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Garowe Online - UN Special Envoy raises specter of nuclear waste in Somalia

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:20:51 -0000

MOGADISHU, Somalia June 21 (Garowe Online) - The United Nations' Special Representative to Somalia, Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has raised growing concern about years of environment destruction in the East African country of Somalia.

Speaking with the BBC last week, Mr. Ould-Abdallah indicated that the UN has "reliable information" that chemical, toxic and possibly nuclear waste has been dumped along Somalia's shores for years by unnamed companies and individuals.

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The Associated Press: UN steps up campaign against nuclear, chemical terrorism

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:03:11 -0000

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging stepped-up efforts to keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists and black marketeers.

It calls on all states to fully implement a council resolution approved in April 2004 requiring all 192 U.N. member states to adopt laws to prevent "non-state actors" from acquiring nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

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U.N. Weighs a Ban on Weapons in Space, but U.S. Still Objects - New York Times

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:44:18 -0000

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