OHRLLS Newsflash

News Flash 2005

The articles are excerpts from UN Department of Public Information Bulletin, UN Wire(independent news briefing about the UN), international news agencies and information received from various international regional and subregional organizations.


12 July 2005	World Bank Approves US$80 Million for Poverty Reduction in Madagascar
08 July 2005	Rising Population Threatens Global Security (IPS news)
06 July 2005	The Hidden Scourge \| Wrestling With Corruption: Africa Tackles Graft, With Billions in Aid in Play (NY Times)
14 June 2005	IPS Honours G77 Chair With Special Award for 2004
14 June 2005	Africans Press Bush to Speed Aid Program (NY Times)
13 June 2005	G-8 debt relief initiative "a major step" against African poverty – UN envoy
02 June 2005	Poorest countries need coordinated aid to meet Millennium Goals – UN envoy
31 May 2005	UN advocate for the poor calls on less poor countries for help
31 May 2005	Development-Africa: That elusive target of 0.7 percent (TerraViva Europe)
19 May 2005	World Bank Provides Grant Support to Afghanistan
12 May 2005	Cambodia's Garment Makers Hold Off a Vast Chinese Challenge (NY Times)
03 May 2005	Malawi: World Bank Supports Education Sector Development in Malawi
03 May 2005	Burkina Faso Receives US$60 million for Poverty Reduction Support (WB)
03 May 2005	Burkina Faso Receives US$5 million for HIV/AIDS Disaster Response Activities (WB)
03 May 2005	Fifteen poor states seek US garment preferences (Financial Times)
Winter 2003-2004	MTN VillagePhone launched in Uganda (Grameen Foundation Newsletter)
28 April 2005	World Bank Supports the Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector in Bangladesh
26 April 2005	Sugar Can Mean Life to Poor Countries (IPS News)
14 April 2005	Developing countries’ goods trade share surges to 50-year peak (WTO Press Release)
11 April 2005	Official Development Assistance increases further - but 2006 targets still a challenge
06 April 2005	United Nations Official Calls For Adequate Healthcare To Least Developed Countries by 2015
06 April 2005	Africa must make efficient transport systems a priority, senior UN official says
06 April 2005	Government and Donors Discuss Development Priorities and Key Challenges at Afghanistan Development Forum
01 April 2005	World Bank Approves Financing For $1.2 Billion Laos Dam Project
31 March 2005	Meeting on landlocked countries adds to development initiatives, UN official says
29 March 2005	Senior UN official calls for improved trading transport for landlocked countries
25 March 2005	Poverty Leads 10 Million Children To An Early Grave (World Bank Press Review)
24 March 2005	The WTO and the Netherlands launch new trainee programme for LDCs
22 March 2005	Burkina Faso Receives Technical Assistance to Implement Public Sector Reform
18 March 2005	China plays critical role in South-South economic cooperation, UN says
17 March 2005	Maldives: World Bank Supports Tsunami Recovery Efforts
09 March 2005	Steps to a Tsunami Warning System (The NY Times)
01 March 2005	World Bank Supports Rural Development in Bhutan
23 February 2005	World Bank Program To Receive $34 Billion To Help Poor Countries
17 February 2005	DEVELOPMENT: Belgium Urges Rich To Meet Aid Pledges (IPS News)
14 February 2005	News on Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone
13 February 2005	Global warming: Mountains face tsunami risk
09 February 2005	TRADE POLICY REVIEW: SIERRA LEONE - Reconstruction efforts to be based on sound policy making
04 February 2005	UN official calls for cancellation of debts owed by poorest countries
01 February 2005	Road toll won't affect tourism in Dubai: UN official (Khaleej Times, UAE)
01 February 2005	Deciding How Much Global Warming Is Too Much (The NY Times)
31 January 2005	His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed inaugurates ENVIRONMENT 2005 (AME Info)
06 January 2005	TSUNAMI IMPACT : PLAN TO HELP WORLD'S POOR COULD BE WASHED OUT