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September 19, 2006
President Sets Out Agenda Ahead Of UN Address

Hamid Karzai has offered a glimpse into the obstacles facing his country and priorities for overcoming them.
September 18, 2006
UN: Priorities Set As General Assembly Nears

The Baltic states have nominated Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to be the next UN secretary-general (epa) UNITED NATIONS, September 18, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The 61st General Assembly of the United Nations starts its debate session on September 19. The heads of many of the UN’s 192 member states will outline their countries’ priorities.
September 15, 2006
UN: International Management For Global Migration?

Tajik migrants at work in a field in the Volgograd region of Russia (ITAR-TASS) A UN conference suggests governments are increasingly willing wondering whether migration should not be left just to national governments.
September 11, 2006
New Yorkers Grieve, Recall 9/11

NEW YORK, September 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The solemn commemoration ceremony today at "Ground Zero," the site of the two fallen World Trade Center towers, included the reading of the names of all 2,749 victims of those who died in the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001.
September 09, 2006
WHO Alarmed By Rising Suicide Rates

The World Health Organization is looking at possible connections between suicide and alcohol abuse and HIV infection.
July 06, 2006
Security Council Split On Response To Korean Missile Tests

The United Nations Security Council on July 5 was united in its condemnation of North Korea's missile launches, but a division emerged over the issue of how to censure Pyongyang.
July 04, 2006
Maternal-Mortality Numbers Still Climbing

Maternal mortality, which is defined as the death of a pregnant woman during her pregnancy or within 42 days of delivery, remains very high in many parts of the world.
June 30, 2006
Iran Won't Respond To Incentives Package Before August

Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has rejected demands to respond quickly to the package of incentives offered by the West in exchange for Iran's abandonment of its nuclear program.
June 28, 2006
Moscow Seeks UN Statement On Iraq Killings

Russia has distributed to other members of the United Nations Security Council a draft of a statement that strongly condemns the abduction and murders of four Russian diplomats in Iraq.
June 26, 2006
UN Conference Targets Small-Arms Trafficking

UNITED NATIONS, June 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A major UN conference on the illegal global trade in small arms kicked off today at UN headquarters in New York. More than 2,000 delegates from 177 UN member states, plus representatives from many nongovernmental organizations, are taking part in the event.
June 23, 2006
Island Of Orthodox Christianity Keeps Traditions Alive

JORDANVILLE, June 23, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Tucked among serene pastures and birch trees near Jordanville in the northeast corner of New York state, The Holy Trinity Monastery and Seminary is one of the largest Russian Orthodox cultural centers outside Russia.
June 16, 2006
East: Report Indicates Women Participating Less In Labor Market

An elderly woman begs for alms on the eve of women's day, Kyiv, March, 2006 (epa) According to a new UN report, women are working less in the postcommunist world. The United Nations Development Fund For Women (UNIFEM) released on June 14 the first extensive study of women's participation in labor markets in 16 Central and Eastern European countries and four countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
June 07, 2006
Exposing A.Q. Khan's Legacy

In 2001, A.Q. Khan, the engineer who made Pakistan a nuclear power and quietly helped spread nuclear technology to Iran, North Korea, and Libya, was discovered and suspended from his position in Pakistan's nuclear program and denounced by his government.
May 29, 2006
Romany Women Give Voices To Their Streets

A group of young Romany women recently participated in an EU-awareness project in Bulgaria that involved taking photographs and writing essays about their streets and their lives.
May 26, 2006
Bush, Blair Admit Mistakes In Iraq, But Vow To Stay On

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- In a joint press conference at the White House on May 25, U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted they've made costly mistakes in the Iraq war, but nevertheless remain determined to bring the process of democratization of the country to its conclusion.
May 15, 2006
Russia: Russian Orthodox Churches Poised For Historic Reunion

Parishioners at New York's Chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh (RFE/RL) New York City's Russian Orthodox St. Nicholas Cathedral and the Chapel of St. Sergius of Radonezh are only a 10-minute walk away from each other on Manhattan's Upper East Side. But for more than 80 years, the distance between them was much greater. One, St. Sergius, represents the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad. The other, St. Nicholas, is loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church. The two Russian Orthodox branches have been separated for nearly 80 years -- but are now poised for a historic reunion.
May 10, 2006
New Human Rights Council Elected With Fewer Abusers

The UN General Assembly has elected the 47 members of the new Human Rights Council, thus replacing the now defunct Commission on Human Rights, which was widely criticized for allowing countries with notorious human right records to block its work.
May 05, 2006
Hungary: New Film Revisits 1956 Water-Polo Showdown

Hungarians on top of a Soviet tank outside parliament during the Hungarian Uprising (ITAR-TASS) Fifty years ago the water-polo players took to the water to produce one of the most famous – and bloodiest – encounters in Olympic history. A new film seeks to recapture a physical battle that symbolized the political battle for communist Hungary.
May 04, 2006
Security Council Prepares For Swift Resolution On Iran

Great Britain and France, along with Germany, have introduced a draft resolution that calls on Iran to immediately suspend all uranium-enrichment activities and to halt the construction of a heavy-water reactor.
April 19, 2006
A 'Crowning' Victory

Seventy-nine-year-old Turkmen novelist Rahim Esenov, banned for his last novel, called his U.S. appearance to accept a literary award a "miracle."

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