http://cat.oneworld.net/article/archive/1486 ca_ES http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160527/1/1486 UN Secretary General has described the adoption of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as 'a new dawn'. Though the Convention does not enlist new rights for the estimated 650 million disabled persons worldwide, it certainly paves the way for abolition of discriminatory laws and better implementation of existing rights. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83715 More than 27,000 people in the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma -- one of the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis -- have received food aid and other crucial supplies, a UN food agency announced yesterday. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83708 The UN should establish an agency to regulate international transport emissions, notably from highly polluting activities like aviation and shipping, said a climate change watchdog. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83695 Britannian pääministerin isännöi yrityksiä köyhyyden vähentämistyöhön innostavaa YK-kokousta. Yritysten hyväntahtoisuus herättää kansalaisjärjestökentässä epäuskoa. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160440/1/1486 UN Security Council needs to discuss the current global food crisis and take corrective measures before the situation goes out of hand. Experts feel that the UN body must recognise that war and civil strife cannot be prevented without addressing social and economic conditions. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160423/1/1486 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83676 YK:n pyrinnöt ruokakriisin ratkaisemiseksi eivät saa kaikilta kiitosta. Senegalin presidentti Abdoulaye Wade haukkui FAO:n turhaksi ja tehottomaksi järjestöksi. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160391/1/1486 Soaring prices of food items are making it difficult for poor countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Any long-term planning has to focus on MDGs and cross-sectoral linkages with adequate budgets if governments wish to tide over the present crisis, says Salil Shetty, Director of the UN Millennium Campaign. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160360/1/1486 Attacks on freedom of press are akin to attacks on international law, humanity and freedom itself, said UN head Ban Ki-moon on World Press Freedom Day, celebrated on May 3, drawing attention to the increasing targeting of journalists around the world and the failure to prosecute such crimes. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160310/1/1486 As May 1st commemorates the late 19th century workers’ protests for rights, it becomes vital to take a look at occupational safety and health of workers today, vital to the dignity of work. More than 2 million people die every year from work-related accidents, deaths or diseases globally, says the latest ILO report. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83619 "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. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83594 Suomessa vieraileva intialainen tutkija-aktivisti Devaki Jain on kova hymyilemään, puhumaan ja tekemään töitä. Lisäksi hän arvostelee vallitsevaa kehitysajattelua, surutta. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83577 YK:n huippukokouksen päätökset pettivät ennakko-odotukset, Kehitysyhteistyön palvelukeskus arvioi. Teollisuusmaat eivät halunneet antaa UNCTADille uusia valtuuksia rakenteellisten ratkaisujen etsimiseksi ruokakriisiin. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83564 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. On the From Our Own Correspondent page, click Listen: World Service edition. Also, watch Panorama this evening. + UN peacekeepers 'traded gold and guns with Congolese rebels' http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83546 A World Food Programme driver has been shot dead while delivering vital food relief to Darfur, the second such killing in two months.