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DEVELOPMENT: Rich Nations Again Falter in Aid Pledges
A two-day high-level U.N. meeting on development financing concluded here on a predictable note: developing nations criticising industrial countries for reneging on their pledges to increase aid to help eradicate poverty.DEVELOPMENT: South Summit Launches Fund for Poorer Nations
As the cry for increased development assistance continues to intensify, one of the world's fastest growing gas-rich developing nations in the Middle East has initiated the creation of a new fund to meet some of the urgent social, economic, health and educational needs of poorer nations.DEVELOPMENT: South Summit Launches Fund for Poorer Nations
As the cry for increased development assistance continues to intensify, one of the world's fastest growing gas-rich developing nations in the Middle East has initiated the creation of a new fund to meet some of the urgent social, economic, health and educational needs of poorer nations.POLITICS: North Faulted for Cold-Shouldering South at Annual Meet
Jamaican Prime Minister Percival Patterson, who chairs the Group of 77 developing nations, arrived in the Qatari capital with a message to the industrial North.MEDIA: IPS Honours G77 Chair With Special Award for 2004
The Inter Press Service (IPS) Special Award for 2004 was formally presented to Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser of Qatar, the former chairman of the 132-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries.DEVELOPMENT: South Summit to Focus on Forging a United Front
Faced with increasing Western inequities in trade and investments, the world's 132 developing nations will meet in the Qatari capital later this week to adopt a plan of action to strengthen South-South cooperation.DEVELOPMENT: Poverty Eradication a Distant Goal, Warns U.N. Chief
If current economic and social trends continue, many of the world's poorest countries will not be able to meet many- or perhaps any- of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Thursday.TSUNAMI IMPACT: Women, Children Suffer Most in Overcrowded Camps
Women and children continue to be victims of violence and sexual abuse nearly six months after the massive tsunami devastation in the Indian Ocean region, according to an international team of researchers.POLITICS: ‘New Superpower’ Seeks ‘Better World’
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's characterisation of civil society as ''the world's new superpower'' reverberated through the corridors of McGill University here this week as 350-plus representatives of international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) met to hatch strategies to prod world governments on crucial political, social, and economic issues that plague the world's poorer nations.POLITICS: ‘World’ Bodies Under Fire for Serving the Few, Not the Many
The world's multilateral institutions - which preside over the political and economic destinies of more than six billion people - have come under heavy fire at a meeting of 350-plus representatives of civil society and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here.POLITICS: Asia, Eastern Europe Head for Showdown Over new U.N. Chief
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked recently about his likely successor when he completes his second five-year term next year, the U.N. chief hinted at the possibility that an Asian might take over from him.DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Official Sees Language Bias Skewing Aid to Africa
Jan Egeland, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, says he is livid that the international donor community has brushed aside his appeal for 16.2 million dollars in emergency food assistance to Niger - as they have other urgent U.N. appeals for Africa.DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Official Sees Language Bias Skewing Aid to Africa
Jan Egeland, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, says he is livid that the international donor community has brushed aside his appeal for 16.2 million dollars in emergency food assistance to Niger - as they have other urgent U.N. appeals for Africa.DISARMAMENT: U.S. Ramps Up Arms Supplies to Repressive Regimes
The United States has accelerated arms sales to some of the world's most repressive and undemocratic regimes since the Sep. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, according to a new report from leading arms trade researchers.ENVIRONMENT: World’s Celebrated Paper Factory Tries to Save Trees
Shashi Tharoor, the U.N. under-secretary-general for public information, admits that the United Nations has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the world's most celebrated ''paper factories'', cranking out thousands of documents every year- perhaps most of them remaining unread.TSUNAMI IMPACT: Cash, Coordination Woes Threaten to Snarl Reconstruction
The halting flow of cash from international donors and lack of coordination among non-governmental organisations (NGOs) could slow down reconstruction efforts of countries devastated by last December's Indian Ocean tsunami, said senior U.N. officials and relief agencies.HEALTH: Fight Against AIDS Crippled by Lack of Funds
As the 191-member U.N. General Assembly gets ready for a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS early next month, activists and senior U.N. officials say the global fight against the deadly disease is being jeopardised by a shortage of funds.RIGHTS: Western Practice of Outsourcing Torture Under Fire
The United States, which pursues a widely-criticised policy of transferring terrorist suspects to countries known to routinely torture prisoners, has come under fire from U.N. diplomats and human rights organisations.POLITICS: U.N. Gets Embroiled in Charges of Nepotism
As charges of mismanagement and nepotism continue to swirl round the United Nations, the organisation's new chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown recounted to reporters recently that he had jokingly told Secretary-General Kofi Annan: ''I am glad my son is only eight years old.''POLITICS: U.N. Agency Breaks New Ground with Turkish Head
The 191-nation U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved Thursday a Turkish national to head the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), breaking a more than 50-year-old tradition of giving the job only to U.S. and British nationals.MEDIA: U.N. Highlights World’s Under-Reported News Stories
The late Tarzie Vittachi, a former deputy executive director of the U.N. children's agency UNICEF, once recounted the story of an African official who walked into his office for friendly advice on how to get Western media to cover stories having a profound effect on the continent.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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