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/RPT/LABOUR: ‘Safety Makes Dollars and Sense’ in Forest Work, Says ILO
Thousands of loggers are killed, injured and maimed every year due to inadequate safety measures in one of the world's most dangerous jobs.LABOUR: ‘Safety Makes Dollars and Sense’ in Forest Work, Says ILO
Thousands of loggers are killed, injured and maimed every year due to inadequate safety measures in one of the world's most dangerous jobs.NORTH KOREA: Hundreds of Thousands of Children Malnourished
An estimated 17 percent of children in North Korea are severely malnourished, U.N. agencies warned Friday.HUMAN RIGHTS: Mary Robinson to Mediate Between North and South
The new U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, announced Thursday that she would seek points in common in order to narrow the gap between countries of the North and South in the question of human rights.DEVELOPMENT: Globalisation Catches Up to Cooperative Movement
The changes in the cooperative movement brought by globalisation and the fall of the socialist regimes culminated Tuesday in the assumption of the presidency of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) by a non-European - for the first time in its 102 years of history.TANZANIA-POPULATION: Millions of Peasants Facing Drought, Famine
Some three millian Tanzanians, around 10 percent of the population of the east African country, are facing a serious shortage of food caused by a prolonged drought, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned Tuesday in a call for international cooperation.DEVELOPMENT: Growth of World Economy Slows Down
The world economy is growing slower than necessary, while social and economic inequalities between and within countries are increasing, says a U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report released Monday.HEALTH: WHO Assesses Comprehensive Approach to Childhood Diseases
A simultaneous attack on pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, malaria and malnutrition, which cause 70 percent of all deaths of children under five worldwide could significantly reduce the death toll, the World Health Organisation (WHO) underlined Monday.SPORTS: Forgotten Continent Bids for 2004 Olympic Games
The best hope that the 2004 Olympic Games will be awarded to a developing country lies in Capetown.HEALTH: WHO Checks Meningitis Outbreak in D.R. of Congo
The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported Friday that a meningitis epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC - formerly Zaire) appears to be under control.TRADE: WTO Predicts End of Lean Years in Beef Market
Things are looking up for the global beef market, after the nightmare of the "mad cow" crisis, according to a World Trade Organisation (WTO) report released Thursday.DISARMAMENT: Cuban Charge of US Biological Warfare to be Studied
Cuba finally met with success in its bid to get the signatories to the convention on biological weapons to study a complaint it filed against the United States for alleged biological warfare.HUMAN RIGHTS: North Korea Protests U.N. Resolution
North Korea announced Wednesday that it would withdraw from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in protest against a recent condemnation by the United Nations Subcommission on Human Rights.HUMAN RIGHTS: Indigenous People Jeopardised by Discrimination
Racial discrimination threatens the culture and historical identity of indigenous people in a number of regions, a United Nations committee reported here.HEALTH: WHO Detects New Influenza Strain in Humans
The influenza virus detected in a young boy who died in Hong Kong is a new strain previously unknown in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported this week in Geneva.RIGHTS-D.R.CONGO: UN Launches Probe into Massacre Charges
A U.N. commission is finally launching a probe into the fate of 200,000 Rwandese refugees reportedly killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire).HEALTH: Foodborne Infections Massively Under-Reported
The actual number of cases of foodborne infections throughout the world is up to 350 times higher than the number reported, says a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.UNITED NATIONS: Governments Back Kofi Annan’s Reforms
The UN reform plan presented by Secretary General Kofi Annan was given "crucial endorsement" by the governments of 16 countries, according to diplomatic sources.SIERRA LEONE: Food Crisis Looms with Embargo against Coup Leaders
The World Food Programme, warning Tuesday that Sierra Leone could soon find itself facing a critical food shortage, urged that humanitarian aid be excluded from the economic embargo imposed by the West African country's neighbours.ANGOLA: Armed Clashes, Donor Stalling Hamper Demobilisation
Fresh outbreaks of fighting in Angola and donors' delay in coughing up promised funds are jeopardising the United Nations programme for the disarmament and demobilisation of UNITA rebels.POPULATION: UN Calls Governments Together to Discuss Youth Issues//CORRECTED REPEAT//
A world conference of governments will be held to discuss youth issues next year in Portugal, announced the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Wednesday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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