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Occupied Arab Territories in Political Turmoil;
 Haiti says it's been the victim of a long political crisis that led to the suspension of external aid; Caricom countries call for a fair and universally accepted way of dealing with new and emerging issues of international taxation; Barbados says it's untenable that the OECD countries continue to prescribe norms of behaviour in tax matters for the international community; Belize says there is sufficient momentum that merits continued efforts towards a consensus resolution on international tax cooperation matters; The Bahamas urges Israel and the Palestinian Authority to seek a lasting peaceful settlement to the conflict in the Middle East
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UN team headed to Ethiopia for talks on African Union force for Darfur A
United Nations team was headed to Addis Ababa Wednesday to work with
the African Union on its requirements for a force in Darfur, Sudan.
Secretary-general Kofi Annan says the team, led by the UN military
adviser, will discuss the needs of the African Union, how to assist
with structuring the force and determine the exact requirements so
that the UN can ask member States' for the necessary assistance: Mr. Annan says
if the African Union is going to deploy a much larger force in Darfur
it will the support of the international community, assistance in
command and control, in logistics and financial support.
It will not be possible to resolve Darfur conflict in 30 days: UN envoy The UN envoy to Sudan says it won't be possible to resolve the conflict in the whole of the Darfur region within thirty days, as ordered by the Security Council. Jan Pronk tells UN Radio that discussions are ongoing with the government of Sudan on an action plan or a road map outlining substantial progress for security in selected parts of Darfur: "We are at the moment trying to define where such substantial progress could take place which would imply then, concrete activities by the government of Sudan, also with regard to disarming those parts of janjaweed which have aligned with the government of the Sudan, complete activities to step up possibilities of the police in order to contain the other militias which are outside the control of the government of Sudan." Mr. Pronk says
the United Nations is concentrating on political talks scheduled to
begin shortly between the government of Sudan and the rebel movements.He
says this should bring about peace as soon as possible and reduce
insecurity from the activities of the rebels.
General Assembly President urges observance of Olympic Truce during Athens Games There's been
a call for all States to demonstrate their commitment to world peace
by observing the Olympic truce during the Olympic Games which begin
in Athens next week.
The UN Security
Council has reaffirmed its support for the war crimes tribunals for
the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. "The Security Council notes with concern that the shortfall in financial contributions from member States is having a disruptive effect on the work of the tribunals and urges member States to fulfil their commitments in a timely manner."
UNRWA orders international staff out of Gaza The UN agency
assisting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), has ordered all international
staff working at its headquarters to leave the Gaza Strip because
of the deteriorating security situation. The agency's head Peter Hansen
cited ongoing Israeli military operations in the northern Gaza Strip
and "announcements regarding the potential extension of Israeli
military incursions into other parts of the Northern Gaza Strip."
UNHCR freezes movement in southeast Afghanistan The UN refugee
agency (UNHCR), has suspended all movements in southeast Afghanistan
after two Afghans working for an aid agency were shot dead. UNHCR
Spokesman in Kabul Mohammed Nadir Farhad said the agency has "suspended
all movements in the southeast but …will continue to provide emergency
relief." He said UNHCR is "extremely concerned by the repeated
security incidents" and condemned "the cowardly and gruesome
murder…"
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"The
force will protect the monitors, it will protect the re-groupment
camps for the rebels and the groups who are to be disarmed. And I
expect its mere presence on the ground would also have a positive
impact and dissuade any further attacks by janjaweed and outlawed
groups."