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On January 19, 2006 UNIC Moscow organized a launch of the report"Challenges of Peace Operations - into the 21st Century." The panel members were: Professor Tuzmukhamedov, who had been a part of the research team on the report, the Ambassador of Sweden Johan Harald Molander, and Mr. Alexander Konuzin, the Director of the UN Department at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. UNIC Moscow Director moderated the discussion. Among the audience members there were the Ambassadors of Senegal and Jordan, several diplomats, the Head of the NATO Military Liaison Mission in Russia, veterans of UN peacekeeping operations, and high-level representatives of the Russian Ministries of Defense and Interior. Click here to read more about the report on the challenges of peace operations. Top |
UNIC Moscow |
On 25 January 2006, UNIC Pretoria organized in cooperation with Industrial Development Cooperation South Africa,
the South African launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2006. Click here to read more about the World Economic Situation and Prospects. Top |
UNIC Pretoria |
To promote the Human Rights Day (10 December) 2005, UNIC Bujumbura organized a media workshop on the theme "Combating Torture", in partnership with the Press House of Burundi. UNIC organized a discussion of the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, ratified by Burundi Government in 1987. 60 journalists participated in the workshop. Top |
UNIC Bujumbura |
On 3 December, 2005 UNIC Sana'a organized in cooperation with UNICEF a round table discussion for the media with the theme of "HIV/AIDS: Stand up to the challenge (it is everyone's responsibility)." Around 50 media representatives attended. Dr. Fawzia Gharamah, National Coordinator of AIDS Program at the Ministry of Public Health and Population, and Mr. Hussein Basalim, Deputy Minister of Information, spoke at the seminar. Top |
UNIC Sana'a |
Nitin Desai, Special Adviser
to the UN Secretary-General on the World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) briefing the media on the upcoming Top |
UNIC New Delhi |
UNIC Nairobi organized a press conference for the launch of the Seventh Session of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP7) on 17 October 2005. The event was attended by 25 journalists from both local and foreign media. Top |
UNIC Nairobi |
The United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Yaounde organized an Educational Outreach event on Thursday, 29 September 2005 at 2 Schools, in Yaounde namely: Lycée Bilingue d’Etoug-Ebe and Mervick Grammar School, Etoug-Ebe. At both schools, the NIO held a 30 minute discussion with the students, using a question-answer format, to share information about the United Nations and its substantive work (worldwide and in Cameroon). The International Day of Peace commemorated on 21 September and the 2005 World Summit held in New York (14 – 16 September) were 2 good examples used during the discussion to illustrate the purpose and activities of the United Nations. Top |
UNIC Yaounde |
UNFPA Romania, UNIC Bucharest and Quadrant Amroq Beverages Romania have provided to the victims of the recent floods in Buftea, a town 20 km away from the capital city, a truck with bituminous cardboard (roof cover) and a truck with mineral water. The money for the roof cover was donated by UNFPA Representatives in New York, Europe and Eastern Asia who have participated in a regional meeting in Bucharest. The mineral water was donated to the local community by UNIC and QAB. Top |
UNFPA Romania |
The global UNDP Human Development Report (HDR) 2005 was launched in Asmara, Eritrea, on 16 September 2005. Officiated by the Minister of National Development, Dr. Woldai Futur, and the UN Resident Coordinator, the launch, moderated by Ms. Angela Berry Koch, Head of OCHA, was attended by over 170 high-level participants comprising of representatives from Eritrean Government Ministries, Embassies, national and international NGOs, civil society organizations, academicians, UN Agencies, national and international media. Top |
UNO Eritrea |
On 8 September 2005 RUNIC Brussels organized a media event on its premises to introduce the annual UNDP Human Development report. Over 120 media representatives attended the briefing by Mr. Kalman Mizsei, Director of the UNDP Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS. Top |
RUNIC Brussels |
Asmara, 23 August 2005 - President Isaias Afwerki today received and held talks with the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, Mr. Marti Ahtisaari. The talks focused on efforts Eritrea is making
to attain food security and the response of the international community
to emergency relief aid as well as the Eritrea 's policy on the
activities of non-governmental organizations President Isaias said that Eritrea is exerting coordinated efforts towards attaining food security and that the international aid has to back up this goal through the on going endeavors to promote soil and water conservation. He further informed Mr. Ahtisaari that the aid Eritrea received from the world community in fighting drought has not only been not commensurate with the desired amount but did not also reach on time. As regards the Eritrea government's policy on NGOs, the President said that the policy proclaimed in 1994 ensures accountability and transparency to both donor and recipient. Top |
President of Eritrea |
Earlier, Mr. Ahtisaari met and held similar talks with Foreign Minister Ali Seid Abdullah, the Minister of National Development, Dr. Woldai Future, the Minister of Labor and Human Welfare, Ms. Askalu Menkorios as well as heads of the Eritrean Relief and Refugee Commission (ERREC). The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa is making the current visit to observe the prevailing situation of the rainy season. Top |
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Minister of National Development
Minister of Labour and Human Welfare |
