Month: June 2004

New York, 29 June, 2004— Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the U.N. Security Council issued statements June 28 welcoming the handover of sovereignty from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to the independent Interim Government of Iraq. […]

Washington, 29 June, 2004— U.S. officials have probed Libyan leaders about alleged contacts with Saudi dissidents seeking to topple the Saudi royal family and have received assurances that Libya ”would not support the use of […]

New York, 28 June, 2004— While visiting Sudan this week, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan should call on the international community to do much more to put […]

Falkensee, Germany, 29 June, 2004— The independence day celebration of the Republic of Madagascar was celebrated here over the week-end with a reception hosted by His Excellency, Mr Andriamandroso, the Madagascan Ambassador to Germany. [PIC2SL] […]

Abidjan, 28 June, 2004— Opposition parties said they will hold talks with President Laurent Gbabgo on Tuesday, in what will be their first face to face meeting since the government of reconciliation fell apart in […]

Nairobi, 28 June, 2004— Emergency aid has arrived for Congolese refugees in northwestern Burundi, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Friday. In a statement, the agency said some 34,000 […]

Addis Ababa, 28 June, 2004— The commissioner of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has spelt out four major obstacles to ending conflict on the continent. Addressing leaders of civil […]

Kabul, 28 June, 2004— While millions of Afghan children have returned to school following the collapse of the Taliban regime in late 2001, tens of thousands of school-age youngsters, restricted by economic hardship, must still […]