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Since before the creation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995, two groups of people have confronted each other: supporters of trade liberalisation, who regard the pursuit of growth as paramount, and opponents of trade liberalisation, who see unfettered trade as the cause of many socio-economic problems.
As part of efforts to find a lasting solution to the alarming spread of the H1N1 influenza, popularly known as swine flu, the World Health Organisation has disclosed that it will donate H1N1 vaccines to about 10 per cent population of every country in Africa, out of which about 14 million Nigerians will benefit.
A hospital set up in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to care for United Nations peacekeepers is also bringing hope to hundreds of local people who might otherwise lack necessary treatment for their illnesses and injuries as well as screening that can ward off preventable sickness.
UNDP in Ghana has set up a "communication club" to engage students journalists on development issues.
Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years.
Exactly 20 years ago, on 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which sets universal standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below the age of 18 years.
Surely, the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to make July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day is not a surprise to those who follow the sterling life and times of the former South African president.
Worried over the rapid spread of the influenza A, H1N1 virus in the African regions, representatives of African countries under the auspices World Health Organization (WHO) are meetings in Abuja to discuss the procurement and deployment the vaccines.
Uganda's human rights situation will be reviewed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2011 for the first time.
The Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn yesterday said that the global economy's recovery from the effects of the global economic crisis still remains highly vulnerable to shocks and policy missteps.
Kenya and UN agencies on Tuesday launched a Sh50 billion programme to speed up development investments.
The World Bank survey carried out, about three years back, indicates that Uganda has less than the minimum number of accountants that it should have.
ESKOM would know early next year if the World Bank had approved a loan of up to 5bn, the bank said yesterday.
It is likely that Rwanda will join the 53-member country Commonwealth group by the end of this week, reports emerging from the negotiations reveal.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today lauded a new report which outlines steps to be taken by Africa and its development partners to help lift millions of people across the continent out of poverty.
A top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the region.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone.
The world's first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low.
The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court.
Over 150 ex-combatants who once fought for armed militia in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region participated today in a United Nations-backed demobilization and reintegration programme which aims to ease the return of former soldiers to their communities.
18-year-old Mouniratou in Bobo-Dioulassou is happiness itself. Two weeks ago she took her last pill, putting an end to a six-month long treatment for tuberculosis, still a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. More than 2700 new cases were reported in 2008.
As part of an agreement with the Sudanese Government, UNAMID has been tasked with providing technical assistance in Sudan's upcoming elections, currently slated for April 2010. UNAMID staff members are among 69 election teams working in Northern Darfur registering eligible voters.
The World Food Program (WFP) has called for more contribution to urgently assist about twenty million individuals in Africa who may be affected by erratic rain fall.
The 8th Africa Regional Conference for the Review of Beijing + 15 took place in Banjul, the capital of the Gambia, from 16 to 20 November 2009.
Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including "extremely alarming" kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers' movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven years of war, says a new report by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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