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Climate Change Poses a Particular Challenge to Africa
As
world leaders meet in Bali, Indonesia, to discuss climate
Change, the UN Secretary-General stresses the need to take
action to stem global warming. The head of the Economic
Commission for Africa, Abdoulie Janneh, says that Africa
stands to lose most from the impact of climate change.
"Climate change will put millions of Africans at risk
of water stress and hunger and further threaten the livelihoods
of those who reside in already degradated areas."
General Assembly Holds Session
on Children
Senior
government officials, including ministers, attend a General
Assembly session on children. The meeting, which is a follow
up to the 2002 special session on children, is addressed
by Longeni Matsi, a child delegate from Namibia. He says
children are concerned about HIV/AIDS, education and participation
in the media. "Ninety-three young people, aged
eleven to eighteen, representing fifty one countries, despite
our twenty different languages, we are united for one cause,
to create a world fit for children."
UN Appeals for $3.8 Billion for
Relief Assistance in 2008
The
United Nations and its partners appeal for $3.8 billion
to help people in humanitarian crises around the world next
year. A number of these crises have been caused by conflicts
in Africa. The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes,
says that hundreds of thousands of people have benefited
from relief assistance in Africa. He points out that humanitarian
teams have devised and applied objective and rigorous methods
to rate the priority of projects so that donors know where
they should be looking first.
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Fresh Fighting Breaks Out in
Eastern DR Congo
Fresh fighting breaks out again in the eastern part of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, forcing scores of peoples
to flee their homes. Congolese troops in North Kivu are
battling with renegade soldiers who are refusing to disarm
and be integrated into the army. The UN Mission in the country
has the mandate to protect civilians and support the army.
Eleven African Countries Join
Forces for Rural Education
Eleven African countries, meeting at the headquarters of
the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, agree to
join forces to provide education for rural communities.
Zambia and UN agencies Vaccinate Two Million Children Against
Measles
Zambia's Ministry of Health, supported by UNICEF and the
World Health Organization, vaccinates two million children
against measles. UNICEF says the challenge is to follow-up
and vaccinate more children as soon as they are born all
of the time.
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Tenth anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide: Why did the genocide happen? Why was the
UN unable to prevent the killings or stop the massacres?
What lessons have been learned? Transcript
