http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/2007 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84360 Negotiations seeking a global pact to tackle global warming are troubled and could end in disastrous failure, China's top climate change envoy warns, saying rich countries are failing to deliver on promises. From: New Scientist http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161361/1/2007 Forced displacement is on the increase around the world, with the number of refugees now topping 11.4 million and internally displaced people at 26 million, says the head of the UN refugee agency. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84348 An online "focus page" has been launched to mark World Habitat Day (6 October) and the forthcoming World Urban Forum in China. + Secretary-General's message + Anna Tibaijuka's message http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84299 The UN Children's Fund has welcomed the British government's decision to grant children seeking asylum, migrant children and those who have been trafficked into the UK the same rights as British children, including their right to education, health care and social services. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84291 UN member states are locked in negotiations for a climate change deal but minority and indigenous communities have been left out. You can help change that. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161242/1/2007 Luciano Pavarotti’s legacy of generosity lives on in a tribute charity concert and memorial ceremony to be held in Petra, Jordan, next month. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84185 As the latest round of UN climate talks closes, Greenpeace has urged governments to pick up the pace of the negotiations which, in just over a year, must deliver a global deal to save the climate. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160440/1/2007 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160423/1/2007 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160391/1/2007 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160360/1/2007 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160310/1/2007 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83546 A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159973/1/2007 Millions of hungry people the world over will be at risk, if the UN food agency is not able to collect upwards of $750 million to buy food from international market. The rising food prices have caused this shortfall. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159900/1/2007 BBC World is showing seven-part investigative series: Women on the Frontline, focusing on gender violence. The films have been made with the support of several UN agencies. One in three women worldwide suffer from brutalities often at the hands of their own family members and threaten them more than cancer, malaria or war.