| Towards the Millennium Review |
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| The report of the Secretary-General, released on 21 March 2005, puts forward a range of proposals to strengthen the United Nations. |  |
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| Unlearning Intolerance |
Seeking Consensus Amid Differences
Namrita Talwar
‘Terror in the Soul’: Remembering Auschwitz
Tom Luke
Meanwhile
Shashi Tharoor
Children’s Rights World Congress
Bill Jackson
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| Vital Voices |
Vital Voices: Advocacy and Service Work of NGOs in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
Wenchi Yu Perkins
Marie Yvette L. Banzon
16 Days of Activisim Against Gender Violence
Sarah Nordstrom
Diane Skelton and Joan Burke
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| Science for Development |
A Knowledge Pool for Global Good
Vijoleta Braach-Maksvytis and Reinie Biesenbach
Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, President of the Romanian Space Agency and Chairman of COPUOS, speaks to the
UN Chronicle about the peaceful uses of outer space for development.
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| Food for Thought |
The Rise of Food Democracy
Brian Halweil
Eat Here: Reclaiming Homegrown Pleasures in a Global Supermarket
Brian Halweil
William Fiebig
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| Responding to Natural Disaster |
Tsunami Highlights Needs of Small Island States
In the Wake of the Tsunami
Atlas for Tsunami-Affected Areas in Southern Asia
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| Developing Education |
Promoting Health, Peace and Development
Adolfo Ogi
The Atlas of Heart Disease and Stroke
Erika Reinhardt
Cynthia Guttman
Girls’ Education Campaign in Turkey
Lynn Levine
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| The Fifty-Ninth General Assembly |
Revitalization of the United Nations leading up to its sixtieth anniversary as well as the international review of the Millennium Declaration were at the centre of the General Assembly debate. Challenges as diverse as universal primary education, gender equality and combating HIV/AIDS were all part of the agenda of the fifty-ninth session. (Section coordinated by Namrita Talwar)
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
Second Committee (Economic and Financial)
Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural)
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization)
Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary)
Sixth Committee (Legal)
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