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Women, Children, Population
17 May 2011
Seventy per cent of the population in Gaza, more than a million people, are now dependent on food aid, because of the economic impact of the blockade.
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17 May 2011
There are increasing reports of sexual and gender-based violence in camps for people displaced by last year’s earthquake in Haiti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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17 May 2011
Indigenous people are calling on governments and private corporations to respect their rights and not bypass them when decisions are made about development projects on the lands they occupy.
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17 May 2011
Governments have been urged by Bill Gates, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to increase their investments in vaccines to save lives.
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16 May 2011
The ancient traditions of indigenous peoples around the world can help overcome modern problems of ‘green’ living, the Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon has said.
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16 May 2011
Libyan leader Muammar Qhadafi and two of his close aides have been indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what has been described as “widespread and systematic attacks on civilians.”
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16 May 2011
The international community needs to take urgent action to stop Israel from confiscating and occupying Palestinian lands.
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16 May 2011
Groups associated with the Al Qaeda terrorist network remain active around the world and pose a threat to international peace and security despite the death of their leader Osama bin Laden.
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