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UNESCO Calls for Urgent Aid to Education in Southern Sudan
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:13 pm | United Nations
he imminent independence of Southern Sudan is spotlighting the challenge of improving “among the world’s worst” education systems, the UN said today. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) called upon the international community ... More >>
Businesses Must Join UN Corporate Responsibility Pact
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:08 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need for more businesses to join the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate responsibility initiative with 6,000 companies in 135 countries. More >>
UN Official: Don't Reduce Assistance to Smallholder Farmers
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:06 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with combating rural poverty today cautioned developed countries against cutting assistance to smallholder farmers in poorer nations, saying most food producers across the world were small-scale growers. More >>
UN Issues New Guidelines to Protect Gay Men from HIV
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:04 pm | United Nations
The United Nations and its partners have issued the first-ever global public health guidelines to help scale up services to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people. More >>
UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Requests More Donations
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 1:01 pm | United Nations
The head of the United Nations entity tasked with assisting millions of Palestinian refugees said today that the agency faced a projected deficit of $63 million this year and urged donors in the region, whom he said have been generous in the past, ... More >>
UN Outlines Judicial Options to Fight Piracy off Somalia
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:59 pm | United Nations
Helping the courts in Somalia attain international standards to handle trials of suspects arrested for engaging in maritime piracy off the East African coast can be an important step in combating the scourge in the Indian Ocean, the top United ... More >>
UN Scaling Up Assistance to Aid Displaced Persons in Yemen
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:57 pm | United Nations
Continuing conflict in southern Yemen is forcing increasing numbers of people from their homes, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today as the UN scales up its response. More >>
Rains in Ethiopia Bring Relief – And Threat of Diarrhoea
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:51 pm | United Nations
Although recent rains in Ethiopia temporarily relieved a severe water shortage, they have also brought an increased threat of diarrhoea, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today. More >>
Syrian Town ‘Almost Deserted’ After Recent Fighting
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:46 pm | United Nations
The United Nations refugee agency has found the north-western Syrian town of Jisr al-Shugour and surrounding villages to be virtually empty of their inhabitants during a brief visit to the area where Government forces entered earlier this month and ... More >>
Universal Access to Energy Essential to Boost Development
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:43 pm | United Nations
The lack of access to affordable and reliable energy is a major hindrance to human, social, and economic development, a senior United Nations official told delegates attending an international forum that got under way in Austria today to discuss ways ... More >>
Mexican 'State Of Emergency' To Battle Food Poverty/Obesity
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:41 pm | United Nations
A United Nations food expert has called for a “state of emergency” in Mexico to battle both food poverty and obesity, and suggested that changes to the country’s agricultural policies could tackle the two problems simultaneously. More >>
Madagascar: UN Battles Locust Build-up Threatening Millions
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:38 pm | United Nations
A build-up of locust populations in south-western Madagascar could turn into a plague and seriously endanger the livelihoods of 13 million people unless a new campaign is launched to contain the crop-devouring insects, the United Nations Food and Agriculture ... More >>
UN Launches Major Push to Improve Global Sanitation By 2015
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 12:35 pm | United Nations
In a bid to improve the health and well-being of millions of people worldwide, the United Nations today launched a major push to accelerate progress towards the goal of halving, by 2015, the proportion of the population without access to basic sanitation. More >>
Sudan: UN Welcomes Deal on Temporary Arrangements for Abyei
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 1:38 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the agreement in Sudan to demilitarize the disputed area of Abyei, over which the national Government and the Southern Sudan administration have engaged in fresh warfare. More >>
Poor Countries Host 80 Per Cent of World’s Refugees
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 1:31 pm | United Nations
An estimated 80 per cent of the world’s refugees now live in developing countries and yet anti-refugee sentiment is growing in many industrialized nations, the United Nations said in a report unveiled today, urging the richer States to address the ... More >>
Poor Countries Host 80 Per Cent of World’s Refugees
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 1:31 pm | United Nations
An estimated 80 per cent of the world’s refugees now live in developing countries and yet anti-refugee sentiment is growing in many industrialized nations, the United Nations said in a report unveiled today, urging the richer States to address the ... More >>
Expanded Midwifery Services Could Save Millions of Lives
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 1:29 pm | United Nations
Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded, according to a report released today by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and partners. More >>
Cities Are Key to Global Energy and Climate Challenges
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 12:35 pm | United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on United States mayors to help in the worldwide fight against climate change and other energy challenges. Speaking to a meeting of the US Conference of Mayors in Baltimore yesterday, Mr. Ban said: “The world needs ... More >>
UN Slavery Expert Welcomes Pact on Domestic Workers
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 12:34 pm | United Nations
A United Nations specialist on slavery today welcomed the adoption by the International Labour Organization (ILO) of a convention aimed at the protection of millions of domestic workers worldwide, a majority of whom are women and girls. More >>
Action against Tobacco, Pollution, and Lack of Exercise
Tuesday, 21 June 2011, 12:33 pm | United Nations
A top UN official today called on governments, private companies and individuals to join in the battle against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), those that are linked to tobacco, pollution, food and lack of exercise. More >>
