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The World Bank wants to expand its engagement with poor countries; The
ILO calls for decent work as a development tool; Jamaica calls for greater efforts to allow developing countries to benefit from integration in the world economy; Jamaica supports a monitoring mechanism for implementation of a pending treaty protecting the rights of the disabled; Haiti signs an agreement with UNDP and the OAS to help with its elections next year
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Bangladeshi women are more educated but domestic violence still prevails: government report The
UN fights human trafficking in Kosovo
UNESCO Commemorates the Abolition of the Slave Trade WHO promotes consumption of five fruits and vegetables a day for health
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Secretary-General and Security Council Condemn Attack in Israel
"He sends his deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims. The Secretary-General calls on the Palestinian Authority to do everything possible to bring the perpetrators to justice and to put an end to such heinous crimes." For their part
the UN Security Council members called on parties to halt the escalation
of violence in the Middle East and issued a presidential statement
on the attack. Council President, Ambassador Andrey Denisov of Russia:
UNHCR and Chad Sign Agreement To Protect Sudanese Refugees
"Under the terms of the agreement, the government will deploy 180 specially trained members of the gendarmerie in the nine existing camps, which now host some 160,000 of the 180,000 refugees in Chad." The agreement
also lays out the obligation of the Sudanese refugees to respect the
laws of the host country.
WFP Is Concerned About Missing Aid Workers in Darfur The World Food
Programme has expressed concern about missing relief workers in Darfur,
Sudan. Eight local Sudanese aid workers, three from the UN food agency
and five from Red Crescent, went missing on Saturday, some 30 kilometres
south of Al Fasher. WFP spokesman Simon Pleus says the agency has
been trying to locate the missing relief workers: "Yesterday's attempt to discover their whereabouts were hampered by a sandstorm in the El Fashier area which made it impossible for our helicopter to look for them." For now there
is no evidence that the aid workers have been abducted. A search and
rescue operation is currently going on to locate the aid workers.
UNESCO Head Calls for Release of French Journalists in Iraq
Japan Donates $2 Million to Help Children Leave Orphanages Japan has donated $2 million children to the UN Children's Fund to get children out of orphanages and other institutions in Central Asia. UNICEF has welcomed this donation because children in institutions are denied the right to grow up in a family environment. In the past Central Asia managed to avoid the massive influx of children in institutions, as was the case in the former republics of the Soviet Union. UNICEF spokesperson, Angela Hawke points out however that the situation is changing. "The
numbers are growing. And this is unusual because family tradition
in Central Asia has to a large extent prevented institutionalization
in the past."
UN and Iraqi Officials Discuss Najaf and Al Sadr City The Secretary-General' s Special Representative in Iraq, Ross Mountain today met with Iraq's Minister of State to discuss development issues in Najaf and Al Sadr City in Baghdad. A UN spokesman has said that Iraqi authorities have invited the United Nations to attend a conference held today in Baghdad on the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Al Sadr City. The conference was attended by Prime Minister Allawi and members of his cabinet.
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UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has condemned the terrorist attack
today in the Israeli city of Beersheba. At least 15 people were killed
and many more wounded in the attack. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric:
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UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and the Chadian government
are today signing an agreement to maintain security in the refugee
camps for Sudanese refugees in Chad. The UN refugee agency says the
agreement will ensure the civilian nature of the refugee camps and
surrounding areas. UNHCR spokesman Rubert Colville stresses that the
agreement recognizes the overall responsibility of the government
for security in the camps:
The
Director-General of UNESCO - the UN Cultural Agency - has today called
for the release of two French journalists in Iraq. Mr. Matsuura strongly
condemned the abduction of the two journalists, Christian Chesnot
and Georges Malbrunot. He said journalists carrying out their duties
are protected under the Geneva Convention and its protocol. He warned
that such attacks would not contribute to the well- being of the people
of Iraq and are contrary to the teaching of Islam.