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Occupied Arab Territories in Political Turmoil;
 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan challenges world leaders to scale up efforts in the fight against AIDS; The International Labour Organization says more than 36 million workers have HIV; The Decolonization Committee is told there's a need for more support for political education in the dependent territories; The UN Resident Coordinator in the Eastern Caribbean says the Millennium Development Goals are an excellent tool for translating policies into practice; The International organization for Migration says trafficking may be contributing to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean
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Parties in Cote d'Ivoire Renew Commitment to Peace
"And this was quite unexpected because promises had been made before. But as the Secretary-General said, this time the Security Council reserves the right to take measures if collectively or individually, Ivorian political leaders do not abide by the commitment." The agreement, among other things, provides for getting the government running again by reinstating previously sacked ministers, and for starting to disarm, demobilize and reintegrate former combatants by the middle of October.
UN Envoy Calls For Addressing Root Causes of Displacement in Sudan
"The food will reach more than 70,000 thousand displaced people and local residents who have been cut off from aid because of the rainy season and insecurity." The UN food agency says the site of the first airdrops was the farming town of Fur Buranga in West Darfur and six more locations will be targeted during this first phase of the operation.
Breastfeeding
Can Save over One Million Lives: UNICEF "If every woman were supported to succeed in six months exclusive breastfeeding and continue breastfeeding, we know that at least 3,500 lives could be saved every day. This means over one million deaths each year are preventable through this simple intervention of supporting women to do what they already know is best for their children." UNICEF
stresses that every mother who chooses to exclusively breastfeed for
six months, has the right to services and support from governments,
communities and families.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, has announced an international education campaign to improve agricultural productivity and reduce hunger in Latin America. FAO and the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, will start a regional workshop on Food Security and Education for Rural People, in Santiago Chile, on Tuesday. The Food and Agriculture Organization says that the majority of undernourished and illiterate people in Latin America live in rural areas. The rural education campaign in Latin America is part of a global initiative to educate rural people to improve agriculture.
Over
90 Per Cent of Afghans Register to Vote
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Parties
in Cote d'Ivoire have signed an agreement in Accra, Ghana, to renew
their commitment to the Linas Marcoussis Agreement brokered by France
in 2003 to end the conflict in the country. Cote d'Ivoire has been
divided between the north and south-held territories since fighting
broke out in 2002. The latest accord was reached over the weekend
in a summit chaired by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The President
of Cote d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo signed the accord and committed himself
personally to implement the previous agreement. The spokesman for
the UN Operations in Cote d'Ivoire, Jean Victor Nkolo, says because
of that, the Accra Agreement, which is an African initiative, is different
from previous accords. 
The
UN expert on internally displaced persons, Francis Deng, has called
for a comprehensive settlement to address the root cause of displacement
in Darfur and all of Sudan. Mr. Deng, who is the Secretary-General's
Special Representative on the issue, has just completed a mission
to Sudan. He says that during his mission, he found that persistent
insecurity and human rights violations were the paramount concern
of the displaced persons. Meanwhile, the World Food Progamme today
began to airdrop food into remote parts of Darfur. UN spokesman Fred
Eckard.
More
than 90 per cent of voters in Afghanistan have registered to participate
in elections. That according to the UN Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA,
which is working with Afghan authorities to prepare for elections.