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Syria DroughtBy eTN Staff WriterThe United Nations last week launched an appeal for $20 million to help up to 1 millions Syrians, predominantly herders and subsistence farmers, hit by the country’s worst drought in four decades.
read more Caribbean HurricaneBy eTN Staff WriterWith four hurricanes hitting the Caribbean in a less than a month, the United Nations yesterday expressed "deep concern" over the struggle to bring aide to the crisis-stricken region.
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Philippine AtrocityBy Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN In an incident that some are calling “work-related,” a 32-year-old Filipino journalist named Martin Roxas was gunned down on August 7 on his way home and just moments after he had finished his sho
read more ConflictsBy Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN Citing that it was responding to an urgent request from the Georgian government, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) last weekend had sent a truckload of food to the town of Gori.
read more UN Program on HIV/AIDSBy Nelson AlcantaraMexico City is to hold a major HIV/AIDS conference beginning next week.
read more CongoBy Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN AfricaeTN has in past months repeatedly mentioned the seemingly dubious role the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (
read more Food CrisisBy Nelson AlcantaraThe United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, has said the ongoing Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Hokkaido, Japan, is a chance to end the global food crisis.
read more ZimbabweBy Wolfgang H. Thome l eTN AfricaAs Zimbabwe was led down the road of ever increasing violence by its brutal rulers over the past few weeks, the patience of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party and of Morgan Tsvangirai and
read more MyanmarFollowing our first update on the 15th May on the Balloons over Bagan / Malikha Lodge cyclone relief fund, I would like to take this opportunity to update you.
read more Climate ChangeBy Nelson Alcantara l eTNA senior United Nations environmental official has said that the transport sector is expected to contribute so much to greenhouse gas emissions in the future that it must play a key role in shaping the global climate change deal which countries have agreed to try to clinch next year.
read more Food CrisisBy Nelson Alcantara l eTNThe looming food crisis has been predicted to become the tipping point of a shift in certain economics. Some experts project those countries with abundant supply of certain food items will move upwards in the economic ladder.
read more Clyclone NargisBy Simon Montlake | The Christian Science MonitorBANGKOK, Thailand - A drumbeat of diplomatic pressure on the military rulers of Burma (Myanmar) has cracked open the door for more international aid to reach cyclone survivors after weeks of scattershot deliveries.
read more MyanmarBy eTN Staff writerUnless more access to the country is granted to allow aid more quickly, a second catastrophe could result, Elizabeth Byrs of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in Geneva yesterday.
read more Human Rights AbuseBy eTN Staff WriterThe United Nations has claimed in a report by secretary-general Ban Ki-moon that both rebel and government forces have killed and maimed children during ongoing conflicts in the Philippines.
read more Climate ChangeBy eTN Staff writer(eTN) - The climate change talks held last week in Bangkok were successful in devising a schedule for negotiations leading to a long-term international agreement on the issue, but actually devising an accord that all countries will sign remains a major challenge, a top United Nations official told reporters today.
read more Sri LankaBy eTN Staff writerThe United Nations on Tuesday urged all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka to do everything they can to protect civilians, after a suicide attack this weekend in the capital, Colombo, claimed the lives of 15 people.
read more Climate ChangeBy Nelson AlcantaraThe rest of the world could not insulate itself from the impacts of climate change, as food and water supplies will be strained, provoking natural disasters and undermines political stability in poorer countries, a new report prepared for the European Union heads of government has revealed.
read more Myanmar DemocracyBy eTN Staff writer(eTN) Continuing his latest mission to promote democratization and national reconciliation in Myanmar, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser last week met with senior government ministers in Yangon.
read more Cyclone IvanBy eTN Staff writerThe United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun distributing blankets, sanitation kits and other emergency supplies to families in affected areas of northern Madagascar after Cyclone Ivan battered Madagascar last week, leaving at least 22 people dead and thousands either homeless or needing aid.
read more Human Rights(eTN) - The Arab Charter on Human Rights contains provisions that do not meet international norms and standards, including the application of the death penalty for children, the treatment of women and non-citizens and the equating of Zionism with racism, the United Nations human rights chief said yesterday.
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