Montego Bay, Jamaica, 13 December, 2004— The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today designated the multilateral organization the Caribbean countries formed to help them fight against the pandemic “an international best practice” in […]

New York, 13 December, 2004— United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated the important role of the United States in the Middle East peace process following comments by one of his senior advisers that raised […]

Washington, 13 December, 2004— Using International Human Rights Day as their platform, four international human rights organizations called on the world December 10 to refocus its attention on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur […]

New York, 8 December, 2004— Challenging the 191 U.N. member states to ”act resolutely, and together” Secretary-General Kofi Annan today presented the General Assembly with recommendations of a high-level panel on how the world organization […]

Washington, 8 December, 2004— The Bush administration is providing $20 million in direct budgetary support to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to help the Palestinian leadership address some of its financial issues as it seeks to […]

Brussels, 8 December, 2004— Secretary of State Colin Powell and Belgian Foreign Minister Karel deGucht said today that they discussed the election dispute in Ukraine and what it means for European stability, reiterating the U.S. […]

New York, 7 December, 2004— Throughout November violence in Sudan increased and there has been ”a marked deterioration” in Darfur, a senior U.N. official told the Security Council December 7. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran […]

Washington, 8 December, 2004— Senegal is ”a beacon” that can ”show the way” to free elections and a democratic way of life in other sub-Saharan countries, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a […]