28 April 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak today discussed the prospects for progress on the Middle East peace process, with the United Nations chief...
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Sri Lankans Play Around with Gender Stereotypes
HILL COUNTRY, Sri Lanka - In mid-April as the sun moves directly overhead and the harvest comes to an end, Sri Lankans celebrate their New Year, one of the most important times in the cultural...
Myanmar: Karen army takes blame for grenade attack
By NAW NOREEN One of Burma's biggest ethnic armies, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's grenade attack on a hydropower plant in eastern Burma's Karenni...
Eritrea + 3 more
Yemen: Part of the Problem, Part of the Solution
Jamila El Abdellaoui, Senior Researcher, African Conflict Prevention Programme, ISS Addis Ababa Office Yemen recently received a spot in the limelight thanks to the 'underwear bomber,' a Nigerian...
Community education helps children eat well in Zambia
In Zambia, Plan is working with rural communities to improve the nutrition of local children by educating their parents and building a community hub. Josephine is a mother of three young children...
Japan increases support for post-quake Haitian healthcare
28 April, 2010 -- The Government of Japan is stepping up its efforts to improve health care for millions of Haitians affected by January's devastating earthquake. Japan has given an additional US$3.5...
Afghanistan + 1 more
Iraq & Afghanistan: An Orderly Departure
Thirty-five years ago week, Saigon fell to advancing North Vietnamese troops. Even this many years later, the images are indelible: Helicopters landing on the roof of the embassy; American sailors...
Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 22-28 April 2010
Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) - Two Palestinian civilians were killed in the West Bank...
International Rescue Committee Reopens Nine Health Centers in Northern Uganda
Kampala 28 Apr 2010 - STORY HIGHLIGHTS - The IRC has renovated and expanded nine health facilities in two districts of northern Uganda and handed them over to local health officials this week. -...
Niger: UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN CHIEF PARTICIPATES IN LAUNCH OF FEEDING OPERATION IN ZINDER
(Zinder/New York, 28 April 2010): United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes participated today in the launch of a blanket feeding...
G8 Development Ministers' Meeting Chair's Summary
G8 Ministers and senior officials responsible for development cooperation met in Halifax on April 27 and 28, 2010 to lay the foundations on development issues for the G8 Muskoka Leaders' Summit in...
Report Notes Afghanistan Developments, Challenges
By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, April 28, 2010 - Stability in Afghanistan is no longer on the decline, and most Afghans believe that despite increased violence, security...
Strategy for selective cooperation with Botswana January 2009 - December 2013
Summary This strategy sets out the direction of Sweden's selective cooperation with Botswana for the period up until the end of 2013. Since gaining independence in 1966, Botswana has been a stable...
Sudan's Imperfect But Important Elections
By Jimmy Carter This op-ed by Jimmy Carter was published April 28, 2010, by the Los Angeles Times. On Monday, the results of the April 11-15 elections in Sudan were announced: The ruling party's...
Iraq: Detainees Describe Torture in Secret Jail
Prosecute Officials Involved at All Levels (Baghdad, April 28, 2010) - Detainees in a secret Baghdad detention facility were hung upside-down, deprived of air, kicked, whipped, beaten, given electric...
HAITI Earthquake Response Bulletin 6, 28-04-10: The Logistics of Transitional Shelter
Context and Background: As the earthquake response phases into recovery, and transitional shelter becomes a priority, organizations need to have a clear understanding of the beneficiary's rights over...
Briefing Paper - Facilitating In-kind Donations to Gaza
Background Experience of recent emergencies has shown that international commitment to assist the people of Gaza, whilst vital to meet the needs of the affected population, has also resulted in...
ASEAN-ICRC-VFIM Joint Press Release - Preparing Southeast Asian Countries to Undertake Human Remains Management/Disaster Victim Identification Following Disasters
Disasters, natural and man-made, always entail immediate responses and one of the most difficult is the management of the dead. The combination of a lack of local capacity to respond and the sheer...
Global Witness warns Zimbabwe against exporting blood diamonds
Zimbabwe must not resume diamond exports from its troubled Marange diamond fields without prior permission from the Kimberley Process certification scheme, warned Global Witness today following a...
Chad + 1 more
Report of the Secretary-General on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (S/2010/213)
I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 6 (c) of Security Council resolution 1881 (2009), by which the Council requested me to report every 90 days on progress made...