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September 2010

20/September/2010

Health

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY

May 2010

08/May/2010

Health

VICTORY FOR ACCESS TO MEDICINES AS VALGANCICLOVIR PATENT IS REJECTED IN INDIA

05/May/2010

Economy

USTR ANNOUNCES FY 2010 TARIFF-RATE QUOTA ALLOCATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL RAW CANE SUGAR

05/May/2010

Human rights

The use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the area of agriculture in Colombia violates drastically the human rights of indigenous peoples in Colombia

04/May/2010

Human rights

SPAIN: Call to put an end to harassment against Judge Baltasar Garzón

02/May/2010

Human rights

CHILD LABOUR IN ECUADOR IS AN OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT

01/May/2010

Economy

Expect Volcano-Related Dip in April

01/May/2010

Disarmament

The Eighth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

01/May/2010

Disarmament

STATEMENT OF DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ON INSCRIPTION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARCHIVES IN THE UNESCO MEMORY OF THE WORLD REGISTER

01/May/2010

Health

New Children's Medicine Guide Released by UNICEF and WHO

April 2010

30/April/2010

Environment

European forests play key economic and environmental role

30/April/2010

Disarmament

Conference on Disarmament DC/10/21

27/April/2010

Health

China lifts travel ban for people living with HIV

26/April/2010

Economy

Empretec Women in Business Award 2010

Pierre Virot

25/April/2010

Environment

Southnews - Third meeting of basic Ministers: Cape Town

25/April/2010

Environment

Southnews - Joint Statement issued at the conclusion of the Third Meeting of BASIC Ministers Cape Town

24/April/2010

Health

New evaluation of rapid tests helps malaria control

24/April/2010

Economy

UNCTAD TO PRESENT EMPRETEC WOMEN IN BUSINESS AWARDS 2010

23/April/2010

Health

Three Regional Immunization Weeks Set to Kick Off 24 April

23/April/2010

Environment

New treaty body on pollution registers established

23/April/2010

Science-Technology

ITU AWARD

23/April/2010

Culture

Art photography in the service of biodiversity

Pierre Virot

22/April/2010

Environment

RISK REDUCTION PLANS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE VOLCANIC FALLOUT

22/April/2010

Environment

Ash plume from the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland

Pierre Virot

22/April/2010

Health

The World Malaria Day 2010

Pierre Virot

22/April/2010

Health

WHO _GLAAS 2010 REPORT

Pierre Virot

22/April/2010

Environment

ISDR VOLCANO FACT SHEET

Pierre Virot

21/April/2010

Human rights

Combating violence against women in Latin America

07/April/2010

Health

Reclast® receives US approval as a highly effective treatment for patients with Paget's disease of the bone

01/April/2010

Human rights

13th session of the Human Rights Council

01/April/2010

Health

DONORS MEET TO ASSESS GLOBAL FUND RESOURCE NEEDS

01/April/2010

Labour

''rights-based approach'' to meet the needs of the world's 105 million migrant workers

01/April/2010

Human rights

JAPAN: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT URGES BETTER PROTECTION FOR MIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

01/April/2010

Human rights

Parliamentarians meeting in Bangkok resolveto legislate more stringently against corruption and organized crime

01/April/2010

Human rights

Press Emblem Campaign (PEC)

01/April/2010

Human rights

CETIM - 13th session of the Human Rights Council

March 2010

30/March/2010

Environment

Earth Hour kicks off to great start in Pacific

30/March/2010

Human rights

Parliamentarians call for lifting travel restrictions for people living with HIV

30/March/2010

Economy

UNCTAD CHIEF, SPEAKING BEFORE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION, PRESSES NEED FOR ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE REFORM

30/March/2010

Environment

Japanese policy cocktail needs strong shot of emissions trading

February 2010

26/February/2010

Science-Technology

Russia through a train window

Pierre Virot

24/February/2010

Human rights

Death Penalty

Pierre Virot

23/February/2010

Human rights

Draft programme of work for the 13th session of the Human Rights Council

Pierre Virot

23/February/2010

Science-Technology

Measuring the Information Society 2010

Pierre Virot

20/February/2010

Human rights

OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT

15/February/2010

Human rights

Iranian Manifestation in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Pierre Virot

January 2010

28/January/2010

Human rights

Yemen:Operation ICRC

Pierre Virot

25/January/2010

Politics

.Socio-economic situation in Gaza has witnessed steady deterioration

Pierre Virot

24/January/2010

Human rights

Bianca Jagger against death penallty

Pierre Virot

08/January/2010

Health

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 82

December 2009

20/December/2009

Economy

'international cooperation: South–South cooperation and regional integration

05/December/2009

Environment

DIVISIONS REMAIN DEEP ON EVE OF COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE

05/December/2009

Health

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 77

05/December/2009

Environment

UN EXPERTS WARN THAT AN AMBITIOUS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT MUST PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL

05/December/2009

Environment

The Arctic needs immediate climate deal, top climate experts say

01/December/2009

Human rights

Presidential Proclamation on World AIDS Day

01/December/2009

Human rights

Conversations with the Earth

01/December/2009

Human rights

SWISS LAW BANNING MINARETS “CLEARLY DISCRIMINATORY” UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF

October 2009

28/October/2009

Culture

Safari trip to Namibia

Pierre Virot

22/October/2009

Science-Technology

UIT: Universal phone charger standard approved

22/October/2009

Science-Technology

IMT-Advanced (4G) Mobile wireless broadband on the anvil

22/October/2009

Environment

UNFCCC: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Industrialised Countries Show Increases in 2007, Underscore Need for Ambitious Copenhagen Deal

09/October/2009

Science-Technology

CTOs urge ITU to lead global standards shake-up

09/October/2009

Environment

New treaty on pollutants enters into force on 8 October

09/October/2009

Human rights

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RACISM/XENOPHOBIA CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

09/October/2009

Environment

UN Climate Change

09/October/2009

Science-Technology

Celebrating World Post Day 2009

09/October/2009

Health

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 69

09/October/2009

Science-Technology

ITU TELECOM WORLD 2009 reflects new industry needs and realities

06/October/2009

Health

Novartis completes shipment of US supply of Fluvirin® seasonal influenza vaccine

06/October/2009

Environment

Remote villages in desperate need six days after quake

September 2009

28/September/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES AND MECHANISMS

25/September/2009

Intellectual property rights

Member States Simplify International Design Registration System

24/September/2009

Intellectual property rights

Ministerial Segment Endorses WIPO’s Engagement with Global Challenges

24/September/2009

Health

Pandemic influenza vaccines: current status

24/September/2009

Intellectual property rights

Thailand Accedes to PCT

18/September/2009

Economy

Launch of the Trade and Development Report 2009

Pierre Virot

June 2009

15/June/2009

Labour

Latest ALO report presented by the ALO Director General to the Delegates Participating in the 98th Session of the ILC

Pierre Virot

15/June/2009

Labour

New ILO report on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories

Pierre Virot

15/June/2009

Health

Approximately 1.3 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million sustain non-fatal injuries.

Pierre Virot

May 2009

29/May/2009

Labour

ILO presented their latest labour market projections for 2009

Pierre Virot

28/May/2009

Health

'SWINE FLU': MASSIVE GLOBAL CITIZENS CALL TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO INVESTIGATE AND REGULATE FACTORY FARMS

Pierre Virot

12/May/2009

Human rights

UN EXPERT URGES COUNTRIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEBT, DRAWING LESSONS FROM NORWAY AND ECUADOR

07/May/2009

Human rights

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, VOLATILE FOOD PRICES, MAKE AGRICULTURAL FOCUS URGENT, UN HUMAN RIGHTS FOOD EXPERT SAYS

05/May/2009

Economy

INVESTMENT POLICY REVIEW OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INTRODUCED

05/May/2009

Environment

Bursting the carbon bubble

April 2009

27/April/2009

Human rights

Video Alert: Durban II, Iran & The United Nations

24/April/2009

Human rights

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON ADOPTION OF DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE

Pierre Virot

24/April/2009

Environment

Bridging the Data Gap to Build Sustainable Development in the Black Sea region

23/April/2009

Science-Technology

DESIGN VISIONS OF PAST ENSURE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF NETWORKING

23/April/2009

Human rights

ACTION TAKEN BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE REGARDING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOUR BY THREE NGOS

23/April/2009

Human rights

Statement by Anne Bayefsky at the Durban Review Conference

22/April/2009

Human rights

UNICEF- On the Occasion of the Durban Review Conference

20/April/2009

Environment

Scientists gather for the first time to assess climate change threat to the Galapagos

20/April/2009

Human rights

Statement by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the remark by the President of Iran at the Durban Review Conference

20/April/2009

Human rights

Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Academy Award-winning Actor Jon Voight,

Yolanda de Rojal

20/April/2009

Human rights

STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON YOM HASHOAH, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

16/April/2009

Politics

Ecuador: IOM Briefing notes

16/April/2009

Human rights

On the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day presentsLessons of the Holocaust for Antisemitism and Intolerance in the 21st Century

16/April/2009

Human rights

Don’t Let Any Nations Derail UN Racism Conference.Ahmadinejad’s Presence and US Absence Raise Concerns

16/April/2009

Human rights

Durban Review Conference

16/April/2009

Politics

Colombia: far too many civilians continue to be targeted in the armed conflict

Pierre Virot

10/April/2009

Environment

UN Climate Change Talks in Bonn,

10/April/2009

Environment

Reduce your carbon footprint this Earth Day and save money at the same time.

10/April/2009

Human rights

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Announces He Will Attend Durban II

09/April/2009

Disarmament

GROUP OF EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS

09/April/2009

Health

New Malaria Drug Subsidy

06/April/2009

Environment

Italian earthquake

03/April/2009

Human rights

RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE APPOINTED TO LEAD HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FACT-FINDING MISSION ON GAZA CONFLICT

03/April/2009

Human rights

AUSTRALIA’S ENDORSEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

03/April/2009

Human rights

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SAYS AFGHAN LAW RESTRICTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS IS REMINISCENT OF TALIBAN ERA

03/April/2009

Economy

Postal sector feeling the pinch, but financial crisis not all doom and gloom

03/April/2009

Health

Health ministers agree to accelerate efforts to counter the global threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis

03/April/2009

Politics

WFP LAUNCHES FIRST FOOD VOUCHER OPERATION IN MIDDLE EAST

03/April/2009

Health

World Autism Awareness Day

March 2009

20/March/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW PROCESS ON ISRAEL, CAPE VERDE, COLOMBIA AND UZBEKISTAN

20/March/2009

Human rights

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION: UN EXPERT CALLS FOR FULL ENGAGEMENT IN THE DURBAN REVIEW PROCESS

11/March/2009

Human rights

COUNCIL DICUSSES ACHIEVEMENTS AND OBSTACLES IN IMPLEMENTING THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL

10/March/2009

Intellectual property rights

New Record for International Trademark Registrations in 2008 but Signs of Slowdown at Year End

10/March/2009

Environment

Cities and climate change,BioVision Plenary Session

10/March/2009

Finance

AS TRADE DECLINES FROM WIDENING GLOBAL CRISIS, MEETING CONSIDERS EFFECTS ON WOMEN'S JOBS.ENPOWERMENT

10/March/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES REPORTS ON COUNTERING TERRORISM, TORTURE, AND INVOLUNTARY AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

10/March/2009

Human rights

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL DRUGS POLICY TO INCLUDE FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND HARM REDUCTION

08/March/2009

Human rights

VULNERABILITIES OF MIGRANT WOMEN EXACERBATED BY INACCESSIBILITY TO MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES

07/March/2009

Human rights

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CALLS ON WOMEN AND MEN TO UNITE IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC CRISIS

07/March/2009

Human rights

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION CONCLUDES VISIT TO THE MALDIVES

07/March/2009

Human rights

8 MARS: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

07/March/2009

Human rights

The Government of Sudan revokes the registrations of (now) 13 NGOs

07/March/2009

Human rights

WOMEN IN TRADE: CAN THEY LEAD THE WAY OUT OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS?

07/March/2009

Human rights

REMARKS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO EVENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2009

07/March/2009

Economy

The developing world is too big to fail

06/March/2009

Human rights

H.E. Mr. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly

Pierre Virot

06/March/2009

Human rights

Under Secretary of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Sudan, Addoldaem Mohamedain Ali Zomrawi during a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

Pierre Virot

05/March/2009

Politics

A record high for women in parliament in 2008

05/March/2009

Human rights

Letter concerning the recent launch of rockets attacks against Israel

05/March/2009

Politics

From the United States Mission in Geneva

04/March/2009

Human rights

HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS FROM 19 MINISTERS AND OTHER DIGNITARIES

04/March/2009

Human rights

Coalition for the International Criminal Court

Yolanda de Rojal

04/March/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS GENERAL SEGMENT, HEARS STATEMENTS FROM STATES AND OTHERS ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

04/March/2009

Finance

''The Greatest Depression'' Under Way

03/March/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONTINUES HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT AND HEARS STATEMENTS BY SIXTEEN DIGNITARIES

02/March/2009

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HEARS STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS FROM GABON, IRAN, SLOVAKIA, YEMEN AND EGYPT

February 2009

26/February/2009

Environment

Polar research reveals new evidence of global environmental change

Pierre Virot

16/February/2009

Environment

NEW RADIOSONDE TO SHED LIGHT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

05/February/2009

Finance

AS FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS BEGINS TO BITE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PONDER WAYS TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER

January 2009

29/January/2009

Health

“My child matters” initiative

28/January/2009

Intellectual property rights

WIPO Launches Strategic Change Program

October 2008

14/October/2008

Intellectual property rights

WIPO Director General Calls for Concrete Outcomes to Benefit Indigenous and Local Communities

04/October/2008

Intellectual property rights

WIPO and ARIPO Sign MOU to Expand Cooperation

01/October/2008

Intellectual property rights

WIPO Assemblies Conclude

September 2008

23/September/2008

Intellectual property rights

Francis Gurry of Australia Appointed as WIPO Director General

21/September/2008

Health

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PROVIDES UPDATED MALARIA SITUATION

Pierre Virot

21/September/2008

Human rights

Press Conference by Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Christine Chinkin on report of High-level Fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun (Gaza) to the Human Rights Council

Pierre Virot

20/September/2008

Politics

REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG AT PANEL EVENT COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY

20/September/2008

Health

Latest RAD001 study results show further increase in time without tumor growth in patients with advanced kidney cancer

20/September/2008

Economy

Civil society, private sector address trade and development board on food crisis, global financial turmoil

20/September/2008

Environment

Traditional knowledge can save lives when disaster strikes

14/September/2008

Culture

Azerbaijan: Commitment to Protection of cultural rights and cultural heritage

Pierre Virot

14/September/2008

Human rights

New High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay from South Africa

Pierre Virot

14/September/2008

Politics

Review Summit on the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development

Pierre Virot

August 2008

14/August/2008

Disarmament

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS GEORGIA SAY RUSSIAN FORCES GUILTY OF TARGETING CIVILIANS; RUSSIA ALLEGES GEORGIAN POLICY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING

14/August/2008

Human rights

UN EXPERT ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN GEORGIA

13/August/2008

Tourism

Galapagos Islands jump 6 places to #3 in New7Wonders of Nature campaign

12/August/2008

Human rights

Russian Singer Valeriya Becomes IOM Goodwill Envoy

12/August/2008

Health

WFP: CASH ROLL-OUT TO HELP HUNGER HOT SPOTS

06/August/2008

Human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES RIGHT TO FOOD

05/August/2008

Disarmament

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENT FROM COLOMBIA

04/August/2008

Health

August issue of the WHO Bulletin

04/August/2008

Health

COUNTRIES REQUEST HIGHEST EVER AMOUNT OF FUNDING FROM THE GLOBAL FUND

01/August/2008

Human rights

NEW MEMBER OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO ASSUME FUNCTIONS ON 1 AUGUST 2008

01/August/2008

WTO

The Guardian - A bad deal all round

July 2008

31/July/2008

Health

UNITAID, UNICEF AND WHO ANNOUNCE MASSIVE SCALE-UP IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV IN MOTHERS AND CHILDREN

30/July/2008

WTO

ICC deeply regrets major set-back in Doha Round

30/July/2008

Environment

Greenpeace, Tax Justice Network and Alliance Sud

30/July/2008

Economy

PRO-DEVELOPMENT APPROACH ESSENTIAL IF WTO TALKS TO RESUME

29/July/2008

Economy

Trade unions of the Americas call on their negotiators in Geneva to reject latest WTO proposal

29/July/2008

Economy

Some reactions to the collapse of Doha talks in Geneva

29/July/2008

Economy

The more things change, the more they stay the same – civil society and trade unions respond to latest Lamy text

29/July/2008

Human rights

COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CONSIDERS REPORT OF ECUADOR

29/July/2008

Economy

A quote from Aftab Alam Khan, Head of Action Aid Trade Policy.

29/July/2008

Economy

WTO TALKS HANG ON A THREAD: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST NOT BE BLAMED FOR DELAY

28/July/2008

Economy

Are India and China the Bad Guys?

28/July/2008

Economy

Statement by H. E. Ambassador Sun Zhenyu, Permanent Representative of China to the WTO

27/July/2008

Economy

Carin Smaller : On the Road to Agreement?

27/July/2008

Economy

Oxfam: outline WTO deal has major flaws for poor countries

27/July/2008

Economy

Oxfam International reaction on WTO talks

27/July/2008

Economy

Future of Indian Agriculture Being Sold Out at WTO

27/July/2008

Economy

Trade unions demand that developing countries stand up and be counted in WTO talks

26/July/2008

Politics

INTERNET SOCIETY GRANTS ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE, CAPACITY, CYBERCRIME, AND DIGITAL RIGHTS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

26/July/2008

Economy

NAMA trade unions say to WTO “Stop, Wrong Way, Go Back”

25/July/2008

Economy

Farmers groups, NGOs urge WTO negotiators –reject farm deal if demands for import protection are not met

25/July/2008

Economy

INTERNET SOCIETY GRANTS ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE, CAPACITY, CYBERCRIME, AND DIGITAL RIGHTS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL

23/July/2008

Economy

Statement by Trade Unions at the “mini-Ministerial” of the WTO

23/July/2008

Economy

WTO TALKS, REAL CHANCE TO MOVE DOHA ROUND FORWARD

23/July/2008

Economy

Trade Liberalization Brings Scant Benefit to Rural Latin America.says new Report

23/July/2008

Economy

WTO: Farmers worldwide must not be sacrificed in the name of free trade!

21/July/2008

Culture

INTERAGENCY PROJECT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN FIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

21/July/2008

Economy

G-33 Declaration- Geneva 20 July 2008

20/July/2008

Politics

Open letter of President Evo Morales Ayma on the current WTO negotiations.

18/July/2008

Economy

Promise of Export Agriculture Overstated for Latin America: New Report

18/July/2008

Human rights

UN expert group on disappearances to visit Argentina

11/July/2008

WIPO and SERCI Examine Economic Aspects of Copyright

07/July/2008

Director General-Elect Addresses Importance of WIPO Development Agenda

07/July/2008

European broadcasters go green

03/July/2008

G8 Leaders Must Take Action to Save Most Vulnerable In Food Crisis

June 2008

25/June/2008

Global Humanitarian Forum – Kofi Annan

Pierre Virot

24/June/2008

Global Humanitarian Forum – Richard Branson

Pierre Virot

24/June/2008

61st World Health Assembly Sets Bold New Action for WHO

23/June/2008

UNFCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer : by mid century billion of people might b short on drinking water

Pierre Virot

23/June/2008

Groundbreaking Report on Right to Water in Haiti

19/June/2008

Small farmers must not be left alone

09/June/2008

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIDOCIC REVIEW ON REPORTS ON BAHRAIN AND ECUADOR

08/June/2008

New draft agriculture negotiating

07/June/2008

LOUISE ARBOUR: FINAL SPEECH TO HUMAN RIGHT COUNCIL

06/June/2008

OMCT ACTION FILE : Torture and killings in Mount Elgon, Kenya

03/June/2008

COUNCIL CONTINUES INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH EXPERTS ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES

02/June/2008

UNITED TO END CHILD HUNGER ACROSS THE WORLD

May 2008

24/May/2008

61st World Health Assembly Sets Bold New Action for WHO

23/May/2008

JAPAN BOOSTS AID TO WFP IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS

23/May/2008

WFP COMPLETES US$755 MILLION APPEAL WITH SAUDI PLEDGE

17/May/2008

How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change

Pierre Virot

13/May/2008

Key WIPO Body Nominates Candidate for Director General

April 2008

30/April/2008

Iran Hounds Canadian Jewish Group into Leaving UN Racism Conference

30/April/2008

Nuclear Weapon Free, My cup of tea

30/April/2008

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONSIDERS REPORT OF FRANCE

29/April/2008

Press Conference in Bern on Global Food Crisis

24/April/2008

Alinghi announces imminent build of America's Cup Deed of Gift Match multi-hull

24/April/2008

GREENPEACE: 22 years after Chernobyl, the nuclear industry remains mired in accidents, cover-ups and incompetence

23/April/2008

Economy

LEADERS UPBEAT ON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

23/April/2008

WFP SAYS HIGH FOOD PRICES A SILENT TSUNAMI, AFFECTING EVERY CONTINENT

23/April/2008

Novartis announces 20% average reduction in price of malaria drug Coartem® to further accelerate access in malaria-endemic regions

19/April/2008

UN EXPERTS WELCOME CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS ENDORSEMENT OF THE DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

14/April/2008

COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS OPENS EIGHTH SESSION

12/April/2008

ICRC on the situation in Chad.

Pierre Virot

12/April/2008

Tunisia: Universal Periodic Review Group in Geneva

Pierre Virot

04/April/2008

Human rights

Arbour welcomes entry into force of “ground-breaking” convention on disabilities

02/April/2008

FAO expects rice production to rise by 1.8 percent in 2008

March 2008

20/March/2008

WORLD TB DAY 2008

Pierre Virot

12/March/2008

CITIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL MEET IN ATHENS 26-28 MARCH TO ADOPT LOCAL ROADMAPS TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

11/March/2008

Conflict of Interest: UN's Jean Ziegler made country visits to praise political friends, not fight world's hunger emergencies

10/March/2008

UNREGULATED ACTIVITIES BY PRIVATE MILITARY SECURITY COMPANIES MAJOR CAUSE OF CONCERN, SAYS UN WORKING GROUP

10/March/2008

HIJACKINGS CUT WFP FOOD SUPPLIES FOR DARFUR AS FUNDING SHORTFALL THREATENS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE

07/March/2008

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

06/March/2008

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

06/March/2008

GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED TO ENSURE WELL BEING OF FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND IN MIGRATION PROCESS

06/March/2008

Women call for access to safe water,says Public Services International (PSI)

06/March/2008

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF WATER SUPPLY DESTROYED

06/March/2008

ZAMBIA JOINS THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

03/March/2008

FRUITS OF DEVELOPMENT MUST REACH ''BOTTOM BILLION,'' UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UNCTAD MEETING

03/March/2008

THE GLOBAL FUND OPENS ITS EIGHTH FUNDING ROUND

03/March/2008

Ambassador William Swing : The Candidate for Change at IOM Garners Support in Geneva

03/March/2008

LOUISE ARBOUR CONDEMNS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN GAZA AND ISRAEL

03/March/2008

FAO: Agriculture in the Near East likely to suffer from climate change

03/March/2008

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES ON SITUATION IN GAZA AND NEIGHBOURING ISRAEL

03/March/2008

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHARES WITH UNCTAD HIS VISION OF A UN SYSTEM THAT TRULY DELIVERS ON ITS DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

01/March/2008

Twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to take place in Accra, Ghana, 20-25 April

February 2008

29/February/2008

The Mine Ban Treaty: Showing the Way Forward in Efforts to Ban Cluster Munitions

29/February/2008

INFO-DIGEST: Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation

29/February/2008

THE GLOBAL FUND WELCOMES LARGE 2008 FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM JAPAN

29/February/2008

Extreme cold hits farmers in Afghanistan

28/February/2008

EU/Resettlement of Guantánamo Detainees

22/February/2008

Health

Novartis crée un institut de recherche centré sur les vaccins innovants pour les pays en développement

21/February/2008

Breaking Down the Barriers to a Green Economy

21/February/2008

The Bone & Joint Decade 2000-2010 :Pain in the Neck No More

21/February/2008

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONCLUDES MISSION TO GUATEMALA

21/February/2008

Despite constraints, FAO helping Gaza farmers Projects target herders, fishers, horticulture

21/February/2008

Statement by Ambassador Christina Rocca,Permanent Representative of the United States to the Conference on Disarmament

21/February/2008

Are You Going Neutral on Global Warming?—13 Countries, Cities and Companies Say Yes!

21/February/2008

UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination - CERD -Opening Statement Delivered by Ambassador Warren W. Tichenor

20/February/2008

Economists see further decline in world economic climate

17/February/2008

EMERGENCY HUB IN ECUADOR AIRLIFTS FOOD TO FLOOD VICTIMS IN BOLIVIA

14/February/2008

Internet Society Announces New Program of Strategic Global Engagement

12/February/2008

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Acts of harassment against two members of the TV channel France 24 and their interpreter in the premises of the Nizhny Novgorod Foundation to Support Tolerance

08/February/2008

New WTO Agriculture Text Falls Short – Again

06/February/2008

Safer electronic financial transactions with new ISO standard for state-of-the-art biometric authentication

06/February/2008

New ITC Partnership with the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation Aims to Boost Intra-regional Trade

06/February/2008

WFP TO FEED THOUSANDS MORE SOMALI REFUGEES IN YEMEN

06/February/2008

China’s freak snowstorms: ‘the new normal’?

05/February/2008

International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances

05/February/2008

UPDATE ON CHAD /UPDATE ON GREAT LAKES REGION EARTHQUAKE

05/February/2008

IOM NOTES: Haiti, Sudan, South Africa, Switzerland, Indonesia

05/February/2008

Judicial proceedings / Harassment

05/February/2008

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON MYANMAR EXPRESSES DISMAY OVER CONTINUED ARRESTS, DETENTIONS AND CHARGES AGAINST POLITICAL AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

05/February/2008

Global Congress Calls on Government Leaders to Engage in Battle against Counterfeiting and Piracy

05/February/2008

BRITISH DEFENCE MINISTER ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

04/February/2008

UNFCCC: Latin American and Caribbean countries to play key role in global fight against climate change

04/February/2008

The globalisation of cancer

04/February/2008

Fourth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Opens in Dubai

January 2008

28/January/2008

Human rights

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF CONCLUDES VISIT TO ISRAEL AND THE OPT

24/January/2008

Environment

“The most expensive hospital is the one that fails” (UN/ISDR)

24/January/2008

Politics

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON IN GENEVA

Pierre Virot

21/January/2008

Will war lead to peace in Sri Lanka?

21/January/2008

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF CONDEMNS VIOLENCE IN KENYA, CALLS FOR TRUTH AND ACCOUNTABILITY

21/January/2008

REALITE-EU.ORG - World Powers Meet on Iran

21/January/2008

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM REPORT RANKS ISLAM AND WEST RELATIONS

21/January/2008

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN HOLDS MEETING WITH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

21/January/2008

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA LAUNCHES CORPORATE CHAMPIONS PROGRAM

21/January/2008

WHO - Report to the Executive Board, 122nd session

21/January/2008

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SAYS ISRAEL’S ACTIONS IN GAZA STRIP VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

18/January/2008

Severe winter conditions in AFGHANISTAN

18/January/2008

UNCTAD TO HOLD ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING WORKSHOP IN TANZANIA

18/January/2008

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONCLUDES VISIT TO JAPAN

18/January/2008

SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON TO PARTICIPATE IN MEMORIAL CEREMONY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACK IN ALGIERS

17/January/2008

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF TO VISIT ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

17/January/2008

Qassam and Mortar Shell Barrage Hits Israeli Civilian Population

16/January/2008

Palestine refugees in the contemporary context: a view from UNRWA

16/January/2008

Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Receives US$ 38 million Gates Foundation grant to save children’s lives with healthy foods

15/January/2008

COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN CONSIDERS REPORT OF BOLIVIA

13/January/2008

The Government of the United States has announced its first tranche contribution of US$ 40 million towards UNRWA’s General Fund.

11/January/2008

Protection du climat: prendre des mesures en Suisse plutôt que faire du trafic d’indulgences - appel de Greenpeace aux nouvelles commissions de la CEATE-E

11/January/2008

Bush trip a triumph of form over substance

10/January/2008

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO NEGOTIATE PROPOSAL ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS

08/January/2008

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REACHED NEW RECORD IN 2007

07/January/2008

The Politics of Patents and Drugs in Brazil and Mexico: The Industrial Bases of Health Activism

04/January/2008

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED IN AFTERMATH OF KINSHASA EVENTS OF MARCH 2007

04/January/2008

SPECIAL PROCEDURES MANDATE HOLDERS DEEPLY CONCERNED BY SITUATION IN KENYA

03/January/2008

WFP LAUNCHES OPERATION TO HELP FEED OVER ONE MILLION DISPLACED IRAQIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA

02/January/2008

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED ABOUTCONTINUED VIOLENCE FOLLOWING ELECTIONS IN KENYA

December 2007

28/December/2007

9,000 children from Nahr El Bared Camp return to school because “Dubai Cares”

27/December/2007

STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ON DEATH OFFORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN BENAZIR BHUTTO

18/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MARKS INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY

17/December/2007

CHRGJ Releases Unprecedented Testimony about CIA Black Sites

15/December/2007

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL: At the adoption of the decision of the Thirteenth Conference of Parties of the UNFCCC

15/December/2007

UN Breakthrough on climate change reached in Bali

15/December/2007

Global business “deeply satisfied” with historic climate agreement

13/December/2007

WIPO:Importance of IP for Development in LDCs Emphasized at High Level Forum

13/December/2007

Human Rights in Liberia and Sudan

13/December/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATES OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHILE COUNTERING TERRORISM, ADEQUATE HOUSING

13/December/2007

Statement by H.E. Ambassador Itzhak Levanon Permanent Representative. Regarding the Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism

13/December/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REVIEWS MANDATE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

13/December/2007

CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY LAUNCHES ADAPTATION WEBSITE

12/December/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEBATES PROTECTION OF RIGHTS IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

12/December/2007

Kicking the CO2 Habit at Climate Convention Meet

12/December/2007

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism

12/December/2007

THE WHITE HOUSE:STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT

12/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS TWIN BLASTS IN ALGERIA

12/December/2007

Statement delivered by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

12/December/2007

WORLD BANK GROUP PRESIDENT SAYS CLIMATE ACTION CAN WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT

11/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON HER ACTIVITIES

11/December/2007

Cities Play the Green Card to Achieve Success

11/December/2007

YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN OF THE WORLD UNITE TO FIGHT THE BATTLE OF THEIR LIVES.

11/December/2007

Peatlands are Quick and Cost-Effective Measure to reduce 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions

10/December/2007

Brasil’s Army to start diverting Rio Sao Francisco from its natural course

10/December/2007

Chinese Muslims Still Cannot Make it to Mecca

10/December/2007

UN EXPERTS MARK INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY WITH CALL FOR STATES TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO COMBAT DISCRIMINATION AND EXCLUSION

10/December/2007

GEO and ITU join forces on Earth observation satellites, emergencies and capacity building

10/December/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT CONCERNED ABOUT THREATS TO MEDIA IN SOMALIA

10/December/2007

Annual Meeting of Biological Weapons States Parties

10/December/2007

Global peatland and climate change assessment.

10/December/2007

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS $3.8 BILLION FOR 25 MILLION PEOPLE IN 24 COUNTRIES IN 2008

10/December/2007

WIPO to Host High-Level Forum for LDCs

10/December/2007

STATEMENT BY HIGH COMMISSIONER LOUISE ARBOUR ON THE OCCASION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

10/December/2007

New data show Glivec® halts progression to advanced stages of life-threatening form of leukemia in sixth year of treatment

07/December/2007

OPEN LETTER FROM ERNESTO BERTARELLI, PRESIDENT OF ALINGHI 2007

07/December/2007

High Commissioner for Human Rights deplores executions of three prisoners in Japan

07/December/2007

Cluster Munition Coalition

07/December/2007

GDAE: Feeding the Factory Farm Project:

07/December/2007

BALI TRADE MINISTERIAL: KEEP UNFAIR TRADE OUT OF CLIMATE TALKS

07/December/2007

GEF TO LAUNCH TROPICAL FOREST ACCOUNT FOR WORLD'S LAST GREAT TROPICAL FORESTS

06/December/2007

EFFORTS ON CHILD-APPROPRIATE MEDICINES INTENSIFY

06/December/2007

Important steps taken to expand CDM in Africa, much remains to be done – Nairobi Framework partners

Yolanda de Rojal

06/December/2007

CLUSTER MUNITIONS COALITION

06/December/2007

IRAQ – Returning Home Not End of Story for IDPs and Refugees

06/December/2007

STATES PARTIES TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTIONTO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 14 DECEMBER

06/December/2007

Despite record 2007 production, cereal prices remain high. Vulnerable populations in developing countries hurt most.

06/December/2007

ILO LAUNCHES FACILITY TO SPARK INNOVATION, DEVELOP RANGE OF INSURANCE PRODUCTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

06/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER HANGING IN IRAN

06/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO BRAZIL

06/December/2007

SEMINAR ON “NUCLEAR WEAPONS: GOVERNANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY” HELD AT PALAIS DES NATIONS

05/December/2007

HUMAN CAPITAL, INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP ARE KEY TO THE FUTURE OF THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

04/December/2007

GOVERNMENTS MUST INVEST IN CLIMATE MONITORING FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

04/December/2007

ITC’s Role: Aid for Trade for the Poorest

03/December/2007

Military Mission at Guantanamo Bay

03/December/2007

WFP URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN SYRIA

03/December/2007

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS

03/December/2007

United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali poised for political breakthrough

03/December/2007

Palestine refugee children to perform at international music gala in Amsterdam

03/December/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY PROMOTING DECENT WORK

03/December/2007

URBANIZING RURAL INDIA? A SOLUTION TO THE COUNTRY’S URBAN/RURAL CONUNDRUM

03/December/2007

The Mine Ban Treaty: A Success in Progress

03/December/2007

SUDAN: ONGOING VIOLENCE AGAINST OMCT: COMMUNITIES RESISTING DAM CONSTRUCTION IN THE NORTHERN NILE VALLEY

03/December/2007

YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS’ “TABLE FOR TWO” INITIATIVE LAUNCHES FIRST CHAPTER IN INDIA AT THE INDIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT

November 2007

30/November/2007

New edition of UNCTAD Trade and Development Index.

Pierre Virot

30/November/2007

UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA

30/November/2007

UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS CONCERNED ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA

29/November/2007

COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONSIDERS INITIAL REPORT OF ECUADOR

27/November/2007

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS FINDS THAT THE MILITARY IS KILLING LEFTIST ACTIVISTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

27/November/2007

46 MILLION BED NETS DELIVERED TO FAMILIES IN MALARIA ZONES

23/November/2007

CHINA: Three Swiss journalists and Chinese cameraman arrested in two separate incidents

23/November/2007

ILO: microfinance, social finance

23/November/2007

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: Real equality and end to impunity to stop violence against women, says High Commissioner Arbour

23/November/2007

UPDATE ON BANGLADESH

22/November/2007

25th of November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Making this goal a reality

22/November/2007

SEVENTH SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS MEETS IN GENEVA FROM 26 TO 30 NOVEMBER

22/November/2007

Cape Town to host Ministerial Summit on Earth observations

22/November/2007

Israel's ratification of the Third Protocol

22/November/2007

U.S. Group on Earth Observations (GEO) on November 30 in Cape Town, South Africa

21/November/2007

Adapting to climate change will require a higher order of “environmental intelligence”

21/November/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN

21/November/2007

Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases

21/November/2007

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE HOLD FIRST MEETING IN GENEVA

21/November/2007

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION AND UN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME STRENGTHEN SUPPORT TO PARLIAMENTS WORLDWIDE

20/November/2007

THE GLOBAL FUND WELCOMES NEW FIGURES ON GLOBAL AIDS PANDEMIC

20/November/2007

Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness

20/November/2007

Sovereign wealth funds source of concern

20/November/2007

UNFCCC: Emissions of industrialized countries rose to all time high in 2005

19/November/2007

United Kingdom and Germany suspend marketing and sale of Prexige® pending outcome of European regulatory review

19/November/2007

Paying Taxes 2008: Paying Taxes Is Getting Easier but More Reform Is Needed

15/November/2007

NEW WHO POCKET-CHARTS WILL SAVE LIVES BY PREDICTING HEART ATTACK AND STROKE

15/November/2007

WORLD EMPLOYERS SUPPORT FRANCE’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT IN SMALL ENTERPRISES

15/November/2007

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS CONCLUDES VISIT TO BRAZIL

15/November/2007

CONFERENCE TO REVIEW CURRENT ISSUES IN DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT

15/November/2007

WFP HAILS SPANISH CONTRIBUTION TO FIGHT HUNGER, MALNUTRITION IN KENYA CAMPS

15/November/2007

New data for Menveo(TM) vaccine show excellent immune response and broad protection for infants against meningococcal meningitis

15/November/2007

ILO censures the Goverment of Venezuela for violation of the rights of employers and their organizations in the country

15/November/2007

OPEC part of the solution to climate change, not part of the problem

October 2007

11/October/2007

Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food

Pierre Virot

10/October/2007

MSF Warns More Food Will Not Save Malnourished Children

09/October/2007

Preparing for Bigger Floods

09/October/2007

MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

09/October/2007

Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School:

Yolanda de Rojal

09/October/2007

TOO MANY CHILDREN STILL THREATENED BY NATURAL HAZARDS

09/October/2007

World Export Development Forum in Montreux

08/October/2007

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

08/October/2007

Handbook boosts prospects for the newConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

02/October/2007

SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM OPENS IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND

September 2007

28/September/2007

Women's Leaders Call for Eradication of Cervical Cancer. Scale up of vaccination, screening and treatment can save 250 000 lives per year

19/September/2007

GENEVA GLOBAL FORUM TO DISCUSS YOUTH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT FROM 24 TO 26 SEPTEMBER

19/September/2007

UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT LAUNCHES DRAFT HUMAN RIGHTS GUIDELINES

18/September/2007

Anthrax and Tularemia Bioweapons Bungling in Texas. Time to lay to Rest the Myth of ''No accidents''

10/September/2007

WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY

August 2007

03/August/2007

New WHO REPORT tackles CHILDREN's ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

03/August/2007

FLOODS AND BITTER COLD SNAP LEAVE THOUSANDS IN NEED OF FOOD ASSISTANCE IN COLOMBIA AND PERU

July 2007

26/July/2007

New Report Reveals How Pending Trade Agreements Will Worsen Imported Food Safety Problem by Increasing Food Imports While Replicating Limits on U.S. Food Safety Policy From Past Trade Deals

19/July/2007

New numbers on agriculture inch in right direction, but WTO development deal remains a long way off

19/July/2007

FAO and WHO urge all countries to be more vigilant about food safety Recent food scares prove weaknesses in food safety systems around the world

19/July/2007

PROPOSAL WOULD TURN FINES FOR ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES INTO INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

19/July/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION ON REVISED GENERAL COMMENT ON RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL

18/July/2007

AT MID-YEAR, $ 2.5 BILLION GLOBAL SHORTFALL IN AID

18/July/2007

ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON STRENGTHENING COORDINATION OF UN EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, DECENT WORK FOR ALL

17/July/2007

CHINA, WFP STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP TO TACKLE GLOBAL HUNGER TOGETHER

12/July/2007

U.S. Contributes Additional $19 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for Iraq Refugee Programs

11/July/2007

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION WITH UN REGIONAL DIRECTORS TEAM FROM LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

10/July/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER REPORTED STONING IN IRAN, URGES HALT TO FURTHER SIMILAR EXECUTIONS

10/July/2007

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND COUNTER TERRORISM CONCLUDES MISSION TO ISRAEL, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

09/July/2007

DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY JEOPARDIZE THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SAYS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

09/July/2007

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES ROLE OF UN SYSTEM IN PROMOTING DECENT WORK AGENDA IN LATIN AMERICA

07/July/2007

Discrimination and inequality jeopardize the Millennium Development Goals, says High Commissioner for Human Rights

06/July/2007

Update on Pakistan Floods

06/July/2007

ActionAid reaction to the final declaration of the UN Global Compact meeting in Geneva 5-6th July

06/July/2007

CEOs Issue Global Call to Action on Water Crisis

06/July/2007

LE SECRETAIRE GENERAL DES NATIONS UNIES se penche sur LA CAMPAGNE PARLEMENTAIRE MONDIALE CONTRE LES CHANGEMENTS CLIMATIQUES A LA MAISON DES PARLEMENTS

06/July/2007

BUSINESS LEADERS ADOPT DECLARATION ON RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES

06/July/2007

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS COORDINATION SEGMENT ON THE THEME OF DECENT WORK FOR ALL

06/July/2007

THE GLOBAL COMPACT - Geneva Declaration

06/July/2007

Director General of WIPO and President of Bulgaria Highlight the Economic Importance of Creative Industries

06/July/2007

WIPO Director General Urges Continued Support for Participation of Indigenous Groups in IGC

05/July/2007

UN WORKING GROUP ON USE OF MERCENARIES TO VISIT CHILE

05/July/2007

Transcript of Secretary-General’s remarks at press conference For the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit

05/July/2007

CURRENT IMPRESSIVE WORLD ECONOMIC GROWTH MUST BE SUSTAINED, AND BENEFITS EXTENDED TO ALL, REPORT URGES

05/July/2007

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT MUST APPRAISE ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHART COURSE FOR NEXT THREE YEARS

05/July/2007

REMARKS BY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG TO GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT

05/July/2007

Address by Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, to the Opening Plenary of the Global Compact Leadership Summit 2007

Yolanda de Rojal

05/July/2007

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON OPENING OF 2007 GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT

05/July/2007

SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENS SUMMIT ON CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP

05/July/2007

New data from multiple studies show Galvus® delivers consistent and robust blood sugar control in patients with type 2 diabetes

04/July/2007

Global Compact fails to stop corporate human rights violations, says ActionAid

04/July/2007

Business leaders turn out in record numbers to support global business development

04/July/2007

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE ON STRENGTHENING EFFORTS TO ERADICATE POVERTY AND HUNGER

03/July/2007

Experts meeting in St. Lucia explore ways to educate populations about the perils of climate change

03/July/2007

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PRESS CONFERENCE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS ON 2 JULY 2007

03/July/2007

GLOBAL PARTNERS LAUNCH RENEWED BATTLE AGAINST CHAGAS THE ''KISSING BUG'' DISEASE STRARTEGY SET OUT TO ELIMINATE DISEASE

02/July/2007

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon - First Press Conference at United Nations Office in Geneva

Pierre Virot

01/July/2007

OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: New Decree seriously infringes freedom of association

June 2007

30/June/2007

MINISTERS ASKED TO ACT NOW ON THEIR COMMITMENTS TO MEET MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AS ECOSOC SESSION OPENS IN GENEVA

30/June/2007

WFP ASSISTS DROUGHT RESPONSE IN TIMOR LESTE, BUT NEEDS MORE DONOR HELP

30/June/2007

HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT

30/June/2007

Switzerland offers $1 million to ITC Global Trust Fund

30/June/2007

State of World Population: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth

27/June/2007

OCEAN'S THIRTEEN STARS DONATE $1M TO FRIENDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAM

26/June/2007

Negotiators Decide to Continue Discussions on Updating Protection of Broadcasting Organizations

25/June/2007

Helping hands for refugees

25/June/2007

Foundation of Medical Professionals Alliance in Taiwan

22/June/2007

Libya Designated to Head UN Anti-Racism Conference

22/June/2007

Between the Market and the State: Corporate Responses to Climate Change

22/June/2007

WHO-BASED TROPICAL DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAMME (TDR) TO IMPLEMENT NEW STRATEGY FOCUSING ON DISEASES OF POVERTY

22/June/2007

HOLY SEE: Cardinal Renato Martino’s statement puts activities of Amnesty International, and of all NGOs defending sexual and reproductive rights, at risk

22/June/2007

WORLD BUSINESS LEADERS TO CONVENE IN GENEVA ON 5-6 JULY

22/June/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO DISCUSS MODALITIES OF WORK

22/June/2007

Oxfam: Exclusive negotiating process and rich country intransigence caused trade meeting breakdown; developing countries not to blame

22/June/2007

Rasilez®, an important new treatment for high blood pressure, receives positive opinion recommending European Union approval

22/June/2007

Sandoz receives positive EU opinion for approval of epoetin alfa biosimilar

22/June/2007

ONE FIFTH OF TIMOR POPULATION NEEDS FOOD ASSISTANCE, UN REPORT SAYS

22/June/2007

Countries urged to provide greater health care to drug addicts.

22/June/2007

UNCTAD TO MEET WITH PORT OFFICIALS FROM ANGLOPHONE AFRICA AND ASIA TO DISCUSS TRAINING PROGRAMME

22/June/2007

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY - Death threats / Harassment

22/June/2007

THIRD COLLAPSE OF DOHA ROUND: SIGNAL FOR BURIAL

22/June/2007

Friends of the Earth International - FORTIS DODGES INDONESIAN MUD VOLCANO RESPONSIBILITY

21/June/2007

The United States Government’s Contribution to UNRWA 2007 Emergency Appeal for West Bank and Gaza

21/June/2007

Doha Round failing the poor, say developing country negotiators in ActionAid survey

20/June/2007

Irregularities, Old Habits Plague UN Human Rights Council Transition

20/June/2007

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HOPES SPIRIT OF COOPERATION AND MUTUAL RESPECT WILL REMAIN HALLMARK OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

20/June/2007

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CONCLUDES FIFTH SESSION AFTER ADOPTING PRESIDENTIAL TEXT ON INSTITUTION BUILDING OF COUNCIL

20/June/2007

Inuit Leader Wins Human Development Award for Activism against Climate Change

20/June/2007

Conclusion of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s institution building: Has the spirit of General Assembly resolution 60/251 been honoured?

20/June/2007

United Nations Human Rights Council : While mechanisms are maintained, safeguards need strengthening

19/June/2007

Conclusion of the UN Human Rights Council's Fifth Session and First Year

15/June/2007

Prexige® study shows significantly less impact on blood pressure than ibuprofen in osteoarthritis patients with controlled hypertension

14/June/2007

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers Expects German Federal Prosecutor to Act on War Crimes Complaint against Rumsfeld and Others with Independence

14/June/2007

WHO AND MANUFACTURERS MOVE AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR H5N1 INFLUENZA GLOBAL VACCINE STOCKPILE

14/June/2007

Monsanto maize approved for human consumption potentially toxic, warns new study

14/June/2007

KOFI ANNAN LAUNCHES GREEN REVOLUTION FOR AFRICA AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON AFRICA