is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1233 important to feel - not just to know in an abstract way - where such behaviour can lead.
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg speaks with UN Television. Credit: UNTV
Colombia: rights office condemns fresh civilian deaths in conf
12 September 2005
In its http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?460 latest condemnation of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1182 "grave breaches of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1565 international human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1460 rights" in Colombia's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?501 decades-old civil war, the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1218 local United Nations human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?721 rights office has deplored the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?377 killing of three civilians, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?580 two of them young girls, and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1120 the wounding of 26 others http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1113 during fighting last http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1034 week.
The Colombia office of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?711 the UH High Commissioner for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1375 Human Rights (OHCR) noted that http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?875 the leftist Revolutionary http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?871 Armed Forces of Colombia http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1430 Popular Army (FARC-EP) and the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1507 Central Bolivar Bloc of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1235 rightist Colombian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1630 Self-Defence Units (AUC) were http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?810 in the southern Putumayo http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1151 region where the incident http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?434 occurred.
"In http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1281 condemning these acts of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1209 violence, the Office stresses http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?453 that international norms on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1251 the general protection of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1336 civilian population must be http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?692 observed by all those who http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?951 participate directly in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1621 hostilities within an internal http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1341 armed conflict," the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?796 Office said in a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?851 statement.
Hundreds of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?759 thousands of people are http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?467 estimated to have been killed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1571 and millions displaced in four http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?901 decades of fighting in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1584 Latin American country between http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?400 leftist guerrillas, Government forces and right-wing paramilitaries, and UN offices have frequently issued appeals to prevent violence against and the displacement of civilians.
In its http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?460 latest condemnation of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1182 "grave breaches of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1565 international human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1460 rights" in Colombia's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?501 decades-old civil war, the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1218 local United Nations human http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?721 rights office has deplored the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?377 killing of three civilians, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?580 two of them young girls, and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1120 the wounding of 26 others http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1113 during fighting last http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1034 week.
The Colombia office of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?711 the UH High Commissioner for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1375 Human Rights (OHCR) noted that http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?875 the leftist Revolutionary http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?871 Armed Forces of Colombia http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1430 Popular Army (FARC-EP) and the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1507 Central Bolivar Bloc of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1235 rightist Colombian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1630 Self-Defence Units (AUC) were http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?810 in the southern Putumayo http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1151 region where the incident http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?434 occurred.
"In http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1281 condemning these acts of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1209 violence, the Office stresses http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?453 that international norms on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1251 the general protection of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1336 civilian population must be http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?692 observed by all those who http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?951 participate directly in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1621 hostilities within an internal http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1341 armed conflict," the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?796 Office said in a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?851 statement.
Hundreds of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?759 thousands of people are http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?467 estimated to have been killed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1571 and millions displaced in four http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?901 decades of fighting in the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1584 Latin American country between http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?400 leftist guerrillas, Government forces and right-wing paramilitaries, and UN offices have frequently issued appeals to prevent violence against and the displacement of civilians.
Islamic Development Bank grants $5 million to agency for Pales
3 October 2001
The key http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1441 United Nations agency assisting http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?987 Palestine refugees announced http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1160 today that it had received a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1677 pledge of $5 million from the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1561 Islamic Development Bank.
At http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1119 a meeting in Jerusalem, Bank http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?293 officials informed the UN http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1582 Relief and Works Agency for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1245 Palestine Refugees in the Near http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1333 East (UNRWA) that the money had http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1013 been allocated from the Al-Aqsa http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1139 Fund in a bid to support the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?919 Agency's emergency job creation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1393 programme, with special http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?299 emphasis on rebuilding http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1278 destroyed and shelled homes in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1212 the Gaza Strip and the West http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?658 Bank.
Thanking the Bank for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?466 its generous contribution, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?628 Commissioner-General Peter http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1501 Hansen said the funds would http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?623 enable the Agency to address http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1157 the urgent needs of refugees http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?859 resulting from the continuing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1061 confrontations in the occupied http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1596 territories and the consequent http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?906 Israeli punitive restrictions http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1177 on the movement of goods and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?799 Palestinian people.
Mr. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1337 Hansen pointed out that the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?309 Bank's contribution, along with http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?425 the generous support of UNRWA's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?822 major donors, demonstrated the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?998 international community's trust http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?795 in the Agency's ability to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1312 respond to an emergency http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?443 situation.
UNRWA, which has http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1459 been operating for over 50 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?955 years, is the main provider of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?887 basic services - education, health, relief and social services - to over 3.7 million registered Palestine refugees in the Middle East.
The key http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1441 United Nations agency assisting http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?987 Palestine refugees announced http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1160 today that it had received a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1677 pledge of $5 million from the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1561 Islamic Development Bank.
At http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1119 a meeting in Jerusalem, Bank http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?293 officials informed the UN http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1582 Relief and Works Agency for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1245 Palestine Refugees in the Near http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1333 East (UNRWA) that the money had http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1013 been allocated from the Al-Aqsa http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1139 Fund in a bid to support the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?919 Agency's emergency job creation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1393 programme, with special http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?299 emphasis on rebuilding http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1278 destroyed and shelled homes in http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1212 the Gaza Strip and the West http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?658 Bank.
Thanking the Bank for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?466 its generous contribution, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?628 Commissioner-General Peter http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1501 Hansen said the funds would http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?623 enable the Agency to address http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1157 the urgent needs of refugees http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?859 resulting from the continuing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1061 confrontations in the occupied http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1596 territories and the consequent http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?906 Israeli punitive restrictions http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1177 on the movement of goods and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?799 Palestinian people.
Mr. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1337 Hansen pointed out that the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?309 Bank's contribution, along with http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?425 the generous support of UNRWA's http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?822 major donors, demonstrated the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?998 international community's trust http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?795 in the Agency's ability to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1312 respond to an emergency http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?443 situation.
UNRWA, which has http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1459 been operating for over 50 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?955 years, is the main provider of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?887 basic services - education, health, relief and social services - to over 3.7 million registered Palestine refugees in the Middle East.
Harnessing power of technology to advance development focus of
14 May 2012 Over 1,000 representatives of government, civil http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1267 society and the private sector kicked off a United Nations forum http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1066 in Geneva today designed to help countries more effectively http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?617 harness the power of information and communication technologies http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?713 (ICTs) to accelerate progress towards globally agreed development http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?854 targets.
Co-organized by four UN agencies, the week-long forum http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1406 is the worlds largest annual gathering of the ICT for development http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?361 community. It builds on the World Summit on the Information http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?631 Society (WSIS), a UN process initiated in two phases, in 2003 and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?974 2005.
We can proudly say that the WSIS Forum is truly becoming http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?918 a stakeholder-driven platform that displays our common desire and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?565 commitment to build a people-centric, inclusive and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1339 development-oriented Information Society, said Hamadoun http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1219 Tour©, Secretary-General of the UN International http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1438 Telecommunications Union (ITU), at the events opening.
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?379 WSIS Forum aims to define strategies and tactics to help http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1372 countries and organizations more effectively use ICTs to advance http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1123 progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1631 include eradicating hunger, reducing child mortality and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?483 improving maternal health, all by 2015.
Among the topics on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1377 the agenda at the meeting are rural development, ICT http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?301 infrastructure, cybersecurity, multilingualism, environmental http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1604 sustainability, education, healthcare and innovation.
In his http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?516 remarks, Mr. Tour© noted that a particular area of focus is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?688 the challenge of sustainable development, and the role that ICTs http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?832 can and must play in the process. The forum comes ahead of next http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?644 months UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) that http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?347 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I am confident that the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?451 results of discussions and the concrete recommendations of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1111 WSIS Forum will become an important contribution to the Rio+20 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1518 process, said Mr. Tour©.
He added that the high-level of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?511 participation at the event, which is drawing more than 40 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?300 ministers and top officials from the private sector and civil http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?314 society, is a clear demonstration that ICTs continue to remain http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?613 right at the top of country-level agendas and it is our http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?717 responsibility to ensure that they continue to stay there up to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1079 and beyond 2015.
The opening ceremony of the forum also saw the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1043 awarding of WSIS Project Prizes to 18 winners from around the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?996 world, recognizing the success of their efforts in implementing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?638 development-oriented strategies that leverage the power of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1488 ICTs.
The WSIS Forum is co-organized by the ITU, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Co-organized by four UN agencies, the week-long forum http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1406 is the worlds largest annual gathering of the ICT for development http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?361 community. It builds on the World Summit on the Information http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?631 Society (WSIS), a UN process initiated in two phases, in 2003 and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?974 2005.
We can proudly say that the WSIS Forum is truly becoming http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?918 a stakeholder-driven platform that displays our common desire and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?565 commitment to build a people-centric, inclusive and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1339 development-oriented Information Society, said Hamadoun http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1219 Tour©, Secretary-General of the UN International http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1438 Telecommunications Union (ITU), at the events opening.
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?379 WSIS Forum aims to define strategies and tactics to help http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1372 countries and organizations more effectively use ICTs to advance http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1123 progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1631 include eradicating hunger, reducing child mortality and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?483 improving maternal health, all by 2015.
Among the topics on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1377 the agenda at the meeting are rural development, ICT http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?301 infrastructure, cybersecurity, multilingualism, environmental http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1604 sustainability, education, healthcare and innovation.
In his http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?516 remarks, Mr. Tour© noted that a particular area of focus is http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?688 the challenge of sustainable development, and the role that ICTs http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?832 can and must play in the process. The forum comes ahead of next http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?644 months UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) that http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?347 will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I am confident that the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?451 results of discussions and the concrete recommendations of the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1111 WSIS Forum will become an important contribution to the Rio+20 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1518 process, said Mr. Tour©.
He added that the high-level of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?511 participation at the event, which is drawing more than 40 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?300 ministers and top officials from the private sector and civil http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?314 society, is a clear demonstration that ICTs continue to remain http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?613 right at the top of country-level agendas and it is our http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?717 responsibility to ensure that they continue to stay there up to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1079 and beyond 2015.
The opening ceremony of the forum also saw the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1043 awarding of WSIS Project Prizes to 18 winners from around the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?996 world, recognizing the success of their efforts in implementing http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?638 development-oriented strategies that leverage the power of http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1488 ICTs.
The WSIS Forum is co-organized by the ITU, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
ICEF thanks Italy for 1.8 million donation to end female gen
18 June 2004 The United Nations http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1383 Childrens Fund (UNICEF) has http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?629 received a ¬1.8 million http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?861 (euro) donation from the Italian http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?979 Government aimed at putting an http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?785 end to female genital mutilation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?502 and cutting (FGM/C), a procedure http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1071 that is still performed on some 2 http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1550 million girls each year.
This http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?995 is a very welcome and important http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?505 contribution to UNICEFs efforts http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?539 towards stopping this harmful http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?622 practice. FGM/C is not only a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1122 violation of every childs rights, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1523 it is physically harmful and has http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1378 serious consequences for the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1508 health of millions of girls and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1093 women, UNICEF Executive Director http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1422 Carol Bellamy said today.
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1593 agency estimates that more than http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?704 100 million women and girls http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?319 around the world have suffered http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?509 from some form of FGM/C, a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1132 procedure that causes irreparable http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1681 physical injury. It can also http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?563 cause psychological harm and can http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?308 be potentially life threatening. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?740 The procedure is mainly performed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?437 on children and adolescents http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?912 between six and 15 years of age; http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?531 in some countries, however, up to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?783 half of FGM/C is performed on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1358 infants under one year old.
In http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1253 2002 governments around the world http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?577 committed themselves to ending http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1575 FGM/C by the 2010. UNICEF salutes http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?492 the Italian Government for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1276 putting resources behind the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1104 promise to end FGM/C, Ms. Bellamy http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?927 said. We hope that this donation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1155 will energize others to mobilize their efforts to meet the promise of ending FGM/C by 2010.
This http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?995 is a very welcome and important http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?505 contribution to UNICEFs efforts http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?539 towards stopping this harmful http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?622 practice. FGM/C is not only a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1122 violation of every childs rights, http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1523 it is physically harmful and has http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1378 serious consequences for the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1508 health of millions of girls and http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1093 women, UNICEF Executive Director http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1422 Carol Bellamy said today.
The http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1593 agency estimates that more than http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?704 100 million women and girls http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?319 around the world have suffered http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?509 from some form of FGM/C, a http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1132 procedure that causes irreparable http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1681 physical injury. It can also http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?563 cause psychological harm and can http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?308 be potentially life threatening. http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?740 The procedure is mainly performed http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?437 on children and adolescents http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?912 between six and 15 years of age; http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?531 in some countries, however, up to http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?783 half of FGM/C is performed on http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1358 infants under one year old.
In http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1253 2002 governments around the world http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?577 committed themselves to ending http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1575 FGM/C by the 2010. UNICEF salutes http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?492 the Italian Government for http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1276 putting resources behind the http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1104 promise to end FGM/C, Ms. Bellamy http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?927 said. We hope that this donation http://www.nefga.org/forum/entry.php?1155 will energize others to mobilize their efforts to meet the promise of ending FGM/C by 2010.
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