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US head of the UN Department of Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe leaves the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, after meeting with President Demitris Christofias on March 31, 2008. Pascoe is in Cyprus for a three-day visit aimed at discussing how the world body can help spur planned reunification talks, UN spokeswoman Michele Montas said.
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UNITED NATIONS—U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed alarm Tuesday at the desperate humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, urging all donors to disregard the political crisis in the African country and provide money for critically needed food.
He
...rival parties meeting in South Africa to reach a rapid deal on a new government. A statement read by UN spokesperson Michele Montas said Ban was "alarmed that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is now desperate and will worsen in the coming months", with...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition vowed to resist any compromise that would leave it sidelined in a unity government with President Robert Mugabe's party at new talks on Tuesday.
Negotiators from Mugabe's ZANU-PF party, the opposition
...service had collapsed. The World Health Organization is procuring emergency stocks to run cholera treatment centers for one month, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas told a separate news briefing. (Reporting by Patrick Worsnip; editing by David Wiessler) ...
...people and displaced 4.5 million others. The UN stands ready to support the electoral process. Mr. Ban's spokesperson Michele Montas told a news briefing in New York today. On Sudan's second war front, in the western region of Darfur, Under-Secretary-General...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the next
round of United Nations climate change talks which kick off
in Poznan, Poland, next month, it was announced today.
At
the start of the high-level portion of the two-week meeting,
Mr. Ban will lay out
...he's going to ask them is to have direct conversation, which ... they have started at the lower level," U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. "And he's certainly going to try to talk to them, and to other leaders, about reining in on the different armed groups...
...to quickly resolve their impasse over power-sharing during a new round of talks to be held in South Africa, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said. "The people of Zimbabwe cannot afford another failure by their political leadership to reach a fair and workable...
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The Secretary-General hopes that another mission can take place in the near future, given the rapidly deteriorating situation in the country
said Michele Montas
in News24
The people of Zimbabwe cannot afford another failure by their political leadership to reach a fair and workable agreement that would allow Zimbabwe to tackle the formidable challenges ahead
said Michele Montas
in Boston Globe
the secretary-general is alarmed that the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe is now desperate and will worsen in the coming months.
said Michele Montas
in Boston Globe
He is deeply concerned that nearly half of the total population of 12 million could require food assistance and by reports that many households are now cutting back the number of meals eaten each day ... He is distressed at the collapse of health, sanitation and education services and the consequent rapidly escalating cholera outbreak.
said Michele Montas
in Boston Globe
The secretary-general urges all parties to support and provide humanitarian assistance leaving political considerations aside
was said
in Boston Globe
not to cooperate with their timely, well-intended effort to assist the people of Zimbabwe.
was said
in Boston Globe
