Month: July 2003

New York, 31 July– The United Nations Security Council today extended by three months the mandate of the United Nations mission there, and called on all the parties to work with the UN and each […]

New York, 31 July– While the peace accord leading to elections in Afghanistan next year is largely on track despite considerable obstacles, a conducive environment still does not exist and the international community must address […]

Rome, 31 July– – A “silent” food crisis is looming in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with over 3.8 million people – nearly half its total – suffering from hunger, the United […]

Johannesburg, 31 July– Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has ordered top ruling party officials with multiple farms to relinquish all but one within two weeks, the official The Herald newspaper reported on Thursday. ”President Mugabe said […]

Islamabad, 31 July– The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has resumed operations in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) following an attack on a UN vehicle during a polio vaccination […]

Monrovia, 31 July– Fighting between Liberian government forces and the rebel group, Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), has spread to several towns in Nimba county in north-eastern Liberia, raising fresh fears that a new […]

Monrovia, 31 July– Every day, hundreds of starving people trapped by fighting in downtown Monrovia risk the stray bullets and random mortar shells to trudge out to the relatively peaceful eastern suburbs in search of […]

Addis Ababa, 31 July– Food for tens of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia will run out in three months unless urgently needed supplies are provided, the UN’s World Food Programme warned on Thursday. WFP said […]