Niger is the worst place on the planet to be a mum, new research published today by Save the Children has found.

The West African country, one of the world’s poorest, has replaced Afghanistan at the bottom of the children’s charity’s annual State of the World’s Mothers ranking.

The index compares conditions for mothers in 165 countries around the globe, looking at factors such as mother's health, education and economic status, as well as critical child indicators such as health and nutrition.

The desert locust (DL1) situation remained calm in February in winter breeding areas due to unfavorable ecological conditions. Only a few scattered solitary adults and/or hoppers were reported in northern Mauritania, southwest Libya and along the Red Sea coasts in Sudan and Saudi Arabia. A similar situation may exist in northern Niger and Mali where surveys were undermined by the ongoing security situation. No locusts were reported in other outbreak regions during this time (CNLA/Mauritania, DDLC/Libya, DPPQS/India, FAO-DLIS, PPD/Ethiopia, and PPD/Sudan).

Sixty-fourth General Assembly
Plenary
13th Meeting (AM)

General Assembly President Closes Annual Debate Pledging to Work With Member States towards Renewed Commitment to Promoting Inclusive Multilateralism

No longer satisfied with a power balance that favoured the few but risked imperilling the many in another economic tailspin, world leaders addressing the General Assembly today appealed for a new brand of multilateralism that reflected developing nations' concerns in global decision-making, as they wrapped up the annual general debate.

I. Introduction

1. Le déplacement de personnes suite à des conflits armés et à d'autres situations de violence en Afrique s'est accru pendant l'année 2007 et le nombre total de personnes déracinées a augmenté d'environ 1 million. =C0 la fin 2007, la population totale qui préoccupait le Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR ou HCNUR)