UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES WITH FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS

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AFGHANISTAN:  14,000 GRAIN SILOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO FARMERS

FAO Project Training Local Tinsmiths in Silo Production

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ROME, 12 May (FAO) -- Around 14,000 grain storage silos will be distributed to farmers in nine provinces of Afghanistan, thanks to a new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project funded by the Government of Germany.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES POSED FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

 

BY GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS

 

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UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS GOOD PRACTICES

IN COMBATING, ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

ILO RELEASES MAJOR NEW STUDY ON FORCED LABOUR

 

Says More than 12 Million Are Trapped in Forced Labour Worldwide

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GENEVA, 11 May (ILO) -- At least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in a new study released today.  ILO Director-General Juan Somavia called forced labour “a social evil which has no place in the modern world”.

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, DEFERS FOUR APPLICATIONS

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

 of the Palestinian People

285^th Meeting (AM)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS ‘CRITICAL ISSUES REQUIRING Concrete action’

BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Observer of Palestine Cites Human Rights Violations, Dire

Socio-Economic Situation, Need to End Israel’s Colonization of Palestinian Land

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI OF THAILAND

 

AS UNCTAD SECRETARY-GENERAL

The General Assembly this afternoon confirmed Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

NPT Review Conference

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Review conference for nuclear non-proliferation treaty adopts agenda

 

after intensive negotiations

Also Continues General Debate, Hears from 17 Non-Governmental Organizations

GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNITY JOINS WITH UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE,

FOLLOWING HEADQUARTERS INVESTOR SUMMIT

 

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NEW YORK, 10 May (UNEP) -- An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and United States state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change.