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The First Anniversary of the Baghdad Tragedy is Observed Around the World
Russia
calls for multi-faceted efforts to provide Haitians with assistance; Belize wants the international community to focus on what's in the best interest of Haitians; That friendly soccer match between Brazil and Haiti dubbed the "Peace Game" is hailed as a major success; The UN Development Fund for Women says women in the Caribbean lack full equality
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Government report to UN shows that Bangladeshi women are more educated but domestic violence still prevails The
UN fights human trafficking in Kosovo
Indigenous People call for equal treatment on the question of land The Maoris share their culture with UN audience on International Day of World's Indigenous People A new control strategy cuts tuberculosis rates in China by one- third Female
genital mutilation in Egypt: UNICEF supports civil society to
end the practice
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Billions Struggle without Clean Water or Basic Sanitation: WHO/UNICEF
" It's a question of investing existing resources with the emphasis to give every person, every household access to safe drinking water and safe sanitation facilities. It is in fact a global challenge that needs to be addressed locally…." The report warns
that the vicious cycle of ill-health and poverty could defeat human
development efforts, with children first to suffer.
UNRWA Condemns Israel's Use of Palestinian School as Detention Centre The UN agency
assisting Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) "strongly protests"
Israel's use of a school run by the agency as a detention and interrogation
centre. UNRWA says Israeli forces broke into the school in the Askar
refugee camp in the West Bank and used it as a detention and interrogation
centre for hundreds of male residents in the camp between the ages
of 16 and 40. UNRWA says the abuse is a "flagrant violation of
UN privileges and immunities." The agency says "this is
not the first such abuse of its humanitarian installations in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip, with at least ten schools having previously
been occupied."
Major Gaps in Essential Services in Northern and Western Cote d'Ivoire: UN There are major gaps in health, education, water and sanitation in northern and western Cote d'Ivoire. That assessment comes from a UN humanitarian team that recently traveled to those areas. United Nations Spokesman Stephane Dujarric says the mission led by the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country warns that the slow redeployment of government workers to rebel-held areas in the north and west has deprived the majority people there of basic services. " Also the poor maintenance of water works, including village pumps, has left many with access to clean water, increasing the chances that disease spread." United Nations
Spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
UN to Assess Darfur Situation before Briefing Security Council UN Special Envoy
for Sudan Jan Pronk traveled to West Darfur Thursday to review the
status of commitments undertaken by the government in the Darfur Plan
of Action.
WFP Launches Second Phase of Airdrops in Darfur
Donor Response Positive to Locust Situation in West Africa: FAO The international
community has responded positively to an appeal launched by the Food
and Agriculture Organization to assist African countries in their
fight against desert locusts. However, the UN agency warns that the
locust situation in the countries affected remains dramatic and that
more international support is urgently needed. FAO says a total of
$32 million have so far been approved with some funds going directly
to the affected countries. The agency says additional donor support
is urgently needed for aerial and ground spraying and for environmental
monitoring.
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than 40 per cent of the world's population: that's about 2.6 billion
people - do not have access to basic sanitation, and more than a billion
still use unsafe sources of drinking water. A joint report by the
World Health Organization and UNICEF warns that a global trend towards
urbanization is marginalising the rural poor and putting huge strain
on basic services in cities. The report says families living in rural
villages and urban slums are being trapped in a cycle of ill-health
and poverty. Dr. Kerstin Leitner is the Assistant Director-General
for Sustainable Development and Health Environments at WHO. She says
all stakeholders have to work together to improve the situation:
The
UN food agency (WFP) says it has launched the second phase of dropping
relief food from the air to areas in Sudan's Darfur region. WFP says
this phase will target nearly 140-thousand displaced people. It says
the first phase which began earlier this month reached more than 70-thousand
people. The agency says delivery by air has become the only option
in some areas of Darfur. Heavy rains continue to play havoc with surface
transportation turning roads into mud and making it difficult for
trucks to negotiate the poor surfaces.