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Recession adds 6 pct to ranks of global poor-UN
Published July 6, 2009, 3:40 am, AlertNet
Source: Reuters * Economic woes make life worse for world's poorest * Rich powers urged to boost aid to Africa * Health systems especially hit by slowdown (Recasts, incorporating speech, appeal to G8 on ...
Recession adds 6 percent to ranks of global poor
Published July 6, 2009, 3:35 am, Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Economic recession has reversed a 20-year decline in world poverty and is likely to add up to 90 million to the ranks of the hungry in 2009, an increase of six per cent over current totals, the United Nations said on Monday.
Ban: G8 countries need to scale up aid
Published July 6, 2009, 2:01 am, EARTHtimes.org
Geneva - With dispersed aid levels below the amounts pledged by the world's wealthiest countries, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged members of the G8 to scale up assistance to the developing world. Noting that aid flows wer...
THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS: THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Published July 4, 2009, 3:16 am, UN Observer
• UN Secretary-General: Myanmar (till 4 July); Geneva (6 July); Ireland (7-8 July); Italy (9-10 July); • Hans-Gert Pöttering, President of the European Parliament: Amman (4-5 July); • Marta Santos Pais, UN SG Special Representative on Violence Against Children and Radhika Coomaraswamy, UN SG Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict: Stockholm (6-7 July); • Matthew Nimetz, UN SG ...
Recommendations for the elaboration of Rules of Procedure of the Arab Human Rights Committee
Published July 3, 2009, 12:26 am, Amnesty International
The revised Arab Charter on Human Rights (the revised Charter),1 adopted as an international human rights treaty in May 2004 at the Summit of the League of Arab States (the League), 2 provides for the establishment of a committee of seven independent experts, called the Arab Human Rights Committee (the Committee)
The United Nations To Launch "Texting4Health" In Uganda
Published July 2, 2009, 8:09 am, Medical News Today
The UN is launching, on Wednesday the 1st of July 2009, a ten-day initiative intended to reach out to 10,000 people in Uganda through mobile phones to demonstrate the reach and potential use of mobile phones in health information and promotion.
Secretary-General To Visit Myanmar Later This Week
Published June 30, 2009, 9:18 pm, Scoop.co.nz
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Myanmar from 3 to 4 July, at the invitation of the Government, to highlight key issues such as the need to release all political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, it was announced today.
Secret side trips
Published June 29, 2009, 9:31 pm, Malaya
Ms. Gloria Arroyo’s secret side trip to Colombia turned private after it became public. In other words, "na-buking"! Another secret side trip was to Dubai (again?!) on her way home.
Ron Nechemia, Chairman of EurOrient Financial Group, Authors White Paper Included as "Input Document" for the UNCTAD ...
Published June 29, 2009, 10:08 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
LOS ANGELES----The United Nations Council on Trade and Development , convened UNCTAD member States at its first public symposium to provide a forum to discuss "The global economic crisis and development - the way forward."
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