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Spring 2007 NGO Briefings
January – June 2007

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Briefing and Events Calender for February - June 2007

28 June, NGO Briefing
Autism: Raising Awareness, Changing Attitudes

7 June, NGO Briefing
Climate Change

31 May, NGO Briefing
Global Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

24 May, NGO Briefing
Supporting United Nations
Peacekeeping Operations

17 May, NGO Briefing
The Road to Doha: Financing for Development

10 May, NGO Briefing
Facing Realities: Getting Down to Business
The United Nations Global Compact

3 May, NGO Briefing
The United Nations and Freedom of the
Press: What more can be done?

26 April, NGO Briefing
Encouraging Creativity

19 April, NGO Briefing
Indigenous Peoples’ Lands, Territories, Natural Resources: Livelihoods and Emerging Issues

12 April, NGO Briefing
The 7th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests

5 April, NGO Briefing
Combating Malaria

29 March, NGO Briefing
The 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

21-22 March,
Annual DPI/NGO Orientation Programme
Schedule

15 March, NGO Briefing
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Opens for Signature (30 March)

8 March, NGO Briefing
Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women & Girls

1 March, NGO Briefing
From Climate Change to Climate Security

22 February, NGO Briefing
15 Years After the Repeal of Zionism is Racism Resolution

8 February, NGO Briefing
Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy


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‘Encouraging’ progress on peace and security in Central Africa – Ban Ki-moon
15 May – Improved political dialogue in the Central African Republic (CAR), a peace conference in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Chad and CAR are all signs of progress towards peace in the region, the Secretary-General said today. FULL STORY >>

UN humanitarian airlift in Sudan gets temporary reprieve
15 May – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that an ongoing humanitarian airlift for Sudan, which has been threatened with closure for lack of funds, has been given a temporary reprieve by new donations. FULL STORY >>

UN refugee agency begins overland return operation from Zambia to DR Congo
14 May – The United Nations refugee agency has expanded its repatriation operation to the town of Moba in south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) by launching road returns this week from Zambia. FULL STORY >>

UNICEF feeds 44,000 displaced Somali children
14 May – Against a backdrop of drought, soaring food prices and large numbers of people being driven out of their homes by armed conflict, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has provided food to 44,000 displaced children in war-ravaged Somalia. FULL STORY >>

Much bigger aid effort needed for Myanmar – Ban Ki-moon
14 May – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for a much greater mobilization of resources and aid workers in Myanmar to respond to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, which has left at least 38,000 dead and more than 27,000 others missing since it swept through the country earlier this month. FULL STORY >>

Ban Ki-moon ‘deeply disappointed’ at continuing violence in Darfur
13 May – Ongoing military activities by Darfur’s rebel groups as well as reprisal actions by the Sudanese Government and its allied militia are costing lives and limiting humanitarian operations in the strife-torn region, the United Nations Secretary-General says today. FULL STORY >>

Myanmar faces second catastrophe without more access for aid – UN
13 May – Unless more access to Myanmar is granted to allow aid to flow more quickly to victims of this month’s deadly cyclone, a second catastrophe could result, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today. FULL STORY >>

Security Council hears call for more coherent approach to security sector reform
12 May – United Nations support for security sector reform in countries attempting to rebuild after suffering through conflicts must become more coherent and streamlined if it is to be successful, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council today. FULL STORY >>

Response to cyclone in Myanmar ‘unacceptably slow’ – Ban Ki-moon
12 May – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today registered his “immense frustration” with the pace of relief efforts following the cyclone in Myanmar last week, and called on the Government to do everything it could to prevent the disaster from becoming even more serious. FULL STORY >>

Rice production to reach record high in 2008, but prices to continue climbing – UN
12 May – Rice production in Asia, Africa and Latin America will reach record highs in 2008, but prices could also continue to soar in the short term, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today. FULL STORY >>

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