Articles tagged with: united nations (un)
As food crisis grips DPR Korea, UN aid chief urges world to not ‘turn our backs’ The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) cannot feed its people for the “foreseeable future,” the United Nations relief chief reported today, urging the world to step up humanitarian support and not “turn our backs” on a population where [...]
DPRK: More than 6 million people need food assistance More than 6 million people urgently need food assistance in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos has warned, after a landmark five-day visit to the crisis-hit country. “Recent figures for children under five years of age show chronic malnutrition [...]
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Nearly 470,000 cholera cases reported in Haiti over the past year – UN Almost 470,000 cases of cholera, including 6,595 deaths, have been reported in Haiti since an epidemic of the disease erupted in the Caribbean country one year ago, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today. Some 250,000 of the cholera patients [...]
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Soccer great Ronaldinho aims to score goals in UN campaign against AIDS 20 October 2011. The United Nations has a new striker on its team to defeat HIV/AIDS, Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho, who will now parlay his devastating skills on the sports field into raising awareness among young people worldwide to help block further infections. A [...]
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DPR Korea: UN expert warns of dwindling aid while food crisis remains critical Although the food situation in the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) is critical, international assistance is dwindling, a United Nations human rights expert warned today. “The current rations provided by the Government can meet well less than half the daily calorific needs [...]
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UN agencies and US Peace Corps cooperate in fighting hunger The United Nations and the United States Peace Corps signed an agreement today to cooperate in combating worldwide hunger by increasing food security in the 76 countries where the more than 8,600 US volunteers currently work. The agreement, signed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) [...]
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Peace corps strengthens global partnership with FAO and WFP Letter of agreement signed during Committee on World Food Security annual meeting 20 October 2011, Rome/Washington, D.C - The Peace Corps joined the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), and pledged to support and expand food security-related activities that [...]
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UN stresses need for improved methods to measure desertification and poverty Better measurement standards for land degradation and poverty were the focus of discussions today at the United Nations desertification conference, with country representatives and scientific experts debating effective ways to establish global indicators to measure land degradation. Eleven countries shared their experiences measuring land [...]
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Health gap between rich and poor in the spotlight at UN forum in Brazil With the health gap between rich and poor at its widest level in recent history, the United Nations today opened a three-day forum in Brazil to tackle the social, economic and environmental root causes of health inequities. “The differences, within and [...]
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UN and partners scale up malaria response for two million Somalis at risk 17 October 2011 The United Nations and its partners are escalating their response measures to prevent a malaria outbreak in Somalia, where two million people already suffering from drought, famine and conflict are at higher risk of contracting the disease during the [...]
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