UN & World News Bulletin Board in BLIA

AS PLEDGES FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS TOP $1.1 BILLION, ANNAN SAYS LOGISTICS IS BIGGEST CHALLENGE

MULTIFACETED UN RESPONSE TO TSUNAMI FOCUSES ON BOTH LARGE AND SMALL

DAUNTING LOGISTICAL PROBLEMS CONFRONT UN EFFORTS TO REACH ASIAN TSUNAMI VICTIMS

ANNAN CONVENES EMERGENCY MEETING TO OVERSEE UN TSUNAMI RELIEF OPERATIONS

IN UN RELIEF EFFORT AFTER ASIAN TSUNAMI, SOME DETAILS FALL BELOW PUBLIC RADAR

UN LAUNCHES INITIAL TSUNAMI APPEAL, SEEKS EARLY WARNING SYSTEM WITHIN YEAR

UN'S INITIAL TSUNAMI RELIEF TAKES VARIOUS FORMS IN WORST-HIT COUNTRIES

UN MOBILIZES TO AID ASIAN TSUNAMI SURVIVORS AND MITIGATE ANY REPEAT CATASTROPHE

UNESCO LAUNCHES 12-COUNTRY AIDS EDUCATION PROJECT FUNDED BY OPEC

UN, IRAN MARK FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF EARTHQUAKE THAT DEVASTATED BAM CULTURAL AREA

UN STEPS UP AID TO VICTIMS OF ASIA'S DEVASTATING QUAKE AND TSUNAMI

UN EXPERTS RUSH TO INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES DEVASTATED BY QUAKE AND TIDAL WAVES

COOPERATION AMONG POOR STATES IS VITAL FOR REACHING DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ANNAN SAYS

UN SUMMIT MEETING IN 2005 TO REVIEW PROGRESS TOWARDS GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

UN CLIMATE CONFERENCE HEARS CALL TO ACTION TO AVOID PLAGUES OF GLOBAL WARMING

LATEST NATURAL DISASTER ALERTS WORLDWIDE - NOW AT THE CLICK OF A UN MOUSE

UNICEF LAUNCHES FIRST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN AGAINST FOUR CHILDHOOD DISEASES

INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING NATIONS' AGRICULTURE VITAL TO SLASH HUNGER, POVERTY

CHINA PLEDGES MORE AID TO UN WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME IN BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION MAY EMPOWER WOMEN BY PROVIDING NEW ROLES

ARAB RELIGIOUS LEADERS AT UN MEETING PLEDGE TO FIGHT AIDS

UN CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, STRESSING 'VITAL TOOL' OF EDUCATION

OVERSPENDING ON MILITARY SHORT-CHANGES CHILDREN, UNICEF SAYS

UN OFFICIAL WARNS OF 'ENORMOUS TASK' TO PREVENT NATURAL DISASTERS

MINIMAL INVESTMENTS CAN BOOST EFFORTS TO REDUCE CHRONIC HUNGER WORLDWIDE

ANNAN CALLS FOR END TO NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES OF BELIEVERS IN ISLAM

MAJOR FUNDING NEEDED TO AVERT AIDS EPIDEMIC IN CHINA

BETTER JOBS, FAIRER GLOBALIZATION NEEDED TO HALVE WORLD'S POOR BY 2015

UN FOOD AGENCY AND INDIA SIGN ACCORD ON AIDS PREVENTION, TREATMENT

AMIDST GREAT CHANGES FAMILIES REMAIN RESILIENT BUT NEED HELP

VOLUNTEERISM CAN HELP COUNTRIES MEET SOCIOECONOMIC GOALS

UN MARKS DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS WITH CALL FOR THEIR FULL INCLUSION IN SOCIETY

UN SYSTEM MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY BY SPOTLIGHTING EPIDEMIC'S IMPACT ON WOMEN

UN HEALTH AGENCY REINSTATES TWO DE-LISTED AIDS ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS

SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES HOPE FOR ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER FOR ALL

PARTIES TO UN-BACKED TREATY TAKE FURTHER STEPS TO PROTECT WORLD'S VITAL OZONE LAYER

UN AGENCY TO CARRY OUT MAJOR REVIEW TO HELP SLASH HUNGER IN HALF BY 2015

UN OFFICIALS STRESS NEED TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

LATIN AMERICA CAN FEED THREE TIMES ITS POPULATION, YET MILLIONS GO HUNGRY

UN FOOD AGENCY ADOPTS GUIDELINES TO SLASH WORLD HUNGER IN HALF BY 2015

UN COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR END TO RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

NUMBER OF HIV-INFECTED WOMEN RISING WORLDWIDE - UN REPORT

FIRST UNIVERSAL STANDARD FOR GENETIC TEST APPROVED BY UN HEALTH AGENCY

UN AGENCIES PLEDGE TO FIGHT RURAL POVERTY BY BOOSTING EDUCATION

UN-BACKED ANTI-MALARIA CAMPAIGNS SOUND NOTE OF OPTIMISM IN WAR ON DISEASE

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, UN WARNS

ANNAN MARKS INTERNATIONAL TOLERANCE DAY WITH CALL FOR ACTION AGAINST FANATICISM

SHARP INCREASE IN SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS NEEDED TO SLASH MATERNAL DEATHS

THE UN EXPERTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH ARE URGING GOVERNMENTS TO FIGHT CHILDHOOD OBESITY TO HELP PREVENT DIABETES

UN ANALYSIS URGES INTEGRATING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND HIV PREVENTION CAMPAIGNS

LACK OF ENERGY SERVICES FOR POOR COULD DOOM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, UN EXPERTS WARN

RESEARCH INTO HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEMS COULD CUT GLOBAL DEATHS IN HALF

UNICEF CALLS ON NATIONS TO OVERCOME HURDLES TO GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION

WORLD STILL HAS LONG WAY TO GO TO ACHIEVE EDUCATION FOR ALL - UN-BACKED REPORT

MUSIC CAN MAKE THE WORLD A MORE HARMONIOUS PLACE, ANNAN SAYS

WORLD MUST ACT NOW TO FORESTALL STAGGERING THREAT FROM GLOBAL WARMING

UN AGENCY SAYS ATTACKING AIDS WILL IMPROVE HEALTH SERVICES IN POOR COUNTRIES

WORLD POPULATION IN 2300 COULD STABILIZE AT 9 BILLION, UN ESTIMATES

2005 SUMMIT ON MILLENNIUM DECLARATION TO BE 'DECISIVE' TO UN'S FUTURE

UN RIGHTS EXPERT WARNS AGAINST MEASURES TO RESTRICT FREEDOM OF RELIGION

UN EXPERT DECRIES GLOBAL SHAME OF RISING NUMBERS OF HUNGRY PEOPLE

RURAL POOR DEVISE BEST PROGRAMMES TO HELP THEMSELVES

PUBLIC INFORMATION CRITICAL ELEMENT OF UN'S SUCCESS

ANNAN CALLS ON DEVELOPED STATES TO HELP POOR COUNTRIES CLIMB OUT OF POVERTY

BIODIVERSITY LOSSES THREATEN WORLD'S 900 MILLION RURAL POOR

STRENGTHENING FAMILIES VITAL TO THE STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY

POPULATION GROWTH IS SLOWING BUT DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES REMAIN, SAYS FRÉCHETTE

WOMEN CALL FOR STUDIES OF HEALTH IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

UN REPORT FINDS 1 IN 3 CHILDREN IN EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA SUFFER POVERTY

UN WORKS TO ELIMINATE FOODBORNE DISEASES AFFECTING A THIRD OF GLOBAL POPULATION

UNICEF CALLS FOR 'COALITION OF POWERFUL' TO PROVIDE WORLDWIDE VACCINE ACCESS

98 STATES BEHIND SCHEDULE IN REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY, UNICEF STUDY REVEALS

UN SHOULD FORGE STRONGER TIES WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS MUST TARGET CITIES AND COUNTRYSIDE TO SUCCEED - UN OFFICIALS

POOR COUNTRIES NEED HELP IN MANAGING AGEING POPULATIONS

UN AIMS TO CUT TOLL OF WORLD'S 500,000 WOMEN WHO DIE IN CHILDBIRTH EACH YEAR

UN HEALTH AGENCY IN THAILAND INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE SPREAD OF BIRD FLU BY HUMANS

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HAVE ENJOYED ONLY SMALL GAINS IN PAST DECADE

HEART DISEASES AND STROKES ARE BECOMING MORE DEADLY, UN HEALTH STUDY SHOWS

NEW GUIDELINES ISSUED BY UN HEALTH AGENCY AIM TO KEEP DRINKING WATER CLEAN

RINGING PEACE BELL, ANNAN CALLS ON WORLD TO BRIDGE ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS DIVIDE

ANNAN CALLS FOR FAIRER SAY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN GLOBALIZATION

WORLD IS LAGGING IN FIGHT TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND HUNGER, ANNAN WARNS

GOVERNMENTS URGED BY UN TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HIV/AIDS IN EUROPE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR MEDIA SUPPORT IN ADDRESSING WORLD'S ILLS

MALNUTRITION JEOPARDIZES ASIA'S TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

POPULATION RISES THREATEN DEVELOPMENT IN POOR NATIONS, UN OFFICIAL WARNS

ANNAN URGES RESPECT, AND NOT NARROW 'TOLERANCE,' FOR DIFFERENT FAITHS AND CULTURES

UN CALLS ON MYANMAR'S GOVERNMENT TO DO MORE TO RAISE ITS PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS 2004 SESSION WITH MORE 'POSITIVE OUTLOOK' - PRESIDENT

WORLD'S CITIES MUST EMBRACE INCLUSIVENESS OR FACE POVERTY AND CONFLICT

NEPAL: UN FOOD PROGRAMME WARNS ITS ACTIVITIES THREATENED BY CONFLICT

'WORLD CULTURE OPEN' HOLDS INAUGURAL CONFERENCE AT UNITED NATIONS

ASIA-PACIFIC REGION URGES MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY

CIVIC GROUPS KEY TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY SPOTLIGHTS NEED TO EDUCATE WOMEN AND GIRLS

BUDDHA’S LIGHT INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION TO BE REPRESENTED AT UN CONFERENCE ON IMPLEMENTING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS SET BY WORLD LEADERS

FOREST EXPERTS CONVERGE FOR UN MEETING TO DISCUSS HOW TO STOP DESTRUCTION

UN HEALTH AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW PLAN TO HELP ELDERLY PEOPLE

ANNAN SEES MAJOR CHALLENGES TO REACHING GOALS SET AT 2000 'MILLENNIUM' SUMMIT

UN WORKSHOP AIMS TO FOSTER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH GRASSROOTS COMMUNICATIONS

UN PRAISES CHINA'S EFFORTS TO CUT VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE

UN FORUM AIMS TO BOOST EATING FRUIT, VEGETABLES IN BID TO AVERT MILLIONS OF DEATHS

AIDS: UN, BRAZIL TO BOOST DEVELOPING NATIONS' TECHNICAL ABILITY TO FIGHT DISEASE

ECONOMIC INSECURITY FOSTERS WORLD 'FULL OF ANXIETY AND ANGER'

EXPERTS CALL FOR MORE WOMEN AND YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN AIDS VACCINE TRIALS

UN CALLS ON SOUTHEAST ASIA TO REDOUBLE EFFORTS TO HALT CHILD LANDMINE DEATHS

CHINA: UNICEF HEAD GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT HEALTH AND EDUCATION DEFICIT IN TIBET

UN BACKS COOPERATION ON NEW SILK ROAD FROM EASTERN CHINA TO WESTERN EUROPE

UN WARNS OF 'SILENT EMERGENCY' OVER DEADLY LACK OF BASIC SANITATION

AIDS THREATENS AFRICAN FOOD SUPPLY BY CUTTING TRANSFER OF FARMING KNOW-HOW

UN AGENCY STRIKES ENVIRONMENT AGREEMENT WITH CENTRAL ASIAN ECONOMIC GROUP

ASIA-PACIFIC NOT LIVING UP TO ITS POTENTIAL IN BATTLES AGAINST HUNGER, DISEASE

UNICEF BACKS EMOTIONAL RECOVERY PLAN FOR CHILD SURVIVORS OF PARAGUAYAN FIRE

UN REPORTS ON OPIUM, WOMEN AND POST-CONFLICT ENVIRONMENTS WIN US AWARDS

UN AGENCY UNVEILS NEW AID MODEL THAT LETS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TAKE PROJECT LEAD

WORLD'S YOUTH NEED EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE

GLOBAL YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT SKYROCKETS TO ALL-TIME HIGH, ACTION NEEDED

UN WARNS OVERFISHING IN ASIA-PACIFIC THREATENS VITAL FOOD AND ECONOMIC RESOURCE

UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR LANG LANG PRAISES TANZANIA'S FIGHT TO STOP MALARIA

MOM'S EDICT - 'EAT YOUR VEGGIES' - SUBJECT OF UN SYMPOSIUM

COLOUR-CODED UN HUNGER MAP USES INTERNET TO SPOTLIGHT GLOBAL CRISIS POINTS

BANGLADESH WILL NEED AT LEAST A YEAR TO RECOVER FROM DEVASTATING FLOODS

UN EXPERT HAILS THAILAND'S PLEDGE TO HELP INJECTING DRUG USERS AVOID AIDS

TO SLASH HUNGER, UN LAUNCHES EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR LATIN AMERICAN RURAL POOR

NEW CONTROL STRATEGY CUTS TB RATES IN CHINA BY A THIRD - WHO

BREASTFEEDING CAN SAVE OVER 1 MILLION LIVES YEARLY, UNICEF REPORTS

UN AGENCY SETS UP REGIONAL ASIAN NETWORKS TO BETTER FIGHT DEADLY BIRD FLU

ANNAN URGES ASIAN BROADCASTERS TO BUILD OPEN INFORMATION SOCIETIES

HUMAN RIGHTS MUST BE AT CORE OF UN PROGRAMMES TO SUCCEED, OFFICIAL ARGUES

UN EXPERT PANEL ON WATER AND SANITATION OPENS SESSION WITH CALL FOR ACTION

ANNAN CALLS FOR MORE FUNDING - AND LEADERSHIP - TO SPUR FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

UN CONTINUES RELIEF EFFORTS IN FLOOD-PLAGUED SOUTH ASIA

IN BATTLE AGAINST HUNGER AND RURAL POVERTY, UN USES SATELLITES AND INTERNET

UN CO-SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE ENDS WITH CALL FOR SOLIDARITY

UN HEALTH AGENCY URGES STEPS TO PREVENT BIRD FLU CAUSING HUMAN PANDEMIC

AIDS IS WREAKING DEVASTATING TOLL ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT - UN REPORT

UN DEVELOPMENT REPORT CALLS FOR CULTURAL FREEDOM TO BECOME A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT

UN AGENCY ISSUES NEW GUIDELINES TO PREVENT MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION

TO CUT NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS, UN EXPERT URGES ANTI-RETROVIRALS FOR PARENTS

UN EXPERTS SAY GENDER EQUALITY ESSENTIAL TO FIGHTING SPREAD OF AIDS IN ASIA

YOUTH DEMAND EDUCATION TO COMBAT HIV/AIDS, UNICEF SAYS

EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE LAGGING IN HIGH POPULATION COUNTRIES

GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, MALARIA AND TB REPORTS PROGRESS IN REACHING TARGETS

IN BANGKOK, ANNAN CONFERS WITH SPECIAL ENVOYS ON HIV/AIDS

HOW ASIA-PACIFIC TACKLES HIV/AIDS WILL AFFECT REGION'S FUTURE

ON WORLD POPULATION DAY, UN CALLS FOR GREATER COMMITMENT TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS

LEADERSHIP AT ALL LEVELS NEEDED TO DEFEAT AIDS, ANNAN TELLS BANGKOK FORUM

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS SIGN UP FOR AIDS DRUGS UNDER NEW PROGRAMME

LAOS REDUCES OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION BY HALF - UN REPORT

UN AGENCIES WARN THAT ASIA WILL CONTINUE TO BE PLAGUED BY BIRD FLU

EMPOWERING WOMEN IS PREREQUISITE FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

ASIA-PACIFIC FACES AIDS CATASTROPHE UNLESS URGENT ACTION IS TAKEN NOW

AID DONATIONS TO FIGHT AIDS PANDEMIC RISING - UN STUDY

RECEIVING UN POPULATION AWARD, EXPERTS SPOTLIGHT FORGOTTEN VICTIMS

UN AGENCY CALLS FOR NEW APPROACHES TO FIGHTING AIDS AS INFECTION RATE INCREASES

UNICEF TEAMS WITH FASHION FIRM H&M TO FIGHT AIDS AND HELP GIRLS' EDUCATION

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN TO ADOPT TEXT ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

CAMBODIA REACHES UN GOAL OF REDUCING INTESTINAL PARASITE INFESTATION

UN HAILS GLOBAL FUND APPROVAL OF $2.9 BILLION TO FIGHT AIDS, TB AND MALARIA

MORE TREES ON FARMS CAN REDUCE HUNGER AND RESTORE DEGRADED LAND, UN SAYS

UN OFFICIALS URGE ACTION ON BEHALF OF 700 MILLION PEOPLE IN WORLD'S POOREST STATES

UN AGENCY CALLS FOR GLOBAL ACTION TO PRESERVE COLD-WATER CORAL REEFS

FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY TOPS ANNUAL MEETING OF UN STANDARDS-SETTING BODY

UN REFUGEE AGENCY JOINS FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS

ATTENTION TO SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES KEY TO BUSINESS SUCCESS

UN HEALTH AGENCY ISSUES GUIDELINES ON SAFETY OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES

HIV AND HUNGER SPELL 'DEATH SPIRAL' FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

UN SHOULD OPEN ITSELF FURTHER TO INVOLVE CIVIL SOCIETY, HIGH-LEVEL PANEL SAYS

NEW UN SURVEY SHOWS PROGRESS IN MEETING GLOBAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH GOALS

UN TRADE CONFERENCE ENDS WITH PLEDGE TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND HUNGER

UN FOUNDATION, VODAFONE ANNOUNCE SCHEME TO FIGHT MEASLES AND HIV/AIDS

ANNAN CALLS ON CIVIC GROUPS TO KEEP PRESSING FOR ANTI-POVERTY MEASURES

UN REPORT SPOTLIGHTS HIDDEN PROBLEM OF CHILDREN EXPLOITED FOR DOMESTIC LABOUR

UN MEETING LOOKS AT WAYS TO RID WORLD OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS

VIOLENCE CREATES HUGE ECONOMIC COST FOR COUNTRIES - WHO STUDY

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGEON BUDDHISM'S DAY OF VESAK

TOBACCO LINKED TO POVERTY IN INEXTRICABLE 'VICIOUS CIRCLE' - UN HEALTH AGENCY

WHO HAILS GROWING USE OF GLOBAL STANDARDS AGAINST CANCER-CAUSING SUN RAYS

DRAFTING UN TREATY ON RIGHTS OF DISABLED REQUIRES 'NEW APPROACH'

UN WARNS ASIA-PACIFIC FACES ACUTE FOOD SAFETY RISK; 'DANGER JUST ROUND THE CORNER'

STATES ENDORSE UN HEALTH AGENCY STRATEGIES TO FIGHT OBESITY AND IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

UN FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES WRAPS UP THIRD ANNUAL SESSION

NEW UN BOOK LAUDS WOMEN'S KEY ROLE IN QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

GROUPS IN MAURITIUS, BRAZIL, CHINA WIN UNESCO INTERNATIONAL LITERACY PRIZES

ASIAN, NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRIES CLOSE TO ENDING POLIO WITH HELP OF UN

ON WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY, ANNAN CALLS FOR ELIMINATING "DIGITAL DIVIDE"

HIV/AIDS, OBESITY TO TOP AGENDA FOR UN HEALTH AGENCY'S GOVERNING BODY

AIDS, CHILDREN, EMPOWERING WOMEN CENTRAL THEMES AS UN MARKS FAMILIES DAY

RELIGIOUS GROUPS CRUCIAL IN WORLDWIDE VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS

UN OFFICIAL URGES TOP PRIORITY FOR FIGHTING HUNGER OTHER THAN HIGH-PROFILE DISASTERS

INDIGENOUS EDUCATION BOOSTS WOMEN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROSPECTS

WORLD AT 'CRITICAL MOMENT' IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS - UN HEALTH AGENCY

UN TEAMS WITH WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TO DRIVE FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

ANNAN CALLS FOR SOLIDARITY AND RESPECT AS UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FORUM OPENS

WORLD STILL LAGGING ON ITS PLEDGES TO IMPROVE FATE OF CHILDREN

SURVIVAL OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEPENDS ON MARKET ACCESS - UN ENVOY

TO CONSERVE WORLD'S OCEANS, UNDERLYING POVERTY AND HUNGER MUST BE SOLVED

WITH SIX PEOPLE DYING EVERY MINUTE, UN HEALTH AGENCY DECLARES WAR ON DIABETES

UNICEF SENDS SCHOOL SUPPLIED TO VIOLENCE-RACKED SOUTHERN THAILAND

WITHOUT GOOD URBAN GOVERNANCE NUMBER OF SLUM DWELLERS MAY RISE, ANNAN SAYS

INDEPENDENCE OF MEDIA STRESSED AS UN OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

USE OF FORCE IS ALWAYS EVIL, THOUGH SOMETIMES NECESSARY, ANNAN SAYS

UN COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ENDS 12TH SESSION

UN SPOTLIGHTS TOP 10 ISSUES THAT SHOULD GARNER MORE MEDIA COVERAGE

UN HEALTH AGENCY HOSTS MEETING TO FIGHT SPREAD OF ANIMAL DISEASES TO HUMANS

WHO CALLS FOR NEW TOOLS TO KEEP UP WITH NEW DISEASES LIKE SARS

INTERNATIONAL AGENDA MUST INCLUDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ANNAN SAYS

COUNTRIES VOW TO REDUCE POVERTY IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION AS UN MEETING ENDS

IMPROVING WATER AND SANITATION ACCESS WOULD COST $11.3 BILLION MORE A YEAR

WORLD'S YOUTH BETTER OFF TODAY

UN AGENCIES HAIL 30 PERT CENT GLOBAL REDUCTION IN MEASLES DEATHS

DONOR COUNTRIES IN HARMONY ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN

MAKING VITAL REFORMS NEXT YEAR MAY BE TOO LATE FOR DEVELOPMENT GOALS

ANNAN HAILS SIGNING OF ASIAN HIGHWAY PACT, CHALLENGES ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION

SARS SITUATION IN CHINA POTENTIALLY SERIOUS WITH POSSIBLE NEW CLUSTER

UN OFFICIAL COMMENDS ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

SANITATION EXPERT AT UN MEETING RECOMMENDS GOVERNMENTS PROMOTE NOT PROVIDE

ASIA-PACIFIC NEEDS TO TAP FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO BENEFIT REGION'S POOR

DESPITE PROGRESS, WIDE REGIONAL GAPS REMAIN IN YEARS SPENT IN SCHOOL

UN URGES DONOR COUNTRIES, DRUG FIRMS TO FUND ANTI-MALARIA FIGHT TO SAVE MILLIONS

UN FOOD AGENCY LAUNCHES 'RICE IS LIFE' PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

CONTRADICTORY LAWS UNDERMINE CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO EDUCATION

UNICEF LAUNCHES TRAVEL AGENTS' CODE TO HELP COMBAT CHILD SEX TOURISM

YOUTH PANEL WILL ADVISE UN ON BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN THEIR CULTURES AND TRADITIONAL WAYS

SEND MORE GIRLS TO SCHOOL UNICEF STRESSES DURING GLOBAL EDUCATION ACTION WEEK

UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON SANITATION AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER

STRONGER COOPERATION NEEDED TO SAVE NATIVE FORESTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC

UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON SANITATION AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER 

UN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONCERNED BY NEGATIVE STEREOTYPING OF RELIGIONS

WORLD NEEDS TO INVEST MUCH MORE TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

UNICEF AND PARTNERS ANNOUNCE DEAL TO MAKE CHEAP AIDS DRUGS AVAILABLE

TWO UN EXPERTS URGE STEPPED-UP EFFORTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN'S RIGHTS

PLANT DIVERSITY PACT COMES INTO FORCE BUT ANIMAL GENE POOL SHRINKING

ASIAN DUST STORMS GROW IN FREQUENCY, WREAKING HAVOC FAR FROM HOME

UN JOINT REPORT SAYS MORE WOMEN GETTING PRENATAL CARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

UN AGENCY WARNS OXYGEN-STARVED 'DEAD ZONES' IN SEAS THREATEN MARINE STOCKS

A WORLD IN POVERTY CANNOT BE A WORLD AT PEACE

UN HEALTH AGENCY SEEKS TO COMBAT DANGEROUS MISUSE AND OVERUSE OF MEDICINES

MIXED GAINS FOR WOMEN IN CHINA'S PROGRESS ON ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

POOR COUNTRIES CAN DO MORE TO STEM EFFECTS OF 'BRAIN DRAIN'

URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO COUNTER NUTRITION DEFICIENCIES IN DEVELOPING WORLD

TO BOOST CHILD SURVIVAL, UN AGENCIES LAUNCH GLOBAL PLAN TO PROMOTE BREASTFEEDING

POOR SANITATION A HUGE KILLER OF CHILDREN, UNICEF SAYS ON WORLD WATER DAY

UN EXPERT CALLS FOR 'RED ALERT' ON RESURGENT GLOBAL RACISM

UN ENVOY URGES MORE FUNDS TO HELP AFGHANISTAN'S SCHOOLCHILDREN

SCHOOL ENROLMENT RATES SURGING IN AFGHANISTAN

UN AGENCY STARTS NEW FEEDING CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS HIV/AIDS IN MYANMAR

PROSPECTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN LAOS STILL LAG, UNICEF REPORTS

MINISTERS IN ASIA TO DISCUSS PRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

ECOSOC CONTINUES PREPARING FOR HIGH-LEVEL TALKS ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

DESPITE IMPROVEMENTS, CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN DPR OF KOREA STILL THREATENED

MEN MUST BE MOBILIZED IN STRUGGLE FOR GENDER EQUALITY, UN COMMISSION AGREES

UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR ENTIRE SOCIETIES TO GET INVOLVED IN ANTI-DRUG FIGHT

UNICEF-BACKED WORKSHOPS MOBILIZE AFGHAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO BOOST GIRLS' EDUCATION

UN AGENCY CONVENES EXPERTS TO PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL HIGHLY LETHAL FLU PANDEMIC

UN-BACKED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO ELIMINATE POLIO HAILS NEW CANADIAN DONATION

BIRD FLU: UN WARNS AGAINST HASTY POULTRY RESTOCKING TO PREVENT NEW FLARE-UP

UN PANEL URGES GREATER PARTICIPATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN CONFLICT PREVENTION

UN HEALTH AGENCY LAUNCHES PHOTO CONTEST TO FIGHT PREGNANCY AND ABORTION DEATHS

TREATY PROTECTING CULTURAL PROPERTY DURING WAR BECOMES LAW - UNESCO

UN AGENCY AND MEDICAL EDITORS TO BOOST MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH IN POOR COUNTRIES

UN OFFICIALS ASSESS GLOBAL HIV STATUS OF WOMEN ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

COMPUTER MANUFACTURING SOAKS UP FOSSIL FUELS, UN UNIVERSITY STUDY SAYS

AIDS INFECTION OF WOMEN IN 'TERRIFYING PATTERN,' ANNAN SAYS ON WOMEN'S DAY

WOMEN STILL FACE PAY AND JOB DISCRIMINATION IN THE GLOBAL WORKPLACE

UN HEALTH AGENCY HELPS INDONESIA COMBAT DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK

UN LEGAL COUNSEL CALLS FOR MORE FOCUS ON STATE OF ENVIRONMENT

NANE ANNAN SAYS MEN AND WOMEN MUST JOIN FORCES IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

UN LAUNCHES PROJECT TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION IN EQUATORIAL GUINEA

HIV/AIDS FESTERS IN CLIMATE OF PRISON, ADDICTION AND FORCED PROSTITUTION

UN HEALTH AGENCY WARNS OF NO SPEEDY END TO ASIAN BIRD FLU EPIDEMIC

WOMEN HOLD KEY TO ERADICATING POVERTY, UN OFFICIALS TELL COMMISSION

UN MEETING SAYS ASIA-PACIFIC NEEDS STRONGER ALLIANCES TO MEET MILLENNIUM GOALS

FUNDS NEEDED TO AVERT DISASTER FOR MILLIONS SOUTHERN AFRICAN CHILDREN

UN DISASTER TEAM ARRIVES IN QUAKE-HIT MOROCCO TO COORDINATE RELIEF EFFORT

GROWING SUGAR CONSUMPTION INCREASING TOOTH DECAY WORLDWIDE

UN WARNS THAT ASIAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS STILL OCCURRING, CALLS FOR CONTINUED CONTROL EFFORTS

ODDS STACKED AGAINST INDIGENOUS, UNICEF RESEARCH SHOWS

VIOLENCE IN HAITI DENIES MANY CHILDREN HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION

ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON SAFELY MARKETING CHEMICALS COMES INTO FORCE

UN'S GREEN AGENCY HAILS SETTING OF MEASURABLE GOALS IN FIGHT FOR BIODIVERSITY

UN AGENCIES URGE EUROPEAN MINISTERS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION ON AIDS

WEST AFRICA GEARS UP TO ERADICATE POLIO BY END OF 2004, UNICEF SAYS

AFRICAN STATES LAUNCH MASSIVE IMMUNIZATION DRIVE TO STOP POLIO THIS YEAR

UNESCO URGES TEACHING FROM EARLIEST AGE IN INDIGENOUS MOTHER LANGUAGES

WORKSHOP EXAMINES WAYS TO RESPOND TO CRITICS OF UN

UN AGENCIES TO HELP IN RECONSTRUCTING QUAKE-DEVASTATED IRANIAN CITY OF BAM

UN-BACKED TREATY BANNING MOST DANGEROUS PESTICIDES TO COME INTO FORCE IN MAY

PREVENTION OF CONTACT, NOT KILLING OF WILD BIRDS, NEEDED TO FIGHT BIRD FLU

UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL LOOKS TO LIFT POOREST NATIONS OUT OF POVERTY

EASTERN EUROPE'S LOW HIV/AIDS PREVALENCE COULD SPIKE, UN REPORT WARNS

HARRY BELAFONTE URGES ALL COUNTRIES TO END SCHOOL FEES

UKRAINE: UN-BACKED SURVEY FINDS CRISIS IN STANDARDS OF LIVING

ANNAN URGES SCIENCE FOR ALL NATIONS TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

UN MEETING TO REVIEW MOBILIZATION OF AID FOR WORLD'S POOREST STATES

BIRD FLU STILL SPREADING IN ASIA DESPITE CULLING OF 80 MILLION CHICKENS

UN RICE CONFERENCE OPENS, AIMS TO BOOST PRODUCTION, EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY

FIGHTING HUNGER TODAY MAY HALT OBESITY AND SOARING HEALTH COSTS TOMORROW

UN STUDY ANALYZES HOW BENEFITS FROM TRADITIONAL MEDICINES ARE SHARED

MORE ASIAN CHILDREN THAN EVER ATTEND SCHOOL BUT VAST NUMBERS DROP OUT

UN HEALTH AGENCY ISSUES SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY GUIDELINES FOR HERBAL MEDICINES

NEW UN REPORT URGES PROTECTION FOR RESOURCE-RICH CLOUD FORESTS

UN FOOD AGENCY APPEALS FOR URGENT AID TO FEED 6.5 MILLION IN DPR OF KOREA

UN OFFICIALS ARRIVE IN QUAKE-HIT INDONESIAN PROVINCE TO LAUNCH AID EFFORT

ANNAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL AID IN RESPONSE TO INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO PROMOTE NEW CODE OF CONDUCT ON TOBACCO CONTROL

PRODUCTION OF VACCINE AGAINST BIRD FLU COULD TAKE MONTHS

MIGRATION HAS MOVED TO FOREFRONT OF POPULATION POLICY DISCUSSION

UN AGENCIES CALL FOR URGENT FUNDING TO PREVENT BIRD FLU BECOMING GLOBAL THREAT

CHINA HAS VITAL ROLE IN GLOBAL EFFORTS FOR PEACE, ANNAN SAYS IN NEW YEAR'S GREETING

PLAN TO IMPROVE DIET AND HEALTH HABITS TO BE ON AGENDA OF UN AGENCY'S ANNUAL MEETING

ANNAN URGES WORLD TO REFOCUS ON POVERTY, SECURITY AND BRIDGING DIFFERENCES

UN HEALTH AGENCY SCALING UP MEASURES TO HELP THOSE WITH BOTH HIV AND TB

INEXPENSIVE REMEDIES CAN IMPROVE HEALTH OF 2 BILLION PEOPLE

NEW UN PRIZE HONOURS INVENTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN USE OF WORLD'S RESOURCES