Buscador: ONU

30/04/2008 "Kuvottavaa" ja "tekopyhää", sanoo vaikutusvaltainen kansalaisjärjestöjohtaja Martin Khor puhuessaan Euroopan unionin ja Yhdysvaltojen halusta rajoittaa YK:n kauppa- ja kehityskonferenssin UNCTADin toimintaa. Khorin mukaan EU:lla ja Yhdysvalloilla ei ole oikeutta toimia demokraattisina esikuvina.

29/04/2008 Suomessa vieraileva intialainen tutkija-aktivisti Devaki Jain on kova hymyilemään, puhumaan ja tekemään töitä. Lisäksi hän arvostelee vallitsevaa kehitysajattelua, surutta.

28/04/2008 YK:n huippukokouksen päätökset pettivät ennakko-odotukset, Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus arvioi. Teollisuusmaat eivät halunneet antaa UNCTADille uusia valtuuksia rakenteellisten ratkaisujen etsimiseksi ruokakriisiin.

28/04/2008 Allegations of corruption and trafficking in gold and guns by the UN are met by an airy dismissal from within the world organisation. But the claims may not be dismissed so easily.
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+ UN peacekeepers 'traded gold and guns with Congolese rebels'

24/04/2008 A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.

23/04/2008 Ruoan hintapiikkejä voitaisiin tasata esimerkiksi rajaamalla suuryritysten valtaa ja ohjailemalla tuotantomääriä, kansalaisjärjestöt arvioivat YK:n huippukokouksessa Accrassa.

21/04/2008 Millions of hungry people the world over will be at risk, if the UN food agency is not able to collect upwards of $750 million to buy food from international market. The rising food prices have caused this shortfall.

21/04/2008 EU ja Yhdysvallat eivät halua keskustella uusista toimista elintarvikkeiden hintojen vakauttamiseksi, vaikka UNCTADin huippukokous olisi siihen hyvä areena, Kepa kritisoi.

18/04/2008 BBC World is showing seven-part investigative series: Women on the Frontline, focusing on gender violence. The films have been made with the support of several UN agencies. One in three women worldwide suffer from brutalities often at the hands of their own family members and threaten them more than cancer, malaria or war.

15/04/2008 A new International Labour Organization report says the workplace is helping tackle HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination through greater tolerance and improved attitude towards affected co-workers. The report, which covers 650 workplaces in 24 countries, also notes an increased acceptance of condom use.

11/04/2008 Business leaders, scientists and policymakers from around the world have joined forces to try to influence politicians negotiating a post-Kyoto deal at next year's UN Climate Conference in the Danish capital.
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10/04/2008 World food prices have risen by 45% in last few months. FAO, UNIDO and IFAD have underlined the need for corrective measures to reverse this trend. At a press conference in the Indian capital they highlighted the role of agro-industries in overcoming this crisis.

10/04/2008 UNHCR and Google have unveiled the "Google Earth Outreach" programme to help understand the refugee world and ongoing humanitarian efforts. All you have to do is to sit in front of your computer and it will take you on a virtual reality tour in Chad, Iraq, Columbia and Sudan.

08/04/2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.

08/04/2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.

07/04/2008 Campaign is in full swing for the historic April 10 Constituent Assembly polls in Nepal. In its final assessment report, the UN has urged political groups to refrain from violent and intimidating tactics. The report also says that there have been attempts to buy votes using state resources.

07/04/2008 Biopolttoaineet ja maailmanlaajuinen ruoan hinnan nousu hajottavat YK:n rivejä. Pääsihteeri Ban Ki-moon haluaa selvityksen biopolttoaineiden käyttöperiaatteista mutta ei ole valmis luopumaan biopolttoaineiden kehittelystä kokonaan. Osa YK-virkamiehistä taas kyräilee pääsihteerin selän takana. Heidän mielestään Ban on "vieraantunut todellisuudesta".

04/04/2008 UN Secretary-General has assured Afghanistan that his agency will not move out of the country as long as development needs of the strive-torn nation are not met. He warned that the cost of disengagement would be far greater than the cost of engagement and underlined the need for continued effort by international community.

04/04/2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.

03/04/2008 YK:n yleiskokouksen puheenjohtajan Srgjan Kerimin mukaan maailma voi vielä saavuttaa vuosituhattavoitteet vuoteen 2015 mennessä. Tämä edellyttää kuitenkin, että jäsenvaltiot sitoutuvat tavoitteisiin – käytännössä, eivät vain puheissa. Lue myös Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskuksen artikkeli aiheesta.