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HEALTH: WHO Predicts Polio will Spread to Albania’s Neighbours
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended the countries bordering on Albania prepare themselves for probable outbreaks of polio, following the infection of 90 Albanians, 12 of whom have died.HEALTH: WHO Starts New Fight Against Cholera
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new offensive against cholera in 16 West African nations, where the disease has killed nearly 3,000 people this year.HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Seeks to Protect Rights of AIDS Victims
The United Nations has decided to issue to Governments worldwide, a series of guide-lines on the protection of the human rights of more than 21 million HIV and AIDS victims.TRADE: Mercosur Must Repeat WTO Exam
The international tribunal that studies the behaviour of regional economic integration blocs demanded Friday that the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) provide further information.HEALTH: Mysterious Disease in Albania Turns out to be Polio
An outbreak of a mysterious paralysing disease in Albania turned out to be a form of poliomyelitis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced Wednesday./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ ENVIRONMENT: Vast Majority of World’s Forests Unprotected
A forestry map released by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Monday showed that only a tiny fraction of the world's forests are protected and urgent government action is needed to change the situation.ENVIRONMENT: Vast Majority of World’s Forests Unprotected
A forestry map released by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) Monday showed that only a tiny fraction of the world's forests are protected and urgent government action is needed to change the situation.DISARMAMENT: U.N. Conference Pays Price of Failure on Nuclear Tests
The current annual sessions of the U.N. Disarmament Conference, nearing their end, are languishing, unable to reach a consensus among the 61 member countries on the agenda for the 1997 activities.HEALTH: Water-bourne Diseases, the Unecessary Killers
Despite its inoffensive appearance, a glass of water could hide lethal infectious diseases, said the World Health Organisation in a letter of recommendations to the population issued Monday.ENVIRONMENT: Ozone Protection Funds to be Distributed
The elimination of ozone destroying substances made great progress in the industrialised nations and will now be extended over the developing world, with financing for this to be discussed here next week.DISARMAMENT: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty goes to UN General Assembly
The responsibility for sanctioning the Complete (nuclear) Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) passed on to the UN General Assembly after the Disarmament Conference accepted defeat Thursday.DISARMAMENT: Fate of Nuclear Tests to be Decided Thursday
India officially imposed its veto on the draft Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty drawn up by the Disarmament Conference, Tuesday, though without preventing other nations from proposing its approval by the UN General Assembly.DISARMAMENT: Agonising Negotiation to save Nuclear Treaty
Diplomats from 61 countries will continue agonising negotiations this weekend in an attempt to save the nuclear test ban treaty, and the Disarmament Conference itself.DISARMAMENT: Nuclear Veto Negotiators Admit Defeat
The special committee negotiating the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) for nuclear testing, admitted they had failed in a report to the Disarmament Conference Thursday.DISARMAMENT: Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Fails
Negotiations for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) ended in near total failure and endangered the future of the Disarmament Conference.VENEZUELA: Famous Soap Opera Reflects Racism
The government of Venezuela denied there were racial divisions in the nation, only to be told by a member of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Prejudice that one of the nation's most famous soap operas proves otherwise.BOSNIA: Human Rights Violations Overshadow Elections
The United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination held concerned discussions of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and its possible influence on the Sept. 14 elections, Tuesday.DISARMAMENT: India Blocks Nuclear Test Ban
Diplomats and lawyers have been working in vain for weeks to find some way to make India ratify a Treaty for the Complete Prohibition of Nuclear Testing, without explicitly mentioning the country.TRADE: Singapore, Star of the Market, is Praised, Criticised
Singapore, an Asian island nation with less than three million people, has emerged in the past week as star of the international economy, showered with praise for its devotion to free trade and the benefits this has brought.LABOUR: Unemployment and Child Exploitation on ILO Agenda
Unemployment, child exploitation and the millions of domestic workers beyond the reach of labour legislation will be the main issues discussed at the International Labour Conference starting Tuesday in Geneva.LABOUR: Jobs In Ports Plummet Under Industry Changes
The numbers of jobs for port workers all over the world have been drastically reduced in the past few years with the growing use of containers and new cargo techniques, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has reported.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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