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Helping villagers to help themselves

by Joshua Leighton – Food Security and Livelihoods Technical Adviser for Asia

“About 90 out of 137 hectares of our rice fields were affected in the floods. Snails and other pests came and ate our crops as well,” said Ms Pot, deputy village chief of Tong Hap village in Bolikhamxay Province, Laos.

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Australia joins global partnership to combat malnutrition

Australia has joined the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and over twenty other governments in a commitment to beat hunger and improve nutrition. Signed at a Summit in London on June 8, the Global Nutrition for Growth Compact will bind the international community in its efforts to make nutrition one of the world’s top development priorities.

Everyday more than 8,000 children across the world die from complications caused by a lack of nutrition. In some countries such as Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Cambodia and Laos, over 40 per cent of children are stunted.

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Thailand + 7 others
ACTED and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center sign a Cooperation Agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction

BANGKOK [ACTED News] – The Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre (ADPC) and ACTED have signed a cooperation agreement on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in South and South East Asia – particularly Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka.

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UNHCR chief calls on states to respect non-refoulement after North Koreans deported from Laos

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, expressed grave concern today over the safety and security of nine North Koreans who were reportedly deported from Laos to China.

According to information shared with UNHCR, the group of nine - including five children - were arrested in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 10 May and deported to the People’s Republic of China on 27 May. UNHCR is concerned that the deported individuals did not have a chance to have their asylum claims assessed.

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World + 10 others
Legal protections against HIV-related human rights violations: Experiences and lessons learned from national HIV laws in Asia and the Pacific

Weak anti-discrimination laws affect the lives of those living with HIV by creating barriers to health care, prevention and treatment, and employment and education opportunities.

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Food Distributions to Improve Nutritional Status During the Lean Season

A new road linking rural communities to a vital district centre has been completed thanks to a WFP food-for-work project in rural Laos. The project is part of WFP's Livelihood Initiatives for Nutrition (LIN) programme, designed to support remote communities in northern Laos with high rates of stunting (children too short for their age).

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World + 3 others
Selon l'UNESCO, une optimisation des revenus issus des ressources naturelles ouvrirait la voie à l'enseignement primaire universel

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UN News Service

7 mai 2013 – Selon un rapport publié mardi par l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO), 17 pays en développement pourraient financer l'accès à l'école primaire de 86 % de leurs enfants ou de 42 % de leurs adolescents non scolarisés s'ils géraient de manière plus appropriée les recettes qu'ils tirent de leurs ressources naturelles.

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Philippines + 10 others
Southeast Asia MAA51001 Annual Report 2012

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IFRC

This report covers the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012

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World + 55 others
Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence

Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

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Bangladesh + 12 others
Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction: Stories of Triumph from the Field

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The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) was established in May 2000 and provides direct grant assistance to the poorest and most vulnerable groups in developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) while fostering long-term socioeconomic development. The grants target poverty reduction initiatives with the direct participation of nongovernment organizations, community groups, and civil society.

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World + 8 others
WHO urges greater efforts in the fight against malaria

MANILA, 24 April 2013 -On World Malaria Day, 25 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Western Pacific urges Member States to remain steadfast in the fight against malaria to preserve the gains made and eliminate malaria as a public health threat.

The theme for World Malaria Day this year is “Invest in the future. Defeat malaria.” because progress towards malaria control or elimination must be maintained and intensified.

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Annual Report on the Work of the GICHD 2012

FOREWORD BY THE DIRECTOR

In 2012, the GICHD’s work was guided by the new Strategy 2012-2014 and its two key objectives, which are to accelerate progress towards global clarity on the extent of contamination and to enhance the capacities of national authorities in mine-affected countries.

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A moral obligation to act and remove the threat of cluster munitions

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Jakarta Post

Noeleen Heyzer and Minh H. Pham, Jakarta

It was both a hopeful and a sobering visit we had recently to the Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE), an innovative local organization in Vientiane, Lao PDR, that provides rehabilitation services to survivors of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).

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Conférence de presse à l’occasion de la Journée internationale pour la sensibilisation au problème des mines et à l’assistance à la lutte antimines

L’Allemagne, la République populaire démocratique lao et des représentants de la lutte antimines aux Nations Unies ont présenté, cet après-midi, à New York, plusieurs manifestations organisées dans le cadre de la Journée internationale pour la sensibilisation au problème des mines et l’assistance à la lutte antimines, observée chaque année le 4 avril.

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The deadly legacy of unexploded ordnance in Lao PDR

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UN Radio

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The impact of cluster munitions lasts forever, says the Ambassador of the Lao People's Democratic Republic to the UN.

Saleumxay Kommasith stresses that nearly 30 years after the end of the Viet Nam war, which also affected Laos, unexploded ordnance kill and injure more than 100 people every day in his country.

Laos is a state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and one of the leading advocates for this treaty.

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Afghanistan + 7 others
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

Today mark’s International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action and is a reminder to the global community that landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war continue to maim and kill thousands of people around the world.

These explosive remnants of war are an enduring legacy of conflict, and contaminate more than 70 countries, and kill and injure more than 4,000 people each year, including children. They contaminate farmer’s fields, forests, roads, pathways depriving people of agricultural land and essential services.

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International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

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CARE

From the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to Syria, from Afghanistan to Mali unexploded ordnance (UXO) and landmines continue to injure and kill boys and girls, women and men. These deadly devices remain a threat for people during conflict and for decades after. They are an ongoing humanitarian threat and a significant obstacle to sustainable development. Landmines and UXOs are an everyday reality for people in over 80 states or areas in the world, with tens of thousands of victims annually.

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World + 4 others
Cluster Munitions

Joint media release

  • Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Minister for Foreign Affairs

  • The Hon. Stephen Smith MP, Minister for Defence

  • The Hon. Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Special Minister of State, Attorney General, Minister for Emergency Management, Minister for the Public Service and Integrity

1 April 2013

Australia has become a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions with legislation commencing today (April 1, 2013) making it an offence in Australia to develop, keep or transfer land mines or cluster munitions.

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World + 7 others
L’OIM demande que les migrants soient pris en considération dans les stratégies de prévention et de traitement de la tuberculose

Geneve – Dans notre monde toujours plus mobile et interconnecté, la migration fait désormais partie intégrante de la vie d’environ 215 millions de migrants internationaux et de 740 millions de migrants internes. Elle influence aussi profondément la vie de leur famille restée au pays et celle des communautés d’origine, de transit et de destination du monde entier.

International Organization for Migration:

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World + 7 others
La OIM formula un llamamiento para la inclusión de los migrantes en las estrategias de prevención y tratamiento de la tuberculosis

GINEBRA, March 24th, 2013– En el mundo actual, cada vez más móvil e interconectado, la migración forma parte integrante de la vida de 215 millones de migrantes internacionales y de 740 millones de migrantes internos. Es más, tiene enormes repercusiones en las familias que permanecen en el país de origen, así como en las comunidades de migrantes en países de origen, de tránsito y de destino en todas partes del mundo.

International Organization for Migration:

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