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Quake spotlights room for Turkey to improve building practices – UN official 24 October 2011 The deadly earthquake that has struck Turkey’s southeast highlights the importance of providing incentives for the construction of safe buildings and establishing preventive and response measures in the world’s most dangerous quake zones, a senior United Nations official said today. […]
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Study Points to Potential Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease Scientists corrected sickle cell disease in adult laboratory mice by activating production of a special blood protein normally produced only before birth. The approach may lead to new treatments for people with the blood disorder. Sickle cell disease is caused by an abnormality in hemoglobin, the […]
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Ban voices sympathy, offers UN help after deadly quake in Turkey 23 October 2011 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and destruction in Sunday’s earthquake in eastern Turkey and pledged the readiness of the United Nations to assist if requested. At least 70 people reportedly died when the 7.2-magnitude […]
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UN agencies voice concern at impact of South-East Asian floods on children The massive flooding in South-East Asia has taken a heavy toll on the region’s children, United Nations agencies said today, with over 200 already having lost their lives, many due to drowning, and hundreds of thousands at risk of missing school because of […]
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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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