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With UN's help, Liberia graduates first set of correctional officers in over two decades
In another sign of growing stability in once war-torn Liberia, the United Nations today announced that it has finished training two dozen correctional officers there, the first to graduate in that field in over two decades.
Javier SOLANA,
EU High Representative for the CFSP, met Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Jeddah, on 13 February 2006
Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), met
Dr Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
in Jeddah yesterday on the first stop of his tour of the Middle East covering Saudi Arabia, Egypt,
Jordan, the Palestinian Territories and Israel.
UN announces second annual documentary film festival
14 February 2006 – Aiming to showcase how people around the world are addressing poverty, hunger, disease, civil unrest, trafficking and injustice as well as what the United Nations is doing to help, the world body has announced its second annual documentary film festival, to be held in New York in April.
MEPs aoutline plans to probe CIA flights and detention centres
"We are here not to work on prejudices but to find out the truth. It is a question of gathering facts" said the rapporteur of the Temporary Committee on alleged CIA flights and detention centres in Europe, Giovanni Fava (PES, IT), on Monday night. He was speaking at the committee's first working meeting, convened to discuss its working methods and the list of individuals who might be called for questioning. The committee also had a discussion with Commissioner Franco Frattini.
Personnel: the Commission appoints new Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
Brussels, 14 February 2006. Mr Franz-Hermann Brüner was appointed today Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office. Mr Brüner will be responsible, in full independence, for the investigative activity of the Office.
Security Council calls on Haitians to refrain from electoral violence
14 February 2006 – Saying it recognized Haiti's recent elections as a major step towards re-establishing representative governance, the United Nations Security Council today urged all parties to remain calm while the final results of the election are being certified.
EU lifts longstanding public procurement sanctions against US
The US, which alleged that previous EU government procurement rules discriminated against US operators by allowing preferential pricing allowances in some sectors for EU operators, has today ended its measures, and the EU has responded by doing the same.
Cyprus: Annan and Papadopoulos meet on strategies toward reunification
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus agreed in Paris today that demilitarization, de-mining and technical talks on a range of issues would greatly improve the atmosphere for talks on reuniting the island.
Hamas choices will shape Middle East future, top UN envoy says
Welcoming the decision of the European Union (EU) to provide emergency assistance to the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations top envoy for Middle East peace said today that the next choices that Hamas makes are the single most important variables in the future of the region.
Security Council consults on IAEA report relating to Iran's nuclear ambitions
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear ambitions topped the agenda of a closed-door meeting of the United Nations Security Council today, the first time the issue has been formally addressed by the 15-member body.
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Senior UN envoy on Lebanon issues starts talks with key Arab leaders
Beginning a round of meetings with key Arab leaders in the Middle East, a senior United Nations envoy dealing with Lebanon today held what he called "constructive" talks with senior officials in Saudi Arabia.
UN agency heads on unprecedented trip to the Great Lakes region
UNICEF reported today that severe funding shortages for the Darfur region of Sudan could have a direct and immediate impact on children.
Extremely fragile' conflict-ridden Burundi needs close monitoring: Annan
Improvements in human rights, good governance and other areas are urgently needed in conflict-ridden Burundi, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report released today, calling for close monitoring of the impoverished country in the countdown to the planned withdrawal of the United Nations mission there by the end of this year.
DR of Congo: Annan honours fallen peacekeepers, lauds UN role in coming vote
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the United Nations is fielding one of its largest peacekeeping forces, with nearly 17,000 uniformed personnel, and helping to organize elections in the biggest and most expensive such operation it has ever undertaken.
Americas, South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions on track to reach tuberculosis control targets
Three of the world's six regions are expected to achieve targets for tuberculosis (TB) control, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report published today.
Commission adopts provisional anti-dumping measures on Chinese and Vietnamese leather shoes
The measures follow a preliminary Commission investigation that has identified clear evidence of disguised subsidies and unfair state intervention to the leather footwear sector in China and Vietnam.
Extending Sudan mission, Security Council lays groundwork for UN Darfur force
The Security Council today decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping mission focussed on southern Sudan (UNMIS) until 24 September 2006, requesting that Secretary-General Kofi Annan also expedite the planning for a transformation of the African Union force in Sudan's troubled Darfur region to a UN-led operation.
Uganda: UN emergency relief chief urges better security to protect displaced
Touring camps in Uganda housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) who described the fear and suffering they have endured as a result of the activities of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today called for international action to promote better security in the area.
Schools reopen in Bel Air, bringing hope and stability to Haitian children scarred by violence
At Ecole Milou, a school in the rundown Bel Air suburb of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, children make use of the new supplies that UNICEF has been distributing to all of the neighbourhood's 80 schools.
Economic impact of bird flu on farm sector under spotlight at CoR debate
The economic impact of avian flu on regional farm sectors across the EU will be the theme of a roundtable discussion at the Committee of the Regions on Monday, 3 April. The debate, at the CoR's headquarters in Brussels (11:15am, Room BEL 52), is organised by the Committee's Commission for Sustainable Development (DEVE).
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General Charles H. Grosvenor.
He thought the formula for water was H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O (H-to-O).
He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts — for support rather than illumination. — Andrew Lang.
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