Activist's death troubles U.N. agency
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The United Nations on Friday said it was "very disturbed" by the death in prison of a human rights activist and journalist in Turkmenistan, and called for an independent investigation.
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A United Nations peacekeeper who was among a small group of reinforcements sent to Darfur was shot to death at his residence &#151; the world body's first casualty since its long-negotiated arrival in the troubled region, officials said Saturday.
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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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An activist of radical Palestinian movement Hamas was killed and another wounded late on Wednesday night in an Israeli air raid in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has voiced deep concern about the safety of aid workers in Sri Lanka after the murder of two Red Cross volunteers, his office said, as Japan's peace envoy flew to the war-battered island.
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A United Nations peacekeeper who was among a small group of reinforcements sent to Darfur was shot to death at his residence &#151; the U.N.'s first casualty since its long-negotiated arrival in the troubled region, officials said Saturday.
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The UN seeks to clarify the fate of a human rights expert prevented from leaving Bangladesh.
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Authorities are investigating whether a suspect in the kidnapping of three U.N. workers was tortured before he died in police custody, an official said Sunday.
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MANILA -- A United Nations human rights expert criticized the Philippine military and government yesterday for not doing enough to solve a wave of political killings, many of which he said could be linked to government security forces.
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NEW YORK A dangerous outgrowth of the deadly bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad a year ago has been an orgy of outrage and self-pity that has increasingly paralyzed the UN&#39;s capacity to respond meaningfully to needs in Iraq that it
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Â· 'Political assassination' sparks fresh violenceÂ· UN secretary general warns of catastrophe
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Police called to the United Nations headquarters on Sunday found the body of a female U.N. employee on the building's lawn, the victim of a suspected suicide.
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The African Union and United Nations say gunmen in Darfur have killed a U.N. peacekeeper there.
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A Sudanese national working for the  International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who was  abducted in Sudan's Darfur region by an armed group two weeks  ago, is dead, the humanitarian agency said on Wednesday.
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DUTCH forensic investigators have found that a leading Indonesian human rights activist who died on a journey to Amsterdam was poisoned with arsenic.
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A delegation sent by the U.N.'s top human rights official began a mission Wednesday to look into reports of brutality and serious abuses in the weeks of deadly violence since the country's disputed presidential election.
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There is no doubt that we are in a time of chaos in the world. Wars and genocide are as prevalent as ever.     Misery and suffering are on every continent of the globe we call earth. The world is currently focused on the 'War In Iraq' and the problem of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea but the sad fact is threats to world peace are as prevalent as ever in spite of the efforts of the UN.    Where do we turn? Our respective governments? Grassroots support? Does genocide on the African continent for example even matter?    It is not unreasonable to look to the United Nations for understanding and problem resolution. Presumably, we expect it to be an unbiased and peace loving organization. Yet at closer examination one begins to realize the fact that the United Nations has been a total failure in terms of world peace. Rarely has the UN brought enough countries together to form an alliance to intervene meaningfully in the affairs of an oppressive and brutal country.    With the exception of the World Health Organization little good has come from the peace making mission of the U.N. I suggest the UN go to what it does best. With its world standing already established, the UN should focus on research, education and health, the missions it does best.