UN & World News Bulletin Board in BLIA

AS MERCURY PLUNGES IN PAKISTAN, UN REFUGEE AGENCY BOOSTS AID TO QUAKE SURVIVORS

MANY TSUNAMI CHILDREN FEEL HOPEFUL ABOUT FUTURE, ACCORDING TO NEW UN SURVEY

GROWING WEALTH DISPARITIES IN CHINA ATTRACTING GOVERNMENT ATTENTION – UN REPORT

UN FOOD AGENCY SEES PARTNERSHIP WITH CHINA AS KEY TOOL IN WAR ON GLOBAL HUNGER

STATES MUST ACT TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF ABUSED CHILDREN, UN REPORT URGES

UN-BACKED MEASLES INITIATIVE IN SIGHT OF GOAL OF PREVENTING 1 MILLION DEATHS

WORLD AIDS DAY MARKED BY UN-SUPPORTED EVENTS, NEW INITIATIVES WORLDWIDE

PAKISTAN: THREAT OF ADDITIONAL DEATHS AMONG QUAKE VICTIMS MORE ACUTE, UN REPORTS

MARKING WORLD AIDS DAY, ANNAN SAYS HALTING EPIDEMIC IS A PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT GOAL

UNICEF URGES BIG BOOST IN SERVICES TO PREVENT MOTHER-TO-CHILD HIV TRANSMISSION

PAKISTAN: UN REFUGEE AGENCY REPORTS FIRST DEATHS DUE TO COLD AMONG QUAKE VICTIMS

EDUCATION FOR RURAL POOR PLAYS KEY ROLE IN WAR ON HUNGER - UN FOOD AGENCY

DEVELOPING WORLD FAR FROM SLASHING HUNGER, GREATER ACTION NEEDED, UN REPORT SAYS

GLOBAL INCREASE IN HIV INFECTION DESPITE A DECREASE IN SOME COUNTRIES – UN REPORT

PAKISTAN: WITH QUAKE AID AIMED AT LONG TERM, UN EXPERTS WARN OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS

UNESCO SHOWCASES BREADTH OF ACTIVITIES AT 60TH ANNIVERSARY

URGING GREATER GENEROSITY, ANNAN ARRIVES IN PAKISTAN FOR QUAKE DONOR CONFERENCE

UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE WITH CALL FOR CULTURES TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER

POOR IN US FACE DAUNTING CHALLENGES IN GETTING OUT OF POVERTY – UN EXPERT

UN ENVOY RAISES ALARM OVER GROWING ‘FEMINIZATION’ OF POVERTY

ANNAN APPOINTS HEAD OF GROUP FORMED TO FOSTER RESPECT AMONG CULTURES

UN DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN URGES EMBEDDING GENDER EQUALITY IN AID PROGRAMMES

UNESCO CALLS FOR GREATER GOVERNMENT, DONOR RESOURCES FOR UNIVERSAL LITERACY

BROAD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME VITAL TO LIFT RURAL PEOPLE OUT OF POVERTY - UN PAPER

ISLAMIC STATES GATHER AT UN-BACKED MEETING TO AID QUARTER OF WORLD’S CHILDREN

NEW UN AGRICULTURAL CENSUS WILL HELP ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

'DIGITAL DIVIDE' MUST BE NARROWED THROUGH EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE-SHARING – UNESCO

PAKISTAN: UN AGENCIES IN OVERDRIVE TO SAVE QUAKE VICTIMS AS WINTER LOOMS

UN EXPERT DECRIES 'ASSASSINATION' BY HUNGER OF MILLIONS OF CHILDREN

UNCHECKED GLOBALIZATION DRIVING INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

UN QUAKE APPEAL RECEIVES $580 MILLION IN PLEDGES, BUT ONLY $16 MILLION UP FRONT

UN AGENCY LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER AD CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING CHILDREN WITH HIV/AIDS

WORLD IS IGNORING HUNGER, WFP CHIEF SAYS

LAND DEGRADATION, DESERTIFICATION POSE CHALLENGE TO ACHIEVING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

UN CELEBRATES 60TH BIRTHDAY WITH WREATH LAYING, PLEDGES TO RISE TO NEW CHALLENGES

1 CHILD DIES BECAUSE OF AIDS EACH MINUTE, UNICEF SAYS

UN EXPERT CALLS URGENTLY ON AGENCIES, GOVERNMENTS TO REDUCE UNDER-NOURISHMENT

UN COMMITTEE AGREES INDIGENOUS PEOPLE NEED SPECIAL DECLARATION TO CURE POVERTY

QUAKE: 10,000 PAKISTANI CHILDREN COULD DIE WITHIN WEEKS WITHOUT URGENT AID - UN

UN EXPERT STUDYING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN CITES PROGRESS IN MANY STATES

UN FOOD AGENCY AND BRAZIL TO PROMOTE SCHOOL NUTRITION IN POOR COUNTRIES

UN MARKS WORLD POVERTY ERADICATION DAY WITH CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION

MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES SEE BIG JUMP IN HIGHER EDUCATION ENROLMENT – UNESCO

UN HEALTH AGENCY: CLEANER HANDS WILL REDUCE MAJOR DISEASE SPREAD, INCLUDING PANDEMICS

HUNGER IS MASS KILLER FAR MORE LETHAL THAN HEADLINE-GRABBING DISASTERS, UN WARNS

UN UNIVERSITY CALLS FOR RECOGNITION OF THOSE DISPLACED BY GRADUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

UN-SPONSORED YOUTH CONFERENCE KICKS OFF IN BANGALORE, INDIA

UN POPULATION FUND URGES FASTER PACE TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY TO REDUCE WORLD POVERTY

ANNAN CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN DISASTER PREVENTION IN YEAR OF “PROFOUND LESSONS”

UN REPORT SAYS DONORS SHOULD FOCUS ON QUALITY OF AID TO FOSTER DEVELOPMENT

QUAKE: UN LAUNCHES $272-MILLION APPEAL TO HELP PAKISTAN OVER NEXT SIX MONTHS

WORLD MUST HURRY TO SAVE ENVIRONMENT OR FACE GLOBAL POVERTY, UN OFFICIAL WARNS

UN HEALTH AGENCY SPEEDS MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HELP QUAKE VICTIMS IN PAKISTAN

UN PROVIDES CASH TO EARTHQUAKE-HIT PAKISTAN WHILE EXPERTS COORDINATE RELIEF RESPONSE

FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY WILL NOT BE WON WITHOUT ATTENTION TO ELDERLY

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPDATES DECADE-OLD YOUTH ACTION PLAN TO MEET NEW CHALLENGES

YOUNG PEOPLE GATHER AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW GLOBAL ACTION PLAN

WORLD MUST FULFIL PLEDGES ON GENDER EQUALITY OR ELSE LOSE WAR ON POVERTY

UNESCO LAUNCHES MAJOR INITIATIVE TO HALVE ILLITERACY IN WORST-AFFECTED COUNTRIES

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS FACE POVERTY, HUNGER – UN REPORT

GRIM STATISTICS ON WORLD’S POOR YOUTH SHOW MILLIONS AT RISK – UN REPORT

EVICTIONS NOT THE ANSWER TO CHALLENGE OF WORLD SLUMS

DESPITE LOW COST VACCINES, TOO FEW CHILDREN AND WOMEN IMMUNIZED

UN REPORT WARNS OF GLOBAL RESURGENCE OF RACISM AND RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE

HIGH MORTALITY AND MALNUTRITION AFFECT MUSLIM CHILDREN MOST SAYS UN CHILDREN'S AGENCY

FROM ITS HEADQUARTERS TO FAR-FLUNG OUTPOSTS, UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

UN WORLD SUMMIT ADOPTS LANDMARK OUTCOME DOCUMENT ON RAFT OF CRUCIAL ISSUES

35 MILLION VOLUNTEERS TO FAN OUT IN UN-BACKED CLEAN UP WORLD CAMPAIGN

AT UN FORUM AHEAD OF WORLD SUMMIT, YOUTHS APPEAL FOR GREATER ROLE IN CIVIC LIFE

UN JOINS IN NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO SLASH MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHIEF SAYS COLLECTIVE ACTION ONLY WAY OUT OF POVERTY, HIV/AIDS

UN POPULATION FUND EXPANDS WORK ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH WORLDWIDE

NGOS TO OFFER FRESH HOPE AND PERSPECTIVE TO WORLD SUMMIT 2005

ANNAN SAYS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH LOCAL ACTION

LOWER FERTILITY RATES PROVIDE “WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY” FOR DEVELOPMENT

UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY AS KEY TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES OPEN DIALOGUE TO TACKLE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION IN 2006

EDUCATION IS THE BEST ROAD OUT OF POVERTY FOR RURAL AFRICAN POOR

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT THREATENS WATER SUPPLIES TO BILLIONS IN ASIA

LOCAL COMMUNITIES NEED TO CONTROL LOCAL RESOURCES TO DEFEAT POVERTY

ANNAN STANDS FULLY BEHIND INCLUDING MDGS IN SEPTEMBER WORLD SUMMIT

10 YEARS AFTER BEIJING CONFERENCE, ANNAN URGES MAJOR PUSH FOR WOMEN’S EQUALITY

GOVERNMENTS SHOULD URGENTLY ADDRESS RABID URBANIZATION, GROWING SLUMS – ANNAN

PEOPLE POORER TODAY THAN 10 YEARS AGO A THREAT TO STABILITY – UN REPORT

MAJOR FOOD CRISES UNACCEPTABLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY – ANNAN

MEETING GOALS OF ‘WATER FOR LIFE’ DECADE REQUIRES SUSTAINED COMMITMENT – ANNAN

GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD STILL FACE CHALLENGES OF INEQUALITY, UNICEF SAYS

UN-BACKED YOUTH SUMMIT PLEDGES ACTION ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEW FUNDING VITAL FOR REACHING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN HEALTH

ANNAN SAYS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT A GROWING PROBLEM WHICH MUST BE ADDRESSED

UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY WITH CALLS TO ATTAIN DEVELOPMENT GOALS

NEW CHARTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION IN GLOBALIZED WORLD ADOPTED AT UN CONFERENCE

FUNDING SHORTFALLS RESULT IN INADEQUATE OBSERVANCE OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS

INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE NECESSARY IN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER, SAYS UN FOOD AGENCY

POOR FEEDING FOR INFANTS LEADS TO NEARLY ONE-FIFTH OF CHILDHOOD DEATHS

CHILDREN CHALLENGE WORLD LEADERS ON THE ENVIRONMENT

MATERNAL MORTALITY IN SOUTH ASIA IS SECOND HIGHEST IN THE WORLD, UNICEF SAYS

RURAL AND MINORITY WOMEN STILL MEET MANY FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION

LANDMARK CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM ON CONFLICT PREVENTION WRAPS UP AT UN

FIRST-EVER CIVIL SOCIETY MEETING ON CONFLICT PREVENTION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

ANNAN ISSUES REPORT ON STRENGTHENING GLOBAL, REGIONAL RESPONSE IN TSUNAMI'S WAKE

ON WORLD POPULATION DAY, UN CALLS FOR GENDER EQUALITY AS WAY TO DEFEAT POVERTY

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT, ANNAN SAYS

REGIONAL GROUPS OFFER MIXED PICTURE OF PROGRESS TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT GOALS

EUROPE-CENTRAL ASIA REGION MUST ACT NOW ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN – UNICEF

MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION ASIAN CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ORPHANED BY AIDS, UN SAYS

2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST CONSIDER WAYS TO PROTECT, PROMOTE WOMEN'S RIGHTS

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC FACE EXTREME POVERTY – UN REPORT

UN FOOD AGENCY PROMOTES ‘GREEN THUMB’ FOR SCHOOLS

UN PARTNERSHIP WITH ADVERTISERS BRINGS AFRICAN HUNGER INTO JAPANESE HOMES

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH VITAL FOR REDUCING POVERTY, UN POPULATION AGENCY SAYS

UN GOAL OF TREATING 3 MILLION HIV/AIDS VICTIMS BY 2005 UNLIKELY TO BE MET

CHINESE ECONOMIC PROJECT WINS UN-LINKED AWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ANNAN CALLS FOR MAJOR BOOST TO IMPROVING LOT OF WORLD'S SLUM DWELLERS

AS UN ASSEMBLY MEETS WITH PUBLIC GROUPS ANNAN HAILS KEY ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY

SIX MONTHS AFTER TSUNAMI, CLINTON, UN AGENCIES SAY HARDEST WORK LIES AHEAD

UN SUSTAINABLE HOUSING PROGRAMME CALLS FOR UPGRADING OF EVER LARGER SLUMS

TSUNAMI DAMAGE GREATEST WHERE ENVIRONMENT WAS DEGRADED - UN

COUNTRIES NEED SPECIAL RURAL CURRICULA TO REACH UN DEVELOPMENT GOALS, UN SAYS

UNICEF APPLAUDS CENTRAL ASIAN COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE EDUCATION

2005 IS 'MAKE-OR-BREAK' YEAR FOR WORLD'S POOR, ANNAN SAYS

ENVIRONMENTAL ATLAS TRACKS DRAMATIC EARTH CHANGES - UN

BOOSTING URBAN FARMING CAN HELP FEED FAST-GROWING CITIES - UN

TWO BILLION PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION BY 2015 TO MEET UN TARGET

ANNAN CALLS FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION STRONG LEADERSHIP, TO TURN BACK HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC

YOUNG PEOPLE HARDEST HIT BY HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC, NEW UN REPORT SAYS

UN FOOD RELIEF AGENCY TO SPONSOR WORLDWIDE WALK TO END CHILD HUNGER

ON WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY WHO SPOTLIGHTS ROLE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN TOBACCO CONTROL

200 TEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN TSUNAMI-AFFECTED ACEH TO BE BUILT - UNICEF

FOREST EXPLOITATION WREAKING DEVASTATING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL TOLL

WRAPPING UP WORLD MEETING, UN HEALTH BODY ACTS ON CANCER, IMMUNIZATION

UN MEETING FOR SOUTH ASIA SEEKS END TO VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

FIRST UN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTRE APPROVED FOR ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

NEW UN-BACKED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOOST ACCESS TO HEALTH INFORMATION

UN MEETING FOCUSES ON COLLECTIVE ACTION TO TACKLE PROBLEMS IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

INDIGENOUS LEADERS, ACTIVISTS PLAN ANTI-POVERTY STRATEGIES AT UN FORUM

POVERTY REDUCTION, AGEING AND TSUNAMI RECOVERY FOCUS OF UN ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING

SENIOR UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR GREATER ACCESS TO US MARKETS BY POOR COUNTRIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC

MAYORS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE TO MARK ENVIRONMENT DAY WITH URBAN 'GREEN' ACCORDS

UN TO CO-HOST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL WOMEN IN SOUTH ASIA

UN SETS UP FARM TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR AIDS ORPHANS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

UN CONFERENCE ON TSUNAMI RESPONSE CALLS FOR MORE HEALTH-ORIENTED DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

LACK OF INFORMATION SLOWS IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS – UN CONFERENCE

AIDS, UNKNOWN TO WORLD 25 YEARS AGO, IS THREATENING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT – UN

UN OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

NEW UNICEF CHIEF TAKES UP POST PLEDGING TO HELP COUNTRIES REACH DEVELOPMENT GOALS

UN AGENCIES DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR CARING FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS

UN-BACKED MEETING OPENS MONDAY ON CURBING WORLD MOST DANGEROUS POLLUTANTS

UN GOES ONLINE TO EDUCATE RURAL PEOPLE WITH TOOL KIT TO SLASH HUNGER AND POVERTY

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIALS CALL ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO LEARN FROM TSUNAMI

UN FORUM ENDS WITH AGREEMENT ON MEASURES TO PROVIDE CLEAN WATER, BASIC SANITATION AND HOUSING

DESPITE SHOCKS, ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMY IS FASTEST-GROWING IN THE WORLD, UN SAYS

WATER, SANITATION HOUSING GOALS WORTH THE INVESTMENT, ANNAN SAYS

2005 OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TACKLE POVERTY, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS - ANNAN

SCHOOL GENDER GAP STILL YAWNS WIDE, THREATENING 2015 EDUCATION GOAL, UN REPORTS

UN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON CULTURAL RIGHTS, RACISM

CHINA AIDS UN SPACE BID TO SAVE WORLD HERITAGE, FROM RARE GORILLAS TO ANCIENT RUINS

BIOFUELS CAN CUT POVERTY, PROVIDE ENERGY AND MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE - UN

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION URGES ACTION AGAINST RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION

GLOBAL MEDIA LEADERS URGED TO EXPAND THEIR RESPONSE TO UN'S CALL TO FIGHT AIDS

EXPERTS URGE MAJOR EFFORT TO MEET UN MILLENNIUM GOALS ON MATERNAL, CHILD DEATHS

UN FORUM OPENS SESSION WITH EYE ON POLICIES FOR CLEAN WATER, SANITATION AND ADEQUATE HOUSING

TREATMENT ALONG WITH PREVENTION CRUCIAL TO STOPPING SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS, SPEAKER TO UN PANEL SAYS

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF HIV SPREAD, UN EXPERT SAYS

MILLIONS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD DEATHS ARE PREVENTABLE, UN SAYS ON WORLD HEALTH DAY

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO POPE JOHN PAUL II

UN PROPOSES RAISING NUMBER ESCAPING SLUMS ANNUALLY TO 30 MILLION

EFFECT OF HIV/AIDS ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF UN COMMISSION'S ANNUAL SESSION

100 DAYS AFTER TSUNAMI, UN BACK IN 'EMERGENCY MODE' AFTER LATEST INDIAN OCEAN QUAKE

UN AGENCY HEADS LAUD POPE JOHN PAUL'S GIANT ROLE ON WORLD'S HUMANITARIAN STAGE

ANNAN, ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REMEMBER POPE AS 'TIRELESS ADVOCATE OF PEACE,' UPHOLDER OF UN VALUES

UN RUSHES AID FOR AT LEAST 34,000 PEOPLE LEFT HOMELESS BY INDONESIAN QUAKE

UN STEPS UP RELIEF OPERATIONS TO QUAKE-RAVAGED INDONESIAN ISLANDS

UN AGENCIES SWING INTO ACTION WITH RELIEF MISSIONS AFTER INDONESIAN QUAKE

MINISTERS AT UN-BACKED ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING SEEK 'GREEN-FRIENDLY' DEVELOPMENT

UN LABOUR AGENCY CALLS FOR 'DECENT WORK' IN INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE GLOBALIZATION

UN-BACKED ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING TOLD HIGH GROWTH ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSUSTAINABLE

NIAGARA OF CHALLENGES FACES UN IN FIGHT TO BRING SAFE AND SUFFICIENT WATER TO WORLD

MARKING WORLD WATER DAY, UN TO LAUNCH WATER FOR LIFE DECADE

ANNAN'S PROPOSED DEAL FOR BETTER WORLD IS 'BOLD AND ACHIEVABLE' -- UN OFFICIALS

ANNAN CALLS FOR DEAL BY WORLD LEADERS ON POVERTY, SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

UN HEALTH AGENCY LAUNCHES NEW PANEL TO FIGHT SOCIAL CAUSES BEHIND ILL-HEALTH

SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT CAN HELP AVERT CONFLICTS, SAYS UN REPORT

HIGH-LEVEL UN DELEGATES MEET ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONFERENCE SOCIO-ECONOMIC GOALS

NATIONAL NUTRITION PLANS EXAMINED BY UN SYSTEM'S COMMITTEE

UN HAS SACRED DUTY TO FIGHT HATRED, ANNAN SAYS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

UN COMMISSION ENDS REVIEW OF PROGRESS ON BEIJING DOCUMENTS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS

SPORT CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT, UN ADVISER SAYS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES DECLARATION BANNING ALL FORMS OF CLONING

WITH CLARION CALLS AND WORLDWIDE EVENTS, UN MARKS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

WITH HELP AND EFFORT, UP TO 43 MILLION AFRICANS CAN AVOID HIV OVER NEXT 20 YEARS

UN AGENCY MOVES AHEAD WITH PLAN TO REVIVE ANCIENT SILK ROAD FOR TRADE, TOURISM

WORLD ON TARGET TO HALVE MEASLES DEATHS BY YEAR'S END, UN AGENCIES REPORT

WOMEN INCREASINGLY MIGRATE FOR ECONOMIC REASONS; TRAFFICKING ALSO RISING - UN REPORT

UN WARNS THAT FRIED, ROASTED AND BAKED FOOD CONTAMINANT MAY BE HEALTH CONCERN

UN AGENCY HELPS TSUNAMI SURVIVORS RETURN TO PRODUCTIVE LIFE

WITHOUT GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION THE WORLD CANNOT ADVANCE - ANNAN

WOMEN'S SITUATION HAS IMPROVED, BUT SERIOUS CHALLENGES REMAIN, UN OFFICIALS SAY

EMPOWERING WOMEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TOOL, ANNAN SAYS

LANDMARK UN TOBACCO-CONTROL TREATY BECOMES LAW

DELEGATES TO REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE UN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE IN BEIJING

WORLD POPULATION WILL INCREASE TO 9 BILLION BY 2050, NO MATTER THE FERTILITY RATE, UN SAYS

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM MUST RESPECT LOCAL CULTURES, UN AGENCY SAYS

AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS LOST TO MIGRATION AND HIV/AIDS MUST BE REPLACED, UN SAYS

MOTHER AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES IN THAI TSUNAMI ZONE EXPANDED BY UN AGENCY

ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK JOINS UN AGENCY IN FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN ASIA-PACIFIC

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES ARE SPREADING INFECTIOUS DISEASES - UN STUDY

INEQUALITY IN ASIA AND POLICY GAPS IN AFRICA IMPEDE RISE OUT OF POVERTY

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT BACK AT CENTRE OF UN AGENDA, UN EXPERT SAYS

WORLD'S POPULATION REACHES 6.5 BILLION THIS YEAR, COULD REACH 7 BILLION BY 2012

DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR GOALS

UN'S KYOTO TREATY AGAINST GLOBAL WARMING COMES INTO FORCE

WHO TENDS TO 40,000 PREGNANT WOMEN LEFT HOMELESS BY TSUNAMI

UN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PANEL APPROVES TEXT LINKING PLEDGES OF 1995 TO GOALS FOR 2015

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MUST PREPARE FOR PARTICIPATION IN MARKET ECONOMIES, UN SAYS

UN EXPERT LAUNCHES ACTION PLAN FOR SYSTEMATIC WORLDWIDE REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE

UN ENVOY ON ENDING HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA SAYS CHILD TREATMENTS POSSIBLE IN 18 MONTHS

TSUNAMI RESPONSE SHOWS WAY TO DEAL WITH WORLD'S LONG-STANDING ILLS - UNICEF

UNICEF REITERATES CALL TO GOVERNMENTS TO END FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

GLOBAL COOPERATION VITAL IN SEEKING HIV/AIDS VACCINE - UN HEALTH AGENCY

UN AGENCY HELPS TSUNAMI SURVIVORS WHO WON'T RELOCATE FROM RAVAGED VILLAGE

UN CONFERENCE CALLS FOR BALANCING WATER USE BETWEEN AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

AFRICAN STATES MUST GIVE HIGH PRIORITY TO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH TO CUT HUNGER - UN

UN CALLS FOR HUGE INVESTMENTS IN WATER USE FOR AGRICULTURE TO SLASH HUNGER

EIGHT COUNTRIES EXAMINED STILL HAVE SEXIST LAWS, UN WOMEN'S COMMITTEE SAYS

UN SEEKS $67 MILLION FOR INCREASED RISK OF MALARIA, DENGUE FEVER AFTER TSUNAMI

GENDER EQUALITY AND DEVELOPMENT GOALS INEXTRICABLY LINKED, UN AGENCY SAYS

ONE MONTH INTO TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT, UN FACES EVEN BIGGER REHABILITATION TASK

UNICEF APPEALS FOR $763 MILLION FOR EMERGENCIES OUTSIDE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

HUGE CHALLENGE REMAINS TO TREATING 3 MILLION AIDS PATIENTS BY END OF 2005 - UN

BEYOND HUGE TSUNAMI DEATH TOLL, INDONESIA FACES MASSIVE LOSS OF LIVELIHOODS - UN

ORGANIC FARMING POINTS WAY TO REDUCING RURAL POVERTY, UN SAYS

UN AGENCY HAS KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN PROTECTING FORESTS TO HELP SLASH POVERTY, HUNGER

WORK RESUMES ON UN TREATY TO PROTECT RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

TSUNAMI SHOWS THAT CHILDREN WORLDWIDE NEED SAFE WATER AND SANITATION - UNICEF

IN WEEK 5 OF TSUNAMI DISASTER, UN HELP RANGES FROM TOPOGRAPHY TO AIDS

EXPERTS AT UN TO LOOK AT EVOLVING ROLE OF MICROFINANCE IN REDUCING POVERTY

UN DISASTER REDUCTION CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS PRE-EMPTING SILENT KILLERS LIKE HUNGER

UN AGENCIES LOOK TO LONGER-TERM REHABILITATION AFTER INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

TSUNAMI DEVASTATION IN INDONESIA 'TRULY STAGGERING', UN TEAMS FIND

UN AGENCIES VOW TO IMPLEMENT MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT REPORT

AT KOBE QUAKE GROUND ZERO, UN CONFERENCE SEEKS TO REDUCE NATURAL DISASTERS' TOLL

TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM MOVES TO CENTRE STAGE AT UN MEETING THIS WEEK

NEARLY 3 WEEKS AFTER TSUNAMI, RELIEF EFFORT GOING 'REASONABLY WELL' - UN OFFICIALS

UN CALLS FOR EMPOWERING WOMEN TO ADDRESS TSUNAMI'S GENDER-SPECIFIC NEEDS

TSUNAMI'S 'SECOND WAVE OF DEATH' - DISEASE - CAN NOW BE LARGELY AVOIDED, UN SAYS

AFRICAN LEADERS PLEDGE TO ERADICATE POLIO AS DISEASE SPREADS AGAIN - UN

UN PUSHES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR GLOBAL TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AS UN RUSHES IN TSUNAMI AID, BOTH PALLIATIVE AND PREVENTIVE

TSUNAMI DONOR SESSION OPENS WITH UN CALL TO PAY UP AND NOT FORGET OTHER CRISES

UN AGENCIES ZERO IN ON SPECIFIC TSUNAMI RELIEF FROM MENTAL HEALTH TO BLANKETS

WORLD MOVES TOWARDS GENDER PARITY IN BASIC EDUCATION, UN SAYS

AS TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT MOVES INTO THIRD WEEK, UN OPERATION GATHERS MOMENTUM

ENORMOUS PROBLEMS STILL PERSIST FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF OPERATIONS IN INDONESIA

UN MESSAGE TO TSUNAMI RELIEF WORKERS AND DONORS: THANKS, KEEP IT COMING

ANNAN ARRIVES IN INDONESIA TO LAUNCH UN FLASH APPEAL FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS

ON EVE OF TSUNAMI FLASH APPEAL, UN WARNS 150,000 COULD DIE WITHOUT URGENT CARE

UN PROMOTES EFFORTS TO SET UP TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR INDIAN OCEAN

UN OFFICIALS TOUR COUNTRIES HIT BY TSUNAMI DISASTER

ANNAN WILL VISIT INDONESIA TO SPEARHEAD DONOR DRIVE FOR TSUNAMI AID EFFORT

UN REPORTS OVER $2 BILLION IN PLEDGES FOR THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT