Sixty-fourth session
Item 84 of the provisional agenda
The rule of law at the national and international levels

Report of the Secretary-General

Summary

This is the first annual report on United Nations efforts to strengthen engagement on the rule of law at the national and international levels. The Organization has set an important, broad agenda to this end. The focus remains on finding better ways to support Member States and their populations to build a just and secure national and international order governed by the rule of law.

La donación española de 29 millones de euros a Gavi Alliance contribuirá a acelerar las iniciativas en materia de vacunación en 72 de los países más pobres del mundo.

Esta mañana se han reunido en la sede de la AECID la Secretaria de Estado de Cooperación Internacional, Soraya Rodríguez y la Directora de la AECID, Elena Madrazo con el Secretario Ejecutivo de GAVI, Dr. Julian Lob-Levyt en un encuentro en el que también ha participado SAR la Infanta Cristina como representante de La Fundación La Caixa, que también contribuye con la Alianza.

Madrid / Ginebra, 12 de mayo de 2009

Sixty-second session
Item 68 (a) of the provisional agenda (A/62/150)

Promotion and protection of the rights of children

Note by the Secretary-General

The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General Assembly the report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 61/146.

Report of the independent expert for the United Nations study on violence against children

Summary

The present report is submitted pursuant

CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION

OVERVIEW

As of February 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 38 with 24 in Africa, 7 in Asia, 5 in Latin America and 2 in Europe. In many of these countries, food shortages are being compounded by the effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on food production, marketing and transport: recently published joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment reports highlight this factor

by Jean-Philippe Chauzy, IOM Spokesperson
Afghanistan - Repatriation

Today, the IOM office in Mazar-e-Shariff is carrying out the largest single day repatriation of displaced people to date in Afghanistan.

The organised return of 3,200 people from the Chimtal camp near Mazar-e-Shariff to Alburz district involves 150 IOM-chartered trucks. Despite Alburz's proximity to Mazar, on the far side of the mountain range bordering the city, the trip is expected to take about 4 hours by road.

On Saturday, 20 trucks carrying reintegration

Power of humanity
The International Federation 's collective mission 'to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity ' is an ambitious goal, but one rarely more needed than now. The tragic events over the latter months of 2001 have shown how much the world requires a global, neutral, unified and able humanitarian organisation such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Fear and uncertainty grip our world, as they have not done for many decades. Labels of nationality, ethnicity and religion appear to be becoming more important in the minds of many.

IP/01/1256
Brussels, 10 September 2001

Launching the latest Annual Review of the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), Poul Nielson, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, has highlighted the vital role played by ECHO in delivering relief to victims of humanitarian tragedies. He reported that, during 2000, the €492 million managed by this Commission department had benefited 18 million people in 65 different countries in the world. "This aid is vital" he said, "in saving lives, alleviating misery and

ALBANIA

PHC in the district of Lushnja	Running	ECHO	Rehabilitation and equipment of provincial health centre	400.000€
Youth centre of Lushnja 3rd phase	Running	UNICEF	Education	60.000 USD

ERITREA

AI Index: POL 10/005/2001
Publish date: 30/05/2001
Amnesty International outlines human rights violations in 149 countries

In a world where globalization is impacting upon every nation state and bringing poverty to the forefront of the human rights agenda, the challenge today is how to hold states accountable for their conduct, Amnesty International said as it released its annual report in the week of its 40th anniversary.

"Globalization -- the spread of the free market economy and technological change -- has led to enormous