Most Dangerous Day of Your Life IAEA's Nutrition Research Helps Save Children's Lives A portrait of Women and Children displayed at the Art4Health Exhibition at the Vienna International Centre. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA) Story Resources 40 Most Important Weeks of Your Life, 26 May 2010 In Focus: Human Health and Nutrition IAEA Department of Technical Cooperation IAEA Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies Section IAEA Division of Human Health International … [Read more...]
SWAZILAND: 'A dialogue to defeat AIDS' – UN Humanitarian Affairs
October 1, 2010 by
* CLICK ON PHOTO for Geopraphical News. LUBOMBO, 29 September 2010 (PLUSNEWS) - Communities in Swaziland are coming together as never before to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic that has so deeply affected them. Government officials and bureaucrats from the capital, Mbabane, and the staff of health NGOs, received a warm welcome from the 200 community members assembled in a tent set up at the chief's residence, but this time they had come to listen rather than prescribe to the villagers. "The … [Read more...]
CELEBRATE: Congolese Rape Victims finally have Day in Court!
October 1, 2010 by
A panel of UN human rights and Congolese officials is set to hear directly from victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The victims of sexual violence including mass rapes recently committed in the eastern part of the DR Congo will tell their stories starting on Thursday. UN Radio's Charles Appel reports. The panel will hold a series of hearings in various provinces throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo with survivors of sexual violence. They will … [Read more...]
Palau Celebrates United Nations Day – October 1
October 1, 2010 by
Palau Celebrates United Nations Day October 1 Palau celebrates United Nations Day as a national holiday. That Palau is a paradise is not in doubt. It has a unique ecology, and an economy based on tourism ( especially diving, and marine eco-tourism) and it is home to the world's largest shark sanctuary. It has also been the location for the TV series "Survivors.". . If you are regular viewer of Survivor episodes, you must remember Jennifer Lyon, the one who had finished in fourth place … [Read more...]
Botswana Lights the Candles for a Birthday Celebration – September 30
September 30, 2010 by
Botswana Lights the Candles for a Birthday Celebration Botswana Day! September 30 Botswana Day is a Public Holiday in Botswana Botswana Day, September 30, commemorates Botswana’s independence from the British on 30 September 1966. The Republic of Botswana is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Citizens of Botswana are called “Batswana”, regardless of ethnicity. Formerly a British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within … [Read more...]
Kimberley Perry, Director – Girl Up!
September 29, 2010 by
Donate | View in browser It has been a whirlwind last week for Girl Up, and the fun continues through the end of this week! In recent days, the campaign has gotten tons of buzz thanks to our partners, Champions, and supporters like you as together we made the issues of adolescent girls a favorite discussion topic during UN Week in New York City, at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), and on major TV news programs. Here are some of our favorite moments so far: Our Global Advocate … [Read more...]
TURKEY – Peace Day celebration in Ankara!
September 29, 2010 by
Peace Day celebration in Ankara September 2010 Mr. Shahid Najam (right) at the World Peace Bell ceremony On 21 September, to mark the International Day of Peace, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Ankara and Turkish Japanese Foundation jointly organized World Peace Bell ringing ceremony in Ankara. At the ceremony, UN Resident Coordinator/UNIC Director Shahid Najam, Ambassador of Japan Nabuaki Tanaka and Turkish-Japanese Foundation Director General Leyla Özdemir addressed the … [Read more...]
Beirut – UN Staff and Lebanese Youth Stand Up for MDGs
September 29, 2010 by
UN Staff and Lebanese Youth Stand Up for MDGs in Beirut A group photo of the youth at the Stand-Up event Around 200 young people, including UN staff, university and Model UN school students and members of Lebanese civil society organizations stood up at the UN House in Beirut and pledged to work for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Lebanon. Marking the onset of a campaign to stand up, take action and make noise for the MDGs in Lebanon, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) in … [Read more...]
Pakistan – Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency
September 28, 2010 by
Responding to the Humanitarian Emergency in Pakistan UNIFEM (part of UN Women) works to ensure that gender concerns are fully integrated into relief and recovery operations in Pakistan, following the floods that have affected the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. Within the framework of international humanitarian response in Pakistan, UNIFEM leads the Gender Task Force with UNFPA to coordinate the integration of gender issues across the work of all humanitarian clusters. UNIFEM … [Read more...]
UNFPA Welcomes World Leaders’ Action Plan for Progress on Maternal Health, Poverty
September 28, 2010 by
UNITED NATIONS — Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has welcomed the action plan adopted by world leaders to redouble their efforts to reduce maternal death and poverty and improve the health and rights of women. The plan, entitled, “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, was adopted on Wednesday night at the 20-22 September Millennium Review Summit, attended by some 89 Heads of State and Government. “Now all … [Read more...]
As 10th Anniversary of Security Council Resolution on ‘Women, Peace and Security’
September 28, 2010 by
September 2010 Secretary-General SG/SM/13147 WOM/1826 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York Secretary-General Calls for End to Brutal Violations Against Women, Girls Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the ministerial meeting on Security Council resolution 1325: A Call to Action, at Headquarters today: Welcome to this conference and thank you all for being here today. I thank the Permanent Mission of Canada … [Read more...]
Female education vital for all MDGs – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Nawal El Moutawakel
September 23, 2010 by
"Female education vital for all MDGs," says UN Goodwill Ambassador. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Nawal El Moutawakel 22 September 2010 – Growing up in Morocco in the 1960s and early 1970s United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador Nawal El Moutawakel had personal experience of the ills that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) seek to eliminate. “I personally lived these difficulties… access to education, women’s empowerment, environmental protection, improvement in … [Read more...]
SUMMIT on the MDG's – 20-22 September, 2010
September 20, 2010 by
Summit on the Millennium Development Goals 20-22 September 2010 With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDGs . Many Women and Girls left out of development gains, UN Agency reports.....!!!! UNIFEM's Executive Director Ines Alberdi 20 September 2010 – In spite of strides … [Read more...]
SUMMIT on the MDG’s – 20-22 September, 2010
September 20, 2010 by
Summit on the Millennium Development Goals 20-22 September 2010 With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to attend a summit in New York on 20-22 September 2010 to accelerate progress towards the MDGs . Many Women and Girls left out of development gains, UN Agency reports.....!!!! UNIFEM's Executive Director Ines Alberdi 20 September 2010 – In spite of strides … [Read more...]
