Full Coverage: United Nations
June 2008
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06/25/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 24 (OneWorld) - Zimbabwe's civil society groups and the U.S. government agree that the decision by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to withdraw from this Friday's run-off election was the right one, but as talk of potential negotiations and military interventions abound, no one can predict with any certainty what will happen next.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Zimbabwe] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Politics] [Civil Society] [Codes of Conduct] [Democracy] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Is the Mugabe-Tsvangirai fight reaching its final round? © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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06/25/2008
A recent Cambodian bill outlawing prostitution is a "failure" because it increases the victimization of sex workers and raises the risk of the spread of HIV, writes Melissa Ditmore, an expert on the issues of sex work and HIV.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check Related: [Cambodia] [HIV/AIDS] [Civil Rights] [Gender] [Activism] [Law] [United Nations] |
06/20/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 20 (OneWorld) - Calls for tough international action in Darfur are growing as the United States prepares to leave the UN Security Council's rotating presidency at the end of this month.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Sudan] [China] [Human Rights] [Geopolitics] [Justice and Crime] [Law] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] |
06/20/2008
As many as 3.7 million meals will soon be delivered to Myanmar cyclone survivors thanks to an global online game that donates approximately half a gram of rice every time a player gets a right answer.
Read moreFrom: World Food Programme Related: [Myanmar] [Aid] [Internet] [United Nations] |
06/19/2008
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama differ on how to approach the United Nations, a disagreement which may have a stronger effect on the United States' global legitimacy than the world body's, according to a Washington, DC think tank.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [United Nations] |
06/13/2008
Afghan president Hamid Karzai unveiled a new 5 year plan for social and economic development at a conference to reform aid efforts to Afghanistan in Paris yesterday, writes the UN News Agency.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Afghanistan] [Aid] [International Cooperation] [Civil Society] [United Nations] Image: The new development strategy will give regular Afghans a greater role in their country's development. © Edward Grazda / Eurasianet (Open Society Institute)
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06/10/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 (OneWorld) - A prominent international rights watchdog has reacted sharply to the U.S. government's decision to further disengage itself from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [United States] [Human Rights] [Codes of Conduct] [Ethics & Value Systems] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [United Nations] Image: Opening the first session of the Human Rights Council in 2006.
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06/05/2008
An additional 1 million people in developing countries began receiving anti-retroviral therapy by the end of 2007, bringing the total number of HIV-positive people receiving treatment to 3 million, states a new UN report.
Read moreRelated: [Aid] [Poverty] [Disease/treatment] [HIV/AIDS] [United Nations] Image: © Olivier Dargouge / SciDev.Net
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06/03/2008
World leaders will seek solutions to the current crisis at the world food security conference starting June 3 in Rome. India will call attention to faulty policies and diversion of agricultural land for biofuels as its main causes, and not because Indians and Chinese are eating more.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Agriculture] [Food] [International Cooperation] [United Nations] |
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