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December saw fighting worsen between rival forces in Libya, including over oil facilities, which could escalate in January and upset the precarious political and economic balance. Turkey’s security...
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GA/11883 Secretary-General, Other World Leaders Sound Alarm over Deepening Rifts among Peoples, Urging Greater Solidarity, Partnership Beginning its work against the backdrop of an expanding global...
Executive Summary The tsunami that devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh on 26th December 2004 caused tremendous loss of life and enormous destruction of infrastructure and property. This tragic...
GA/11871 GENERAL ASSEMBLY PLENARY SEVENTY-FIRST SESSION, 58TH & 59TH MEETINGS (AM & PM) Exposing deep rifts between its 193 members, the General Assembly voted today to adopt a resolution demanding...
Highlights Through the new Country Programme (CP), WFP will contribute to the Government’s plans to reduce food insecurity for 11 million Indonesians, improve nutrition and strengthen emergency...
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by Gordon Johnson, Resilience and Sustainability Team Leader, UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub In this blog series, UNDP experts share their perspectives in the lead-up to the next climate summit, COP22,...
GA/SHC/4175 21 OCTOBER 2016 Counter-terrorism ‘a Catch-all to Throttle Flow of Information’ Justify Detention of Journalists, says Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion Human rights defenders...
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MIDDAY Texts on Syria, Countering Terrorism and Equal Participation in Political and Public Affairs Adopted GENEVA (30 September 2016) - The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting adopted...
SC/12470 7753rd Meeting (AM) Security Council Meetings Coverage Speakers Urge Concrete Steps to Tackle Root Causes of Displacement, Violent Extremism Twenty years after a ground-breaking report on...
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Editorial This issue of Nutrition Exchange is our sixth and we continue to profile the writing of those working at national and sub-national level. This issue contains 13 original articles from...
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By Robin Davies Heated debates about the volume and allocation of international aid have long been conducted under conditions of poor lighting — it’s not an easy matter for interested people, in both...
GA/11800 2016 Session, 109th & 110th Meetings (AM & PM) GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS COVERAGE The General Assembly continued its fifth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,...
By Michael Flynn and Robin Davies Australia’s immigration detention policies and practices and those of its neighbouring countries will be in the spotlight today in Geneva, at the launch of the...
By Jonathan Fowler MELBOURNE, Australia, 13 May 2016 – It’s 6:00 am one September day when a powerful undersea earthquake rocks the Makran Trench along the coast of Pakistan and Iran. Minutes later,...
By Jonathan Fowler MELBOURNE, Australia, 10 May 2016 – Tsunami experts from across the Indian Ocean have gathered in Australia this week to work on ways to improve their ability to ward off a repeat...
By Jen Stephens UNITED NATIONS, May 9 2016 (IPS) - Helping at-risk communities adapt to climate change impacts is an important part of the Paris Climate Change agreement, but adaptation will not be...
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No. 090/2016 dated 20 April 2016 By Mely Caballero-Anthony and Jonatan A. Lassa Synopsis Millions of people are at risk of hunger, starvation and diseases as a result of the onset of the unusually...
By Sebastien Penzini TORONTO, Canada, 29 March 2016 – Ensuring that companies understand and act on the risks posed by natural and man-made hazards is a vital step towards reducing disaster impacts...
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AFTERNOON GENEVA (24 March 2016) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted six resolutions, including on protecting human rights defenders addressing economic, social and cultural rights; on...
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Children in South East Asia face a ‘double burden’ of obesity and undernutrition, new report finds Bangkok, 28 March 2016 – A joint report from UNICEF, WHO and ASEAN has shed new light on the...