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07.05.2008 UN Security Council needs to discuss the current global food crisis and take corrective measures before the situation goes out of hand. Experts feel that the UN body must recognise that war and civil strife cannot be prevented without addressing social and economic conditions.
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Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [Poverty]
Human Rights Council session
07.05.2008 Sri Lanka’s worsening human rights record and failed promises for improvement undermine its claim for a place on the UN Human Rights Council, a coalition of national and international NGOs said in a letter released today.
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Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Human rights]
Image: Human Rights Council session
Devastation all around / Photo credit: AP
07.05.2008 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world.
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Related topics/regions: [Aid] [Shelter & housing] [Water/sanitation] [Disease]
Image: Devastation all around / Photo credit: AP
Abdoulaye Wade
06.05.2008 YK:n pyrinnöt ruokakriisin ratkaisemiseksi eivät saa kaikilta kiitosta. Senegalin presidentti Abdoulaye Wade haukkui FAO:n turhaksi ja tehottomaksi järjestöksi.
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From: Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus
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Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign / Photo credit: MC
06.05.2008 Soaring prices of food items are making it difficult for poor countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Any long-term planning has to focus on MDGs and cross-sectoral linkages with adequate budgets if governments wish to tide over the present crisis, says Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign.
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Related topics/regions: [Food] [Poverty] [MDGs]
Image: Salil Shetty, Director, UN Millennium Campaign / Photo credit: MC
Tens of thousands were affected by the tropical storm.
05.05.2008 As of Monday Morning, almost 4,000 people are believed to have died -- and tens of thousands more were forced to flee their homes -- as Cyclone Nargis hit Burma this weekend. A thorough damage assessment will be difficult, notes the United Nations.
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From: United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
Related topics/regions: [Myanmar] [Emergency relief] [Refugees] [Shelter & housing]
Image: Tens of thousands were affected by the tropical storm. © Atti-la (flickr)
Freedom of the press/ Photo credit: UN
05.05.2008 Attacks on freedom of press are akin to attacks on international law, humanity and freedom itself, said UN head Ban Ki-moon on World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, drawing attention to the increasing targeting of journalists around the world and the failure to prosecute such crimes.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Information & media] [Freedom of expression] [Politics] [Democracy]
Image: Freedom of the press/ Photo credit: UN
Disabled children
04.05.2008 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has entered into force, a month after the required 20th country ratified the treaty.
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Related topics/regions: [Social exclusion]
Image: Disabled children
Workshop in Pakistan/ Photo credit: ILO/ Crozet M.
01.05.2008 As May 1st commemorates the late 19th century workers’ protests for rights, it becomes vital to take a look at occupational safety and health of workers today, vital to the dignity of work. More than 2 million people die every year from work-related accidents, deaths or diseases globally, says the latest ILO report.
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Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Labour] [Health]
Image: Workshop in Pakistan/ Photo credit: ILO/ Crozet M.

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