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UN agency welcomes $66 million for agriculture and fishing projects in Saudi Arabia
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN agency welcomes $66 million for agriculture and fishing projects in Saudi Arabia
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today welcomed Saudi Arabia's contribution of $66 million to implement its technical assistance projects in the country, which aim to benefit small-scale agricultural producers and fishermen.Read Full Article ...
 
On anti-homophobia day, UN officials call for repeal of discriminatory laws
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
On anti-homophobia day, UN officials call for repeal of discriminatory laws
Marking International Day against Homophobia, senior United Nations officials today drew attention to laws around the world which discriminate against lesbian,...
 
UN declaration on rights of indigenous peoples inspired changes - Al Nasser
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN declaration on rights of indigenous peoples inspired changes - Al Nasser
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nassir, today hailed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted fiv...
 
New paradigm needed to ensure global job creation and economic progress - UN officials
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
New paradigm needed to ensure global job creation and economic progress - UN officials
United Nations senior officials today stressed the importance of establishing a new paradigm for growth that ensures social inclusiveness, job opportunities fo...
 
Ban stresses power of information technology to facilitate sustainable development
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Ban stresses power of information technology to facilitate sustainable development
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today emphasized the need to optimize the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support sustainable developme...
 
UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN envoy hails workshop related to Guyana-Venezuela border dispute
A UN envoy today hailed a recent workshop related to a long-standing border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela as a demonstration of both countries' on-g...
 
Security Council to visit Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Security Council to visit Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
The members of the United Nations Security Council will leave New York on Friday for an official mission to West Africa.Read Full Article ...
 
Urging progress on Abyei, Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeeper force
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Urging progress on Abyei, Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeeper force
In a new resolution, the Security Council today extended by six months the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force for Abyei, an area contested by Sou...
 
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
More than four million people in South Sudan -- about half of the country's population -- face hunger and food shortages as clashes with Sudan along the border...
 
Ambassador Garen Nazarian address to UN Secretary General
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Ambassador Garen Nazarian address to UN Secretary General
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations Ambassador Garen Nazarian addressed to the Secretary-General. The letter reads: I wou...
 
Health experts warns diseases like diabetes and heart disease are spreading to Africa because of mov
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Health experts warns diseases like diabetes and heart disease are spreading to Africa because of mov
The United Nations data showed one in three adults worldwide has raised blood pressure and the condition affects almost half the adult population in some count...
 
Bomb Blast Targets UN Convoy in Syria
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Bomb Blast Targets UN Convoy in Syria
Vehicles of a convoy of United Nations monitors observing the ceasefire in Syria were damaged by a roadside bomb in the province of Idlib in the northwest of t...
 
UN observers returns to team site after blast in Syria: Annan's spokesman
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN observers returns to team site after blast in Syria: Annan's spokesman
GENEVA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The six UN military observers whose vehicles were damaged in a blast Tuesday in Syria are now back to their team site in the city of...
 
UN refugees chief says eastern DRC displacement "disastrous"
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN refugees chief says eastern DRC displacement
GENEVA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned against new inflows of refugees into ...
 
[dehai-news] (Xinhua) Somalia enters "critical stage" as end of transition period nears
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
[dehai-news] (Xinhua) Somalia enters
Somalia enters "critical stage" as end of transition period nears Wednesday, May 16, 2012 UNITED NATIONS, (Xinhua) -- Somalia is entering the " most critical s...
 
UNHCR chief concerned about "disastrous" displacement in eastern Congo
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UNHCR chief concerned about
[ Woensdag 16 mei 2012 | United Nations (UN) ] GENEVA, May 16 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday expressed alarm at new ...
 
PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying f...
 
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
More than four million people in South Sudan -- about half of the country's population -- face hunger and food shortages as clashes with Sudan along the border...
 
Afghanistan’s opium “achievements”
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Afghanistan’s opium “achievements”
Yury Fedotov , Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged the Afghan leadership to strengthen cooperation with the gl...
 
Syria U.N. team return to city after attack
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Syria U.N. team return to city after attack
U.N. observers who were stranded overnight in a Syrian town after their convoy struck an explosive device have made it safely to the city of Hama, the United N...
 
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Half Of South Sudan Facing Hunger Crisis: UN
More than four million people in South Sudan -- about half of the country's population -- face hunger and food shortages as clashes with Sudan along the border...
 
Unable to thwart China's might
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Unable to thwart China's might
Regarding Mark Valencia's May 14 article, "Philippines-China spat tests ASEAN solidarity": Thanks for a nice article. I appreciated it because I have doubts th...
 
Washington Post: Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Washington Post: Syrian rebels get influx of arms with gulf neighbors’ money, U.S. coordination
Washington. Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks, an effor...
 
PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
PEPFAR: US HIV Aid Prevented 741,000 Deaths [STUDY]
The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number of people dying f...
 
Maternal deaths halved in 20 years, but faster progress needed: UN report
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Maternal deaths halved in 20 years, but faster progress needed: UN report
UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new ...
 
Interview: Head of UN Women says women's empowerment necessary for sustainable growth
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Interview: Head of UN Women says women's empowerment necessary for sustainable growth
by Rebekah Mintzer UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- As world leaders prepare to gather in Rio de Janeiro for the most important international sustainable dev...
 
United Nations food envoy blasts inequality, poverty in Canada
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
United Nations food envoy blasts inequality, poverty in Canada
A United Nations rights expert has issued a scathing report on poverty, inequality and the inability of many Canadians to afford daily food needs.Read Full Art...
 
Syria no-show at UN anti-torture meeting
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Syria no-show at UN anti-torture meeting
Syrian representatives failed to show up on Wednesday at a meeting of a United Nations anti-torture committee scheduled to discuss the situation in the violenc...
 
UN observers return to base in Syria after bomb blast: spokesman
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN observers return to base in Syria after bomb blast: spokesman
UNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A group of UN military observers who stayed overnight in the Syrian town of Khan Cheikhoun, following a bomb blast which dam...
 
UN Radio News 16 May 2011
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
UN Radio News 16 May 2011
Listen News and features from United Nations Radio.Read Full Article ...
 
Commissioner endorses community safety project
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Commissioner endorses community safety project
Police Commissioner Owen Ellington has endorsed the community safety project being executed by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development in co...
 
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