UN Chronicle back issues from June 2002:
International criminal court statute comes into force. (Breaking News).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... "Disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of ...
Refuting an assertion. (From the Secretary-General).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... The desire for our children's well-being has always been the most universally cherished aspiration of mankind. The United Nations General Assembly's Special Session on Children ... is a historic opportunity for world leaders to renew their commitment to creating a world fit for children ....
Meeting promises made a decade ago: 1990 World Summit for Children/2002 special session on children.
Jun 01, 2002 ... "We were all children once-and we are now the parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts of children". So states United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his landmark report, We the Children: Meeting the promises of the World Summit for Children. The needs of children are not ...
No longer the distant subject.
Jun 01, 2002; ... In 1990, the world came to the United Nations to talk about its children. It was an unprecedented act. Never before had so many leaders gathered to discuss such an issue, no matter how pressing or egregious. It was a compassionate act. Those with greatest ...
A conversation on children.
Jun 01, 2002 ... A little over eleven years ago, leaders met in k New York for the World Summit for Children. With wide expectations that the "peace dividend" would be devoted to development, they declared that "the well-being of children requires political action at the highest level", and signed up for ...
Celebration of first day of school in Afghanistan. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... On 23 March, nearly 2 million elementary students celebrated the first official day of school in Afghanistan, known in local languages as "Sabak" or the "return of learning". Many of the children, both boys and girls, returned to a formal classroom for the first ...
Safe haven for children in Liberia. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Children in Liberian camps for internally displaced people can now seek refuge in Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS)-- areas of the camp providing facilities for children to play, learn and acquire life skills in a safe environment. CFS will also provide mothers with an area to care ...
Ethiopia and Eritrea free of 'child soldiering'. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... After a recent visit to Eritrea and Ethiopia, Olara Otunnu, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, reported that he had seen no systematic use of children as soldiers and no evidence of child abuse in refugee camps ....
Homage to the seafarer. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... A memorial to international seafarers was unveiled in a ceremony at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) headquarters in London. The sculpture, depicting the bow of a cargo ship with a lone seafarer on deck, stands 7 metres high and weighs 10 tons. In a message for the ceremony, ...
Conflict jeopardizes polio eradication in the Sudan. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... A nationwide vaccination campaign in the Sudan was disrupted when members of the Sudan People's Liberation Army detained 14 health workers conducting vaccination activities. Three were assaulted, and vaccination equipment and personal effects were looted before the workers were released on ...
Bridging the digital divide for African women. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) announced the formation of a unique Global Advisory Committee, comprised of African information technology entrepreneurs, as well as representatives from the private sector and the UN system. The Committee of twelve experts will work ...
Fraction of TB patients get the best care. (UN Reported).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... A World Health Organization report stated that only 27 per cent of the world's tuberculosis (TB) patients are being reached by DOTS, the internationally recommended strategy for TB treatment and control. DOTS is thought to be the best chance for controlling the global epidemic. Its five ...
Investing in health and education for development: A revitalized Economic and Social Council after Monterrey. (The Chronicle Interview).
Jun 01, 2002 ... Ambassador Ivan Simonovic of Croatia is the President of the Economic and Social Council. Following the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico in March, the Council will play a crucial role in implementing the follow-up mechanisms of the Conference. The ...
Correction.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Issue 1, 2002, page 53 Our report on the Fourth Committee mentioned that its Chairman, Ambassador Hasmy Agam of Malaysia, "listed Western Sahara, Cyprus, Afghanistan and the Middle East as some of the issues discussed within the context of decolonization". It ...
UN agencies battle tsetse ... and rural poverty. (Working Together).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... A new campaign in Africa to control the deadly tsetse fly, the carrier of sleeping sickness, has been launched by the Organization of African Unity (OAU). The control programme is initially being conducted in the valleys of Ethiopia, the cotton belt in West Africa, and a region in southern ...
Will children inherit all out languages? (Culture Watch).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Many things can lead to people abandoning their native tongue. One is the break-up or transplanting of a community when individuals or groups find themselves immersed in a different cultural and linguistic environment. Another is when individuals come in contact with a more aggressive or ...
'Say yes for children'. (Culture Watch).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)--the world governing body for football--have announced a global alliance for children. FIFA will dedicate the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan to children under the banner of "Say Yes ...
Hand in hand. (Partnerships).(professional soccer and Unicef campaign against child labor)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... At this year's World Cup, the focus will be on more than just soccer. UNICEF and FIFA have agreed to dedicate the event to children. Portuguese soccer player Luis Figo, world footballer of the year in 2001, has been named UNICEF goodwill ambassador. Another UN agency is linking ...
Will this be the century of the private sector or the state? (Guest Column).(Column)
Jun 01, 2002; ... The answer would seem obvious, considering the major changes in economic structures that have taken place in the last fifteen years. Countries have had to face challenges in managing the transition from varying degrees of state ownership to more market-oriented private-sector economies ...
'E-Learning for life'. (Partnerships).(Coca-Cola Co. and the United Nations)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... The Coca-Cola Company has expanded its partnership with the United Nations system this past year, particularly in the areas of information and communications technology (ICT) education and HIV/AIDS prevention. As one innovative example, Coca-Cola has teamed up with the United Nations ...
Empowering today's young people. (The World Youth Forum).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... The fourth session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System took place in Dakar, Senegal from 6 to 10 August 2001. Organized by the United Nations and the Senegalese National Youth Council, the Forum addressed the challenges young people face today and sought ways to enable ...
Breaking the silence. (Conference Room Paper).(women and aids)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... I began compiling and editing materials on women and HIV/AIDS in early 2001 for a special issue of CAFRA News, the biannual magazine of the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA), where I worked as Information Officer. I wanted it to be an explicative anthology of ...
Where a child dies each minute.(measles deaths in Africa)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Every minute, a child dies of measles in Africa. Although the Western Hemisphere has essentially eliminated measles cases and deaths, with 450,000 children dying from the disease every year on the continent, measles causes more children's deaths than HIV, tuberculosis or malaria. ...
Up to one fifth of the world's children have mental or behavioural problems. (Health Watch).(World Health Report 2001, Mental Health: New Understanding, New Hope)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... An estimated 10 to 20 per cent of children worldwide have one or more mental or behavioural problems. Many disorders commonly found among adults, such as depression, can begin during childhood, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. Categories specific to childhood and adolescence ...
Refugees and mental health. (Old Stereotypes, New Realities).(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... International research and relief organizations estimate that there are between 10 million and 11 million refugees, and 20 million and 25 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) worldwide. Scientific studies underscore the impact that horrific events--characteristic of the refugee ...
Voices that deserve to be heard.(women refugees)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... "Do not think that because women wear a veil we do not have a voice", says Jamila, a refugee from Afghanistan. "When the UN is looking for leaders, look to us. Tap our networks that reach and assist women and their families. Women must be included in any peace-building to ensure peace and ...
All's quiet in Western Tanzania. (First Person).
Jun 01, 2002 ... 7:45 a.m.: "November Hotel 1-6-4, this is November Hotel 2-1. Move to channel 7." This is the start of another busy day in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Afriline residential compound, located on top of beautiful Ngara Ridge, surrounded by barbed wire and ...
East timor: Education and health in focus. (Spot Light).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002 ... For the past six months, Armindo Maia has had an enormous responsibility. On 20 September 2001, he was sworn in as the first Education Minister of the Second Transitional Government of East Timor, appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Representative and Transitional ...
...As nationhood and independence dawn.(East Timor)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... As we go to press on 16 April, former guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao has attained a commanding lead in East Timor's first presidential election. The conclusion of this electoral process paves the way for East Timor's independence on 20 May 2002. The United Nations Mission in East (UNMET), ...
Voices.(United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Five young writers explain their concerns and hopes for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children The Special Session is geared towards ensuring that we, the youth of the world, have a brighter future. Why then have so many of the youth in attendance at the ...
Accelerating fertility transition in Sub-Saharan Africa. (UN conventional: A Point of View).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Jacques Emina Be-Ofuriyua Population generally contributes to economic development. But in the context of poverty and limited resources, high fertility can provoke health, economic and demographic problems, such as infant and child mortality, cases of infanticide, infant and ...
New health strategy focuses on primary care. (Kosovo Journal).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... The cornerstone of Kosovo's new health care system is primary health care (PHC) based on family health teams, consisting of medicine doctors, nurses and other relevant health professionals working in family health centres and punctas (small outreach health centres). In prioritizing ...
Children 2002 charting change.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002 ... <Pre> Children 2002 Charting Change. 150 million children in developing countries are malnourished More than half of underweight children live in South Asia South Asia78 Sub-Saharan Africa32 East Asia/Pacific 27 Middle East/North Africa 7 ...
Dodoma: where the elephant sank. (Water Watch).(Tanzania)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Dodoma became a name before it became a town. There are different stories about how it happened. One story is that some Wagogo stole a herd of cattle from their southern neighbours, the Wahehe, then killed and ate the animals, preserving only the tails, and when the Wahehe came looking for ...
The demise of mesopotamian marshlands.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002 ... A round 85 per cent of the Mesopotamian marshlands--the largest wetland in the Middle East and one of the most outstanding freshwater ecosystems in the world--have been lost mainly as a result of drainage and damming, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme. ...
Reapers, solitary no longer. (NGO Watch).(Tamil Nadu Women's Development Project)
Jun 01, 2002 ... Despite their virtual lack of access to the means of improving their incomes in many developing countries, women make an essential contribution to their families' survival, especially among the poorer strata. fact, in India, rural women are estimated to be the sole family providers in ...
Transcending difference: The United Nations role. (Women Watch).
Jun 01, 2002; ... One of the most pervasive challenges of development at the turn of the twenty-first century continues to be poverty. The eradication of poverty is a priority within the agenda of national governments, donors and multilateral institutions, especially United Nations organizations, as well as ...
Bridging interests, Bridging peoples. (Development Watch).(Statistical Data Included)
Jun 01, 2002; ... In mid-March, more than 50 heads of State, over 200 government Ministers and hundreds of leaders from civil society and the private sector gathered in Monterrey, Mexico for the International Conference on Financing for Development. This summit-level meeting addressed a daunting array of ...
Measuring civilization. (Essay).(minority rights)(related article: United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage symbol)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Gandhi famously remarked that the way in which we treat minorities is the measure of civilization in a society. In differing ways, we have all failed Gandhi's test. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, ...
Expectations of the United Nations in a post-September 11 world. (Thinking Aloud).(stabilizing international relations)(response to poverty, disease, chemical warfare, terrorism)
Jun 01, 2002; ... In this post-September 11(2001) world, where the consequences of globalization have been punctuated by a new frightening and unprecedented sense of global vulnerability, what should we expect of the United Nations? On 10 November 2001, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed ...
What the United Nations should be about our ageing world. (Opinion).(UN Second World Assembly on Ageing)(development, health, supportive environments)
Jun 01, 2002 ... The UN Second World Assembly on Ageing concluded on 12 April 2002 as we go to press, with the adoption of an International Plan of Action, containing over 120 recommendations, and an accompanying Political Declaration. Both stress the "crucial" importance of incorporating ageing issues ...
Re-emerging Kabul. (Field Watch).(supporting community-based organizations)(related article: Women Involved in Reconstruction)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Picture this. You are on a passenger-carrying cargo plane that has just landed on an airstrip on which a government minister was stabbed to death two days before, and the fields surrounding the runway are littered with the shells of fighter planes. Security is tight. Gun-wielding soldiers ...
Violence escalates further. (Peacewatch: Middle East).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Amid intensifying violence in the Middle East, Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 16 April, as this issue goes to press, reiterated his call for a third-party mechanism on the ground to quell violence and foster progress. 'Such a mechanism could take the shape of international monitors of a ...
New UN mission established. (Peacewatch: Afghanistan).
Jun 01, 2002; ... The Security Council on 28 March voted unanimously to establish the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), endorsing the mandate and structure laid out by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Set up with immediate effect for an initial twelve-month period, the Mission's mandate is to ...
Cease fire agreement signed. (Peacewatch: Angola).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... After decades of civil war, the death of the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) leader Jonas Savimbi in February has led to dramatic changes and opened up new opportunities for peace for the war-torn country. On 4 April, the Government of Angola and UNITA ...
Boundary commission ruling hailed. (Peacewatch: Horn of Africa).(Ethiopia and Eritrea)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council on 13 April welcomed the Boundary Commission's ruling on the border delimitation between Ethiopia and Eritrea, hailing it as a "final legal settlement' of the long-standing dispute between the two countries. Welcoming the decision as ...
Charges of sexual violence. (Peacewatch: Sierra Leone).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... The Security Council voiced its serious concern at the violence, particularly sexual violence, suffered by women and children during the conflict in Sierra Leone, as well as evidence of human rights abuses and breaches of humanitarian law. It requested the Secretary-General, in his next ...
Assembly signs Constitution into force. (Peacewatch: East Timor).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... East Timor's Constituent Assembly on 22 March signed into force the territory's first-ever Constitution after six months of drafting, consultation and debate. The 170-article Constitution was officially approved by a nominal role call, with 72 of the 88 Assembly members voting in favour ...
First Government finally formed. (Peacewatch: Kosovo).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Briefing an open meeting of the Security Council, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi Annabi on 27 March stressed that with the formation of the Government in Kosovo on 28 February, the transfer of authority from the UN Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK) had ...
Other peacekeeping-related matters.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Bosnia: European Union Police Mission (EUPM). The Security Council on 5 March hailed the European Union's decision to take over UN police training and monitoring duties following the end of the UN Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH). Starting on I January 2003, EUPM could be ...
Combating biological weapons.
Jun 01, 2002; ... The tragic events of 11th September, coupled with the subsequent anthrax attacks and hoaxes, have greatly increased global concern over the risk of biological warfare, particularly bio-terrorism. However, the international community's attempts to strengthen the prohibition of biological ...
'DHL': [Dag Hammarskjold Library] rising to the challenge. (System Watch).
Jun 01, 2002; ... The assumption can be made that the late Dag Hammarskjold would have agreed with the clause in the Millennium resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 September 2000 [Millennium Summit Declaration, A/RES/55/2] which pledged the United Nations to "ensure that the benefits of new ...
A fragile population. (Partnerships).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... More than 100 species are lost every day. Approximately 40,000 become extinct every year and thousands more are at risk. These statistics from the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) Global Environmental Outlook 2000 are largely unknown to most people around the world. The loss ...
Expectations from the Children's Summit. (Closing Thoughts).(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... A Children's Summit provides a venue for children and the youth to come together, share their experiences, and identify strengths and weaknesses, in order to appreciate their role in promoting a peaceful, just and sustainable world order. It is a multidisciplinary and value-explicit ...
Sweet water.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 2002; ... Ecuadorian agriculture is threatened due to the ever-increasing reduction of plant cover on the Andean hillsides and an alarming drop in water resources, aggravated by the illegal use of artificial agricultural inputs damaging the environment. The Canar River Rural Development Project ...