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HEALTH: Closing the North-South AIDS Gap
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is far more brutal in poor countries than in rich nations, according to a new United Nations report released Tuesday in Geneva, which highlights the North-South gap in AIDS.ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Protection Measures Bearing Fruit
Measures taken by the international community to protect the ozone layer are beginning to bear fruit, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced in Geneva Monday.LABOUR: ILO Conference Reaffirms Basic Rights in the Workplace
After three weeks of deliberations, the International Labour Conference approved a non-binding declaration reaffirming fundamental rights in the workplace, threatened by the phenomenon of globalisation.RIGHTS: UN Urges ICC Conference to Keep Sierra Leone in Mind
High-level United Nations officials Wednesday urged the government delegations discussing the creation of an International Criminal Court in Rome to keep the current crisis in Sierra Leone in mind as they debated just what kind of court was needed.TRADE-MERCOSUR: Brazil Sounds out WTO on Automobile Tariff Plan
Brazil's car industry put feelers out in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for possible obstacles to its plans to become one of the leading world vehicle producers.LABOUR: It’s Up to Governments to Eliminate Child Labour
When individuals break the law, they feel the full weight of the legal system. But when states flagrantly violate internationally accepted standards, what is the solution?DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN-CUBA: Castro Proposes New Strategy for Developing World
Cuba's President Fidel Castro proposed a strategy for the developing nations act together in the multilateral trade negotiations making use of the support of "reponsible statesmen" in the countries of the North.TRADE: Environmentalists Slam WTO Rulings
International environmental watchdogs accused the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Monday of striking down national policies and undermining the Rio Earth Summit accords promoting sustainable development.HEALTH: Castro Praises UN Contribution
Addressing the 50th World Health Assembly Thursday, Cuban President Fidel Castro defended the United Nations' role in the social sphere, and invited the international community to engage in an "optimistic" struggle against the world's pressing problems.ENVIRONMENT: Conservationists Demand Protection for Whales
The threat of extinction hangs over the heads of six of the world's 11 large whale species, said a statement from the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) calling for an international moratorium on hunting.HEALTH: Governments Under Pressure from Baby Food Companies
The baby food industry is putting pressure on governments to block legislation based on international recommendations on breast milk substitutes.ECONOMY: Developing World’s Exports Hit Hard by Crisis
The United Nations warns that the Asian crisis is affecting the developing world through the fall in the prices of commodities and the drop in demand for exports from countries of the South.HEALTH: Moderately Optimistic Outlook for 21st Century
Remarkable advances have been made in global health, and the outlook for the 21st century is moderately optimistic. But the gap between the state of health of the rich and the poor is as wide as 50 years ago, and still growing, says a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report.HEALTH: Non-Aligned Movement Puts Health High on Int’l Agenda
The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) will meet with the new Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Gro Harlem Brundtland, to express its concern over the deteriorating state of people's health and their diminishing access to health care in the developing world.FOOD-SUDAN: Spectre of Mass Starvation Begins to Fade
Authorisation by the government of Sudan for the use of additional airplanes to airdrop food aid has begun to vanquish the threat of a humanitarian catastrophe in southern Sudan, razed by war and drought, the World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday.RIGHTS-CHILE: Communists Request UN Intervene in Colonia Dignidad
Chilean Communist Party leader, Gladys Marin, asked the United Nations (UN) to investigate claims more than 120 of the dictatorship's disappeared are still alive in Colonia Dignidad, a "Nazi" colony in the south of the nation.DISARMAMENT: Treaty Targets Argentina, Brazil and Chile
The preparatory commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) has launched an offensive to get the treaty ratified by Argentina, Brazil and Chile, the three Latin American countries with the greatest number of monitoring stations.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-DISARMAMENT: Non-Aligned Object to Nuclear Sharing Arrangements
The Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NOAL) called for the elimination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) nuclear sharing arrangements, at an international conference on disarmament Tuesday.ECONOMY-ASIA: Crisis Forces Shift in ADB Focus
The gravity of the crisis unleashed a year ago in Asia forced all available resources to be used to bail out the region, including Asian Development Bank (ADB) funds reserved for social programmes.HEALTH: New Head of WHO Warns Against Market Oriented Strategies
Former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland warned Asian governments against the risk of prescribing for the health sector the same neoliberal formulas that have been applied to the economy.DISARMAMENT: Non-Aligned Object to Nuclear Sharing Arrangements
The Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NOAL) called for the elimination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) nuclear sharing arrangements, at an international conference on disarmament Tuesday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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