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14 December - SA TO AUDIT UNITED NATIONS

13 December - UN COUNCIL CRITICIZES ANGOLAN REBELS FOR CRISIS

03 December - SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES NEW SPECIAL ADVISER FOR AFRICA

26 November - PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN JOHANNESBURG AND UN SIGNED

22 November - AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO DISCUSS POVERTY AT MEETING

02 November - ANGOLA REJECTS POLITICAL ROLE FOR UN OFFICE

25 October - UN PANEL GEARED FOR SANCTIONS ON UNITA

23 October - UN TEAM OUT TO ENFORCE SANCTIONS AGAINST ANGOLAN REBELS

21 October - UN REPORT SAYS WOMEN STILL EARN TWO-THIRDS OF MEN'S SALARIES

13 October - UN CHIEF EXPRESSES REGRET AT ALLEGATIONS OF AID MISUSE IN ANGOLA

26 August - PANEL BEGINS WORK ON ENFORCING ANGOLA SANCTIONS

23 August - UN URGES ANGOLAN REBELS TO ALLOW ACCESS TO INTERNAL REFUGEES

19 August - SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES PLANNED UN OFFICE IN ANGOLA

16 August - ANNAN DEMANDS HALT TO CONGO FIGHTING, WHICH VIOLATES POLIO TRUCE

12 August - UNITED NATIONS SPONSORS MOZAMBICAN AIDS CAMPAIGN FOR THE YOUTH

12 August - HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFRICA FACES "IRREVOCABLE CRISIS": UN CHIEF

11 August - ANGOLA SAYS UN WILL MONITOR AID, HUMAN RIGHTS AND BORDER SECURITY

29 July - UN TRIES TO SANCTION ANGOLA'S REBELS OUT OF WAR BUSINESS

27 July - UN CHIEF CRITICIZES ARREST WARRANT FOR UNITA LEADER

27 July - UN FOOD AGENCY URGES ANGOLAN FIGHTERS TO EASE SUFFERING

26 July - UN COUNCIL URGED TO FOCUS ON AFRICA'S 6 MILLION REFUGEES

22 July - WARS AND MONEY BLOCK ERADICATION OF POLIO BY YEAR 2000

22 July - AIDS OVERTAKES WAR AS TOP KILLER IN EAST, SOUTHERN AFRICA: UN

21 July - DRAFT RESOLUTION SEEKS APPROVAL FOR 90 UN PERSONNEL

20 July - UN SECURITY COUNCIL URGES REBELS TO SIGN DRC CEASEFIRE

16 July - UN CHIEF FORESEES "THOUSANDS" OF UN TROOPS, PERSONNEL IN DRC

12 July - UNDP DIRECTOR URGES AFRICA TO 'JUMP IN' TO GLOBAL ECONOMY

10 July - UN SECURITY COUNCIL TRIPPED UP BY DRCONGO CEASEFIRE SIGNING

18 June - GOVERNMENT AND UN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UN FUTURE IN ANGOLA

17 June - TOP UN OFFICIALS IN ANGOLA FOR PEACE TALKS

17 June - UN ENVOY RETURNS TO ANGOLA

09 June - HUMANITARIAN EFFORT IN ANGOLA THREATENED BY LACK OF FUNDS: ANNAN

07 June - UN CHIEF SEEKS URGENT AID FOR ANGOLA TO AVOID "MASSIVE HUMAN TRAGEDY"

21 May - UN FOUNDATION GRANTS $1,7M FOR COMMISSION ON DAMS AND UNEP

21 May - AGREEMENT SIGNED IN AID OF POVERTY RELIEF

20 May - GUN-RUNNING CHARGES AGAINST ZAMBIA BASED ON RUMOURS, SAYS UN

13 May - UN SANCTIONS CHIEF CRACKS DOWN ON ANGOLAN REBEL DIAMOND SALES

12 May - AIDS IS BIGGEST KILLER IN AFRICA, SAYS UN REPORT ON WORLD HEALTH

10 May - ANGOLAN REBELS SLAM UN FOR TIGHTENING EMBARGOES

07 May - SECURITY COUNCIL CRACKS DOWN ON UNITA SANCTIONS BUSTING

06 May - AIDS-PROJECT

26 March - UN SECURITY COUNCIL "CONCERNED" ABOUT ANGOLAN REFUGEES

25 March - UN HUMAN RIGHTS WATCHDOG CONDEMNS FRESH KILLINGS IN DR CONGO

16 March - UN MAY HOLD ANGOLA'S FATE IN ITS HANDS

15 March - ANGOLA PRESENTS UN "PROOF" OF ZAMBIAN SUPPORT FOR UNITA

15 March - UN ENVOY LEAVES WAR-TORN ANGOLA, SAYS PEACE EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE

05 March - UN SEES LINK BETWEEN AIDS AND GENDER VIOLENCE

05 March - UN SEEKS UNIVERSAL RATIFICATION OF LANDMINE TREATY

26 February - UN SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO END UN ANGOLA MISSION

25 February - UN WINDS UP ANOTHER UN SUCCESS STORY AFTER MACEDONIA SETBACK

25 February - MORE THAN 3 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV LAST YEAR

22 February - ANGOLA WANTS UN HUMANITARIAN HELP BUT NO MILITARY OBSERVERS

18 February - ANGOLA RULES OUT CONTINUED UN PRESENCE

17 February - UN-BURUNDI

15 February - UN AGENCY WARNS OF CATASTROPHE IN ANGOLA

15 February - UNDP AND SWITZERLAND FUND A YOUTH JUSTICE PROJECT FOR SA

13 February - ANNAN ENCOURAGED BY LOCKERBIE DEVELOPMENTS

12 February - SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AFRICAN CRISES ARE DEPRESSING

06 February - HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS WORSEN IN ANGOLA

21 January - COUNCIL INDICATES DESIRE TO MAINTAIN PRESENCE IN CAPITAL

19 January - ANNAN DEFENDS ANGOLA REPORT AMID AFRICAN CONCERNS OF PULLOUT

16 January - ANGOLA SEEKS CONSCRIPTS TO FIGHT REBELS AS UN REDUCES ROLE

15 January - ANGOLAN PRESIDENT DOUBTS UN STAYING IN ANGOLA

13 January - UN MULLS ITS PEACEKEEPING ROLE IN ANGOLA AMID RENEWED WAR

13 January - UN SLAMS MURDER OF ANTI-AIDS ACTIVIST IN KWAZULU-NATAL

12 January - DIRE CONSEQUENCES SEEN FOR ANGOLA AFTER UN HALTS RELIEF FLIGHTS

07 January - SA STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT SEEKING A PERMANENT UN SEAT MBEKI

06 January - ANGOLAN PRESIDENT PROMISES TO HELP UN REACH DOWNED PLANES

05 January - UN ENVOY HOLDS TALKS WITH ANGOLAN GOVT OVER OBSERVER MISSION

05 January - UN ANGOLAN MISSION FACES ITS WORST CRISES