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DEVELOPMENT: South-South Trade on Its Way Again
A group of 44 developing countries, taking their cue from the new directions of the global economy and international trade, decided Friday to resuscitate an old agreement for promoting trade amongst nations of the South and to launch new trade talks.TRADE: For Now, Civility Rules the WTO Negotiations
The World Trade Organisation negotiations are now occurring in a climate of civility, but results are taking a long time to emerge and the fate of the "Doha Round" remains in danger, negotiators from developing countries said Tuesday.HEALTH: Assembly Takes Action on Adults, Newborns Will Have to Wait
The world's health ministers approved more ambitious policies for preventing deaths from problems affecting mostly adults, such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and road accidents, but largely ignored a proposal to strengthen health protections for newborns.RIGHTS-IRAQ: U.N. Demands U.S., Britain Give Reports on Prison Torture
The United Nations Committee Against Torture has demanded that the United States and Britain present reports about the incidents in the prisons in Iraq controlled by the armed forces of the occupying countries, as more photographs and videos of mistreatment were made public Friday.MIDEAST: U.N. Warns of Israeli Demolition Plan in Rafah
The United Nations issued a call to the international community Tuesday to press Israel to stop its military operations under way in Gaza aimed at destroying hundreds of houses, the largest such effort by the Israeli military in that region.HEALTH: Last Round in Polio Fight
International health campaigns have pushed poliomyelitis to the threshold of eradication in four of the six countries where the disease is still endemic - India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Egypt - but in the other two - Nigeria and Niger - this year has seen some serious setbacks.DEVELOPMENT: UNCTAD Meet Could Put Troubled Trade Talks on Track
The 11th sessions of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), to take place next month in Sao Paulo, will be a political event that could help get international trade talks back on track says the conference's secretary-general Rubens Ricupero.HEALTH: Jam-Packed Agenda for WHO Assembly
The World Health Assembly is set to take up the hottest issues in its area - HIV/AIDS, road safety, obesity and fighting disease like polio, measles and SARS - when ministers from around the globe sit down here next week.HEALTH: Defeating AIDS Means Changing Course of History
Medical treatment for the millions of people with HIV/AIDS could bring the worst epidemic of the last few centuries under control, and mark a hope-giving change in global public health, say experts.IRAQ: U.N. Rights Commission Shirks Chance to Redeem Itself
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which during its April sessions kept mum on the abuses committed in Iraq, will once again avoid the issue in late May when it is to receive a report on the Iraq situation, say sources close to the matter.HEALTH: Ongoing Threat of Animal-Borne Disease Looms Over Humans
Diseases that are associated with animals but which can be transmitted to humans - a process known as zoonosis - pose an unpredictable and growing threat that has international experts in animal and public health worried.ENVIRONMENT: Forests as Poverty-Fighting Tool
The slow process of transferring land titles and control over forests to local communities is undermining people's interest in active participation in forest management, warns United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Commission Only as Strong as Weakest Member
Three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council targeted during this year's sessions of the Commission on Human Rights eluded censure, while countries that wield little political weight had to face the consequences, say activists and diplomats.HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Commission Only as Strong as Weakest Member
Three of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council targeted during this year's sessions of the Commission on Human Rights eluded censure, while countries that wield little political weight had to face the consequences, say activists and diplomats.HUMAN RIGHTS: Guantanamo Debate Fades – At Least for This Year
The situation of the detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo has been taboo for the United Nations human rights system, but particularly since Cuba decided Thursday not to pursue its moderately worded resolution against the United States.HUMAN RIGHTS: Guantanamo Question Tests Equality in U.N. Commission
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, which usually avoids putting powerful countries on the defensive, will see its credibility tested Thursday when it takes up the Cuban proposal to demand that the United States report on the rights of the detainees at its base in Guantánamo.RIGHTS: Guantanamo Issue Took Two Years to Reach UN Commission
The situation of some 660 prisoners living in legal limbo at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo was brought up by Havana Thursday before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, shortly after a resolution condemning Cuba's human rights record narrowly passed.RIGHTS: Guantanamo Issue Took Two Years to Reach UN Commission
The situation of some 660 prisoners living in legal limbo at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo was brought up by Havana Thursday before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, shortly after a resolution condemning Cuba's human rights record narrowly passed.U.N.-RWANDA: A Measure of Catharsis 10 Years After
The United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan acknowledge the "collective failure" of the international community 10 years ago to prevent the genocide in which some groups say as many as one million Rwandans were killed - most were ethnic minority Tutsi.WORLD HEALTH DAY: Death on the Road Is No Accident
Experts in road safety prefer to speak in terms of "crashes" instead of "accidents", because the latter gives the impression of a random event when traffic-related fatalities and injuries can be prevented.WORLD HEALTH DAY: Death on the Road Is No Accident
Experts in road safety prefer to speak in terms of "crashes" instead of "accidents", because the latter gives the impression of a random event when traffic-related fatalities and injuries can be prevented.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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