With UN help, three Balkan states pledge to solve refugee problem by 2006
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In a bid to write the final epilogue to the worst violence in Europe since World War II, which displaced well over a million people, the ministers responsible for refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), ...
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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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NATO on Tuesday offered Serbia, Bosnia and Montenegro the first step on the road to membership of the alliance, and declared that other Balkan countries could expect firm invitations to join in 2008.
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The coming year is critical for the United Nations to make the necessary reforms to deal effectively with global threats, from HIV/AIDS, nuclear proliferation and genocide
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EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini says member states must show solidarity dealing with refugees.
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says a complete end to violence in Sudan&#39;s western region of Darfur is needed to convince hundreds of thousands of displaced people they can eventually return to their homes.
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The United Nations should be ready to launch a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean by June 2006 with the rest of the world to follow a year later, the official in charge of the program said on Wednesday.
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MALISEVO, Serbia-Montenegro In the words of one Albanian official, &quot;we&#39;re parting with 15 unfulfilled dreams.&quot;. Senior leaders from Kosovo and Albania, along with top UN and NATO officials, were among tens
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BAGHDAD, July 6 -- U.N. refugee officials on Friday accused donor countries of neglecting the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Iraq flooding into neighboring Syria and Jordan.
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The global number of refugees rises for the first time in five years, mainly due to the Iraq war, the UN says.
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The small ex-Yugoslav state of Slovenia faces a big Balkan challenge in its six-month EU presidency.
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BELGRADE, Oct 11 (IPS) - Ten years after the wars in the Balkans left a  quarter of a million dead, reconciliation moves are still waiting  for the 'truth' to come out first.
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NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war ...Comment
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NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Thursday called on the European Union, the United States, Russia and Ukraine to help find a solution to the urgent problem of Moldova s breakaway Dnestr region.
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UN ambassadors evening agreed here unanimously on the text of a resolution aimed at restoring peace to war-ravaged Sudan, as the country's main foes promised to conclude talks on their 21-year-old conflict by the end of the year.
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[World News]: United Nations, Dec 28 : A number of European nations and international organisations Monday began to provide aid for the Asian countries struck by powerful tsunamis.
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A UN scheme to get Bosnians to trade in their illegal weapons for lottery tickets finishes.