United Nations

UNICEF Expresses Interest in Engineered Vaccine
(Originally in UN Observer & International Report)
An all-in-one vaccine that can be given at birth would dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of inoculating against childhood diseases...

Africa to Get Key Role in Battle Against Aids
(UN Observer & International Report)
Interview with Luc Montagnier, whose laboratory was the first to isolate the HIV virus...

Indonesia balks at investigation of E. Timor massacre
(Originally in UN Observer & International Report)
Five weeks after occupying Indonesian troops slaughtered more than 100 East Timorese near Dili, the United Nations is still waiting for the Indonesian government's permission to investigate...

Korean Media Follows Immigrants to New Home in U.S.
(Originally in UN Observer & International Report)
Newspapers published by and for immigrants have a long history in the U.S....

Staffer says U.N. abandoned him during 9 years in Syrian prison
(Originally in UN Observer & International Report)
U.N. official was jailed in Syria, without charges, apparently because his work annoyed the government.

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New Opportunities and New Crises, Too
(Encyclopedia Americana, 1993)