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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Murder Capitals for Journalists Named
The Philippines, Iraq, Colombia, Bangladesh, and Russia are the world's ''most murderous'' countries in which to be a journalist, New York-based media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Monday.WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: Murder Capitals for Journalists Named
The Philippines, Iraq, Colombia, Bangladesh, and Russia are the world's ''most murderous'' countries in which to be a journalist, New York-based media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Monday.HEALTH: AIDS Wears a Woman’s Face, Especially in Africa
Stephen Lewis, the U.N. Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, invariably returns to New York with half a dozen harrowing stories of death and devastation in a continent ravaged by the spreading disease.POLITICS-U.N.: A Restrictive Human Rights Council Gets Mixed Reviews
The 53-member Geneva-based Human Rights Commission (HRC) has come under fire for accommodating abusive governments as its elected members. But proposals to fix it are drawing mixed reaction.DEVELOPMENT: A Subsidy North and South Can Agree On?
The United Nations, which aggressively campaigns for the elimination of some 300 billion dollars in annual subsidies doled out to Western farmers, claims that unfair agricultural tariffs are killing the livelihoods of farmers in the world's poorer nations.POLITICS: Political Tug-of-War Over High-Ranking U.N. Appointment
The 132-member Group of 77 (G-77), the largest single coalition of developing nations, is engaged in a political tug-of-war with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan over his nominee to head the Geneva-based U.N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).RIGHTS: U.N. Slow to Penalise Child Abusers in War Zones
The U.N. Security Council, quick to condemn the deployment of child soldiers, has been slow in approving a draft resolution that seeks to penalise those who systematically abuse children in the world's war zones.DEVELOPMENT: Three Decades of Missed Aid Targets
The world's 22 rich nations claim that their collective official development assistance (ODA) to developing countries has risen significantly: from an average of about 55 to 60 billion dollars in the late 1990s to 69 billion in 2003 and 78.6 billion dollars in 2004.TSUNAMI IMPACT: Grand Promises of Aid Fail to Materialise
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked about the sluggish flow of concrete aid to tsunami-affected countries more than three months after the massive devastation, he told reporters: "Pledges are good, but cash is better."TSUNAMI IMPACT: Grand Promises of Aid Fail to Materialise
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was asked about the sluggish flow of concrete aid to tsunami-affected countries more than three months after the massive devastation, he told reporters: "Pledges are good, but cash is better."POLITICS: U.N. Security Council Expansion Thrown into Disarray – Again
The proposed expansion of the 15-member U.N. Security Council has been thrown into disarray once again - this time by a spirited political campaign to block the permanent membership of Japan, Germany, India and Brazil.CORRECTED REPEAT*/POLITICS: U.N. Security Council Reforms Hit a Roadblock
After nearly 12 years of intractable negotiations and backroom bickering, U.N. member states remain sharply divided over how best to restructure the most powerful political body in the organisation: the 15-member Security Council.WORLD HEALTH DAY: U.S. Pursues Disruptive Anti-Abortion Agenda
On the eve of World Health Day, Apr. 7, the United States once again raised the politically divisive issue of abortion, refusing to reaffirm the landmark Programme of Action unanimously adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.WORLD HEALTH DAY: U.S. Pursues Disruptive Anti-Abortion Agenda
As expected, the United States has once again raised the politically divisive issue of abortion at a crucial U.N. meeting here, refusing to reaffirm the landmark Programme of Action unanimously adopted at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo.POLITICS: U.N. Chief Tries to Boost Staff Morale, Faults Media Attacks
When U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard announced last week that his boss Kofi Annan would address the 8,000 staff members at U.N. headquarters - amid the relentless attack on the world body by the news media - he was asked whether any staffer asking pointed questions from the secretary-general would be penalised for doing so.POLITICS: “No Go” Zones to Prevent Sex Abuse by U.N. Peacekeepers
As charges mount of sexual abuse and child molestation by U.N. peacekeepers, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has drawn up a list of "no go" zones barring visits by blue-helmeted soldiers and civilian staff.POLITICS: U.N. Approves War Crimes Prosecutions in Sudan
The U.N. Security Council decision to refer those accused of war crimes in Sudan to the International Criminal Court (ICC) should be logically followed by a multinational intervention to stop the ongoing genocide in that country, say African activists and U.S. human rights groups.DISARMAMENT: U.N. Goes After Nuclear Terrorists
After seven long years of negotiations, the United Nations has finalised an international convention against nuclear terrorism.POLITICS: U.N. Chief Says ‘Hell No,’ He Won’t Go
After a 12-month investigation, a three-member independent committee has cleared U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan of any wrongdoing in the multi-million-dollar, now defunct oil-for-food programme in Iraq.POLITICS: U.N. Chief Says "Hell No," He Won’t Go
After a 12-month investigation, a three-member independent committee has cleared U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan of any wrongdoing in the multi-million-dollar, now defunct oil-for-food programme in Iraq.POLITICS: U.S. Arms Offer Threatens Stability in South Asia
When the United States decided to sell 12 sophisticated F-16 fighter planes to Indonesia about 10 years ago, the London-based human rights organisation Amnesty International did not raise its customary objection to the sale of lethal equipment to a politically repressive regime.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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