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Q&A: Maternal Mortality Rates ‘One of the Saddest Cases’ in Asia
Beijing :: China | 1 day ago
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Nearly 15 years after a landmark international conference to advance the rights and freedoms of women, the picture in the Asia-Pacific region is mixed, says a leading women�s rights advocate and senior United Nations official...While lawmakers and governments...
Tags: Asia-Pacific, Noeleen Heyzer, maternal mortality, Asia Marwaan, U.N., pacific region, NOELEEN HEYZER, Beijing, mortality rates, health care, China, Maternal death, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Women's rights, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Social Issues
CUBA-US: Mixed Messages
Havana :: Cuba | 2 days ago
Credibility While the Cuban government has intensified its protests against the U.S. embargo, typically hostile signals between the two nations have been mixed with hints of a more relaxed tone since U.S...According to Havana, in spite of the less hostile climate,...
Tags: U.S. State Department, U.S. Treasury Department, Cuban, million dollars, Havana, United States, U.N., Barack Obama, interests sections, Bisa Williams, Cuba
200 million children's growth stunted, report says
Sanaa :: Yemen | 2 days ago
Credibility Almost 200 million children under the age of five in the developing world suffer from stunted growth, according to a new U.N. report. But surprisingly, in the Middle East, wealthier countries have more of a problem than some poorer nations.
Tags: UNICEF, U.N., Arnold Timmer, Middle East, stunted prevalence, Yemeni, Africa, Asia, Yemen, Sanaa
CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
Havana :: Cuba | 2 days ago
Credibility Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country. "Thanks to the joint work of the international community, the...
Tags: Cuban, Santiago de Cuba, U.N., Susan McDade, million dollars, food security, United Nations, Havana, Cuba
Nic Cage Is All Over This Pirate Problem, Savvy?
Nairobi :: Kenya | 2 days ago
Credibility Nicolas Cage clearly felt he owed one to the pirate community. Either that, or he was hoping they'd help him out with a much-needed booty haul...Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, paid a visit to Kenya this week where he met with imprisoned Somali pirates...
Tags: pirates, ships, U.N., Kenya, Nairobi, Somali people, Piracy in Somalia
More English needed as China steps up peacekeeping
Beijing :: China | 2 days ago
Credibility A lack of proficiency in English has been one of the main factors hindering Chinese peacekeeping forces in their missions overseas, officials said on Thursday at a new training center outside Beijing. U.N. peacekeeping missions have given China, which...
Tags: China, U.N., Beijing, Peace, United Nations, Military operations other than war, Peacekeeping, United Nations peacekeeping, War Conflict, Politics
North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | 3 days ago
Credibility North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report. The Security Council imposed the sanctions, including arms...
Tags: North Korean, China, U.N., North Korea, Pyŏngyang
Musharraf questioned in Bhutto probe
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 3 days ago
Credibility Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf faced questioning from a U.N. commission examining the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto . The commission said it held a "frank, open and cordial conversation" with the former general on...
Tags: pakistan, bhutto, Ban Ki-moon, benazir bhutt, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani, dawn, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan People's Party, U.N., Islamabad
UN Warns of Rising Extremism Against Women
Bangkok :: Thailand | 3 days ago
Credibility She expressed that concern to 300 delegates from more than 60 countries in the Asia-Pacific region at the U.N.'s conference on the status of women in Bangkok this week. Delegates conferred on the progress the region has made in improving the status of...
Tags: Asia-Pacific, U.N., Joanne Sandler, climate change, Thailand, Bangkok, Noeleen Heyzer, Gender studies, Women's rights, Social Issues, Environment, Labor
Role Women Play In Efforts To Fight Climate Change
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 days ago
Credibility Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid. “With the possibility of a climate catastrophe on the horizon, we cannot afford to relegate the world’s 3.4 billion women and girls to the role of victim,” said Ms. Obaid. “Wouldn’t it make more sense to have 3.4...
Tags: climate change, dangerous work, natural disasters, U.N., fight climate, family planning, reproductive health, gas emissions, poor women, United Nations, Denmark, Copenhagen, Mitigation of global warming, Population, Global warming, Demography, Action on climate change, Environment, Social Issues, United Nations Population Fund, Chacaltaya, Thoraya Obaid, Effects of global warming, Americans for UNFPA, Year of birth missing, Disaster Accident, Global warming controversy, Economics of global warming, Diplomatic conferences, Scientific opinion on climate change, Carbon finance
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