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Security Council concept paper
06 09 2008 The President of the General Assembly for the month of September, Burkina Faso, has issued a concept paper for the Security Council High-level meeting on "Mediation and settlement of disputes" to be held in New York on 23 September (S/2008/590). With the overall objective of helping to promote media...
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Trade and development report 2008
06 09 2008 UNCTAD announced the publication of the Trade and Development Report 2008, subtitled Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment. It highlights the paradox that the âcapital poorâ developing world is exporting capital to the âcapital richâ developed countries. According to the ...
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Peace cartoon
05 09 2008 Every day until the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2008, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan's (UNAMA) Spokesperson's office will be sending out a Peace Cartoon. The Office has commissioned three well known Afghan cartoonists to produce seven peace cartoons each. One ca...
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MDG Gap Task Force - report 2008
05 09 2008 The report (full-text, 1.59 MB) of the MDG Gap Task Force claims "that while there has been progress on several counts, important gaps remain in delivering on the global commitments in the areas of aid, trade, debt relief, and access to new technologies and affordable essential medicines." More ab...
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Aksum Obelisk - inauguration ceremony
04 09 2008 The inauguration ceremony of Aksum Obelisk will take place 4 September 2008. The 3rd and last block of the obelisk was successfully re-installed on 31 July 2008 by UNESCO teams. Re-installation project started in 2005 when the governments of Ethiopia and Italy requested UNESCO to send an evaluation...
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Food and Energy Crisis - ECLAC regional seminar
04 09 2008 Regional Seminar Food and Energy Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean will take place on 4-5 September 2008 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago. See thepreliminary agenda and press-release....
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New UN guidelines on deep water fishing
03 09 2008 UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that the draft International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas were adopted. The international guidelines are aimed at limiting the impact of fishing on fragile deep sea fish species and habitats and provide ...
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High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, 2008
03 09 2008 3rd High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, 2-4 September 2008, Accra, Ghana - is a follow up to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness of 2005 . The Forum will review progress in improving aid effectiveness; broaden the dialogue to newer actors; chart a course for continuing internationa...
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25th session of ESCWA - report
03 09 2008 The report on the work of the 25th session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN ESCWA) that took place on 26-29 May 2008 has been issued (E/2008/41) The report transmits also the text of the resolutions adopted by the Commission to be brought to the attention of the Economic...
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Children and armed conflict report
03 09 2008 The latest Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict is now available (A/63/227). The report recognizes the changing nature and characteristics of armed conflict and the impact on children and identifies key priority areas for action and outlines a ...
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Navanethem Pillay - High Commissioner for Human Rights
03 09 2008 Ms. Navanethem Pillay officially began her four-year term as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday, 1st of September. The approval of the appointment was issued as document (A/62/913) of 24th July 2008. At the 116th meeting of the General Assembly in New York on 28 July 2008, the Secre...
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61st DPI/NGO Conference
03 09 2008 The 61st annual DPI/NGO Conference, Reaffirming Human Rights For All: The Universal Declaration at 60, will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 3-5 September 2008. In total 1,800 NGOs representing 648 organizations from 83 countries have registered for the conference.The conference ...
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61st DPI/NGO Conference
02 09 2008 The 61st annual DPI/NGO Conference, Reaffirming Human Rights For All: The Universal Declaration at 60 will take place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 3-5 September 2008. In total 1,800 NGOs representing 648 organizations from 83 countries have registered for the conference.The conference c...
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International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - report
30 08 2008 The annual report of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has been issued (A/63/210-S/2008/515). It covers the activities of the Tribunal during the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008....
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - report
30 08 2008 The annual report of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has been issued (A/63/209 - S/2008/514). It covers the activities of the Tribunal during the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008....
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UN Population Award 2008
29 08 2008 A report of the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund on UN Population Award 2008 has been issued (A/63/255).This year the award was given to Damme Billie Miller of Barbados in recognition of her achievements in the area of gender, sexual and reproductive health, and to Family Care Internat...
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International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia - report
29 08 2008 Annual report of the of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is issued (A/63/210-S/2008/515). It covers the activities of the Tribunal during the period from 1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008....
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda - report
29 08 2008 Annual report of the of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is issued (A/63/209-S/2008/514). It covers the activities of the Tribunal during the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008....
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Creative products databank
28 08 2008 The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has launched a new Global databank on world trade in creative products that provides trade statistics on creative goods and services based on official data from more than 130 countries and covering the period 1996-2006. The statistics cover about 2...
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Economic Survey of Latin America 2007-2008
28 08 2008 2007-2008 Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean was launced by the Economic and Social COmmission for Latin America and the Carribean (ECLAC). This year's report is the anniversary edition of the annual report that was first published in 1948. The report covers the region's economic per...
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United Nations and Youth
28 08 2008 Growing Together: Youth and the Work of the United Nations (full-text, pdf) presents a comprehensive synthesis of the United Nations systemâs work on youth.The publication includes contributions from 30 UN Divisions, Offices, Funds, Programmes and Agencies and shows how each part of the organization...
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Closing the gap in a generation: health equity
28 08 2008 Final report Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health (full-text, 10.31 MB or executive summary and individual parts ) by WHO's Commission on Social Determinants of Health claims that: "Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affec...
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Reforming energy subsidies - UNEP report
28 08 2008 UN Environment Programme (UNEP) issued a report Reforming energy subsidies: opportunities to contribute to the climate change agenda (full-text, 284 KB)The report focuses on the various types of energy subsidies, their size and impact and the direct relationship with climate change and sustainable...
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Addressing gender equality - AU/UN ECA conference
27 08 2008 UN Economic Commission for Africa (UN ECA) jointly with the African Union (AU) has organized a conference of Ministers Of Gender and Womenâs Affairs Addressing gender equality: a persistent challenge for Africa (25-29 August 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.) Documents of the conference....
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Protection of persons in the event of disasters
26 08 2008 A study on the Protection of persons in the event of disasters was presented at the 60th session of the International Law Commission (A/CN.4/590). The report provides an overview of the existing legal instruments and texts applicable to a variety of aspects of disaster prevention and relief assistan...
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