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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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UN Envoy Says Sudan Has Not Stopped Militia Attacks Against Civilians
"Disarming part of the Popular Defense Force is a laudable step, but it is not the same as disarming all militias, including Janjaweed, all militias which are under the influence of the government." Mr. Pronk also
pointed out that the Sudanese government has not taken concrete steps
to bring to justice the perpetrators of the attacks, thus allowing
violations of human rights in a climate of impunity.
Security Council Condemns Terrorist Attack in a School in Russia The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the terrorist attack at a school in Beslan in North Ossetia. In a statement by its president at a meeting late on Wednesday, athe Council demanded the unconditional release of more than 300 hostages, including children. The Security Council urged all governments to bring to justice all those involved in this attack and other recent terrorist incidents in Russia. The representative of Russia to the United Nations, Ambassador Andrey Denisov, welcomed the Security Council's response to the terrorist attack. "It is
a very strong signal to the whole world, because yes, it is connected
to terrorist attacks in my country, but at the same time it is addressed
to the entire world." The Security Council reaffirmed that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is one of the most serious threats to international peace and security.
UN Mission in D R Congo Disarms Ex-Combatants in Troublesome Eastern Region "It is a voluntary disarmament process, wherein the combatants will have the opportunity to either reintegrate the civilian life or to choose to be integrated in the national army, in the Congolese national army." Ms. Eklou says about 6,000 children are among the former fighters that will be disarmed and reintegrated into society.
UN Mission in Liberia Plans to Conclude Disarmament of Ex -Fighters The Head of the
UN mission in Liberia, Jacques Klein, has announced a plan to conclude
the disarmament of Liberian ex-combatants at the end of October. It
gives the remaining fighters two more months to give up their arms.
He says the leaders of Liberia's three warring factions will then
come together at the beginning of November to formally announce the
end of the disarmament exercise. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric:
One Million Afghan Refugees Return from Iran
UN Tribunal Appoints Lawyer for Milosevic The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has decided to appoint a lawyer for Slobodan Milosevic. The judges made their decision after Milosevic declined to appoint a lawyer to represent him.
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United Nations Special Representative in Sudan, Jan Pronk, has said
that the Sudanese government has not stopped attacks by militias against
civilians in the troubled Darfur region. Briefing the Security Council
on Thursday, he said the government has made efforts in other fields,
such as the improvement of security in areas where internally displaced
people congregated. However, Jan Pronk told the Council that the government
has not disarmed the militias. 
The
UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is preparing to
launch a programme to disarm about 15,000 former fighters in the eastern
part of the country. The UN mission in the country, known as MONUC,
says the programme will start in the middle of September in five sites.
MONUC spokesperson in Bunia, Rachel Eklou, says the ex-combatant will
not be disarmed by force. 
The
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, says that one million Afghan
refugees have returned home from Iran since it started its voluntary
repatriation programme in April 2002. The agency says this has reduced
by half the overall number of the Afghan population in Iran. UNHCR
says the number of Afghans returning home from Iran increased this
summer and if this trend continues, another 200,000 will have been
repatriated by March next year when the programme comes to an end.