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U.S.: Obama Urged to Strengthen Ties with U.N.
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of some three dozen senior foreign policy figures has released a statement calling for President-elect Barack Obama to make strengthening long-troubled U.S. relations with the United Nations a major priority in his new administration.
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LATIN AMERICA: IPS and UNDP Launch Second Journalism Prize on MDGs
By Diego Cevallos
MEXICO CITY - Next year will be a tough time for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which means it will be more than ever necessary to avoid backsliding in the efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and journalists have an important role to play in that task, UNDP regional director Rebeca Grynspan said Wednesday.
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DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Looks to Doha Summit for Answers
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - As the spreading global financial crisis threatens to cripple banks, stock markets and manufacturing industries in the developing world, the United Nations is now focusing on the outcome of a major international conference on Financing for Development (FfD) scheduled to take place in Doha next week.
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Q&A: "Wanted: A New Global Deal"
Thalif Deen interviews HEIDEMARIE WIECZOREK-ZEUL, German Development Minister
UNITED NATIONS - A United Nations conference on Financing for Development (FfD) is scheduled to take place in Doha, Qatar, next week against the backdrop of a devastating global economic crisis that has threatened to undermine the basic foundations of Anglo-Saxon capitalism.
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DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Seeks Bailout Package for World's Poorest
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - The buzzword in the international community these days is "bailout" -- the multi-billion-dollar economic rescue packages aimed at helping a rash of faltering investment banks and insurance companies, mostly in the United States and Western Europe.
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FINANCE: Corporate Vows Tested in the West Bank
By Ida Karlsson
UNITED NATIONS - A company that is a member of the U.N. Global Compact for corporate social responsibility has ties to production in an Israeli settlement on the West Bank considered illegal by the United Nations.
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DEVELOPMENT: UNFPA Battles "Norm" of Gender Inequality
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - Despite a slew of U.N. conventions and international agreements against discrimination of women, gender inequality is widespread and remains deeply rooted in many cultures, according to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA).
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DEVELOPMENT: Two Summits to Focus on Financial Crisis
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - As the financial meltdown continues to spread to the far corners of the globe, over 30 world leaders are scheduled to participate in two key international conferences aimed at seeking short- and long-term solutions to the economic crisis worldwide.
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POLITICS: World Leaders Seek Culture of Peace
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - When more than a dozen world leaders meet in New York next week to discuss "the culture of peace", the primary focus will be the growing misperception of religion, specifically Islam, and the increase in racism, xenophobia and intolerance worldwide.
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POLITICS: U.N. Hopes for "New Multilateralism" Under Obama
By Wolfgang Kerler
UNITED NATIONS - With the election of Democratic Senator Barack Obama as the next president of the United States, many observers and diplomats believe the United Nations can look forward to stronger cooperation with Washington -- after eight years of often contentious relations with the George W. Bush administration.
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DISARMAMENT: Arab Nations Insist on WMDs in UN Arms Register
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS - When the General Assembly decided to create a United Nations Register of Conventional Arms back in December 1991, one of the primary reasons was to promote transparency in one of the most secretive aspects of governmental operations: arms trade and domestic military holdings.
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DR CONGO: Aid Agencies Fear Humanitarian Disaster in North Kivu
By Ulrich Knapp
UNITED NATIONS - The situation in the strategic city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was relatively calm Thursday after a night of fierce shooting and widespread looting, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported.
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DISARMAMENT: "The Carnage Must Stop"
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - An international coalition of human rights and humanitarian aid organisations is calling for the world community to create a treaty that would prohibit the illicit business in guns and other small weapons around the world.
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