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Côte d'Ivoire: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Begins

Arms are destroyed by fire during the "Flame of Peace" ceremony to signify the beginning of the country's disarmament and reconciliation process in Bouake, Côte d'Ivoire. UN Photo# 149796/Basile Zoma. 30 July 2007.

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MaximsNews WORLD: TUESDAY, 07 AUGUST 2007

HIROSHIMA | DARFUR | AFGHANISTAN | SRI LANKA

UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N. / - 07 AUGUST 2007 – The following is a summary of world news from MaximsNews.com, An Independent Voice from the United Nations:

••• THE IRAQ WAR: LEGAL OR ILLEGAL? POLITICAL ANIMATION on YouTube>>

••• SRI LANKA: UN RELIEF CHIEF CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO PROBE AID WORKERS' MURDERS: 06/8/2007

••• UN: MARKING HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY, BAN KI-MOON CALLS FOR ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: 06/8/2007

••• UN: UN ENVOY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST KILLING OF AFGHAN DEMINERS: 06/8/2007

••• UN: DARFUR'S REBELS VOW TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS PEACE DURING UN-CHAIRED TALKS: 06/8/2007

••• UN: AFGHANISTAN: UN AGENCIES HELP IN NATIONWIDE POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGN: 06/8/2007

••• MaximsNews WORLD: MONDAY, 06 AUGUST 2007

••• HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS REPORT USE OF "ENHANCED" INTERROGATION MAY BE CRIMINAL: 02/8/2007

••• UN: GAZA'S ECONOMY WORSENING DUE TO BORDER RESTRICTIONS - UN : 02/8/2007

••• SECOND KOREAN HOSTAGE KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN: 31/7/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

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••• UN: BAN KI-MOON CONDEMNS KILLING OF TWO KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN: 31/7/2007

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER, 7 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsJAPAN)

••• MEDIA ADVISORY: ASIA-PACIFIC WATER SUMMIT: 2ND STEERING COMMITTEE TO MEET 6 AUG. 2007 (MaximsNewsJAPAN)

••• U.S. POLICY TOWARD LEBANON: STEPPING BACK TO MOVE FORWARD: THE STANLEY FOUNDATION

••• ONU: POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 3 AOÛT 2007: (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING & TV: MONDAY, 06 AUGUST 2007

MICHELE MONTAS is the Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Ci-dessous les principaux points évoqués par Michèle Montas, Porte-parole du Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon.

MICHELE MONTAS, Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

SEE: UN WEBCAST TV VIEDO - 20 minutes

	••• DARFUR: UN SECURITY COUNCIL SENDS 26,000 TROOPS FOR PEACEKEEPING: 31/7/2007 by MAX STAMPER
	••• MARK MALLOCH-BROWN: POLITICS OF HUMANITARIANISM AFTER IRAQ ••• LORD MARK MALLOCH- BROWN APPOINTED U.K. MINISTER FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW BRITISH CABINET ••• SIR MARK MALLOCH BROWN: CAN THE U.N. BE REFORMED?
	••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: WHO IS KILLING AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ? (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 27/7/2007
	••• MORTON HALPERIN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: TESTIMONY TO U.S. CONGRESS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 26/7/2007 ••• MORTON H. HALPERIN: BIO (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
	••• IAN WILLIAMS: GORDON BROWN'S FIRST TRIP TO U.S. & U.N.: 06/8/2007 ••• IAN WILLIAMS: GORDON BROWN NEEDS A BIT OF GRAY: 27/7/2007
	••• KERRY KENNEDY IN NEW ORLEANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FAIR FLOOD PROTECTION: 02/8/2007

	••• NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT MARC MORIAL PROPOSES OPPORTUNITY COMPACT TO HELP URBAN AMERICA: 27/7/2007
	••• U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR JULIA ORMOND DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 23/7/2007

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