Each week the Global Logistics Cluster Support Cell (GLCSC) provides an operational update of the activities of Logistics Clusters/Sectors in the field, together with the details of the latest publications on the Logistics Cluster website. The GLCSC is housed in the Logistics Division of the UN World Food Programme, the Global Logistics Cluster Lead. It is comprised of a diverse, multi-skilled group of logisticians drawn from ACF, Care International, WFP, WVI, and MSB (formerly SRSA).

New York, USA
October 22, 2010

Part I: Introduction

On October 22nd, the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN DPKO) organized a panel discussion on Advancing the Global Effort:

The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health, the Independent Expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty, and the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.

Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on violence against women, in concluding remarks, thanked everyone for the

June 7, 2010

Thank you so much, Josette, for that kind introduction and Mr President, Ambassador de la Vega and Commissioner Georgieva for those wonderful comments. It is really a great honour to have the opportunity to address the Executive Board of an organization that I have so much faith and profound respect for. I also want to recognize Ambassador Eartharin Cousin who is our very capable and inspiring leader here whom we are all deeply supportive of and say how exciting it is that at a WFP Board meeting, that you have a Minister of Agriculture from Sierra

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Le 19 février, le gouvernement de la région autonome du Sud Soudan a lancé un appel au calme d'ici aux élections qui auront lieu le 11 avril. Les politiciens ont reçu l'ordre d'éviter de provoquer des tensions d'ordre politique ou ethnique.

Nombreux sont les gouvernements et les

Staff Union President Frustrated by Failure To Bring Perpetrators to Book as Deadly Annual Trend Continues

The trend of deadly attacks against United Nations personnel continued in 2009, with at least 28 civilian staff members losing their lives due to acts of violence, according to the United Nations Staff Union Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service.

In addition, the Committee said today, seven peacekeepers were killed during the year, six of them in three separate

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SUDAN: REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ELECTIONS EXTENDED

On 23 November, the National Elections Commission announced an extension to the deadline for voter registration and postponement of the election date due to delays incurred in the process in some areas of the vast country. According to the Commission, voter registration will now continue until 7 December instead of 30 November, and the election has been deferred to 11 April instead of 5 April 2010.

The decision came amid growing concern

"We need more female police as soon as we can get them," Andrew Hughes, the United Nations Police Adviser said during a Headquarters press conference called to highlight the Department

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Aperçu des travaux du
Conseil de sécurité en 2008

Le Conseil de sécurité a connu en 2008 une activité toujours aussi soutenue, largement dominée, une nouvelle fois, par les questions africaines et le Moyen-Orient.