Month: March 2005

Mombasa, Kenya, 4 March, 2005— A top U.S. trade official says trade ministers have imparted progress to World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations by agreeing among themselves at an informal meeting on a uniform way to […]

Washington, 4 March,2005— Measles cases around the world have declined by about 40 percent due to a four-year-old vaccination campaign promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the U.S. Centers […]

Washington, 5 March, 2005— Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says it is time for Syria to heed U.N. Security Council resolution 1559 and calls from fellow Arab countries to withdraw its military forces and security […]

Brazzaville, 2 March, 2005— The UN World Health Organization (WHO) office in the Republic of Congo has donated US $304,000 to the government to fight against hemorrhagic fevers and other diseases, the director-general of the […]

Addis Ababa, 2 March, 2005— Ethiopia stands ready to send peacekeepers to war-ravaged Somalia, despite opposition from some Somali faction leaders, among others, to the potential move, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday. ”The […]

London, 2 March, 2005— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the importance of freedom of movement in occupied Palestinian lands in improving the economy, an essential pillar in securing […]

New York, 2 March, 2005— Expressing concern at the attack by ”armed youth” against rebel Forces Nouvelles positions across the peacekeepers’ Zone of Confidence last Friday and other serious incidents, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan […]

New York, 2 March, 2005— United Nations peacekeepers in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) came under attack yesterday while carrying out a search and cordon operation, returned fire […]