UN 'optimistic' over aid effort
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The UN's emergency aid chief says he is optimistic the world will meet the challenges of the tsunami disaster.
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For the first time in four years, the donor nations that sustain the Palestinian economy have reason for optimism. For now, however, that optimism won't mean more money for the Palestinians.
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International efforts to aid desperate victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster are picking up pace, said UN officials, who dismissed as unfair suggestions that the response had been slow.
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13 September 2004 - As Secretary-General Kofi Annan offered his condolences today to the families of the victims of Hurricane Ivan, which is wreaking a devastating toll across the Caribbean region, United Nations humanitarian agencies are stepping up
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Thursday that U.N. plans to help with the upcoming election  in Iraq appeared to be on track, despite months of pressure for  the world body to increase its staff.
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Aid is proving crucial - and may lift America's image.
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J   an Egeland , the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and the U.N. emergency relief coordinator, had a dual purpose for his visit to Washington this week. He told U.S. officials that American relief and food assistance has saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the Darfur region of Sudan and in Congo. But he also said there was a global trend of declining support for humanitarian efforts around the world.
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The United Nations said that it had secured concrete aid of 717 million dollars toward its emergency relief appeal for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, and urged donor countries to speed up delivery of further aid promises.
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The United Nations envoy to Baghdad  said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of  progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite  earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.
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More than 500 million people can  be lifted out of abject poverty, 250 million people will no  longer go to bed hungry and 30 million children can be saved if  rich countries double development aid over the next 10 years, a  new U.N.-sponsored report said Monday.
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Britain promised to respond generously to a UN appeal to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunamis, but would avoid a "bidding war" with other nations pledging aid.
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The Bush administration said Thursday that it had faith in Secretary-General Kofi Annan and did not want to see him leave office, its first show of support for the UN official since calls for his resignation last week.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Thursday hailed the African Union&#39;s decision to send more troops and police to the Western Sudan.
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The initial aid pledges were generous, but governments will have to follow up on their word
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The chief UN elections expert gave an upbeat report Friday on the elections scheduled for Jan. 31 in Iraq, saying that despite the difficulties of working in
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The UN is &quot;doing the job&quot; of supporting elections in Iraq and no more staff are needed there, its Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said.
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The international response to a  catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a  senior U.N. official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier  comments that wealthy nations were stingy.