2009/6/22 13:40:00 (785 reads)
"Unaccompanied children or minor refugees…"
London (UK), 20 June 2009_ According to the UN's 1951 convention, a refugee is someone who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country...”
2009/6/22 13:38:00 (722 reads)
"Weather information for Africa"
Geneva (Switzerland), 18 June 2009 - A new weather initiative for Africa was launched as part of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2009. The idea is to provide extra and more accurate meteorological data, to local communities and to the wider international organisations, both of which should be of benefit to all.
2009/6/22 13:37:00 (772 reads)
'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'.
Nairobi (Kenya), 5 June 2009_ The main needs and problems linked to climate change in Africa and other developing countries have been marginalised and ignored by many Western nations and climate agreements, the main culprits and principle polluters responsible for the problems of climate change.
2009/6/4 17:35:20 (714 reads)
“Tobacco Health Warnings”.
Lilongwe (Malawi) 31 May 2009_ While most of us in the West should by now be aware how damaging smoking is to our health and with our governments placing heavy duties on cigarettes, making smoking illegal in public places and heavy funding of anti-smoking campaigns, the rules in many other parts of the world, in particular Africa, are nowhere near as strict. This reports looks at the situation in Africa and the many contradictions and paradoxes such rules can cause in this vast continent.
2009/6/4 17:29:35 (727 reads)
"Women in peacekeeping"
Goma (Republic democratic of the Congo), 29 May, 2009 _ The 16 operations currently underway have 91,842 personnel -- 79,147 troops, 10,314 police and 2,381 military observers, drawn from 118 countries. It is 61 years since UN peacekeepers were first deployed – in the Middle East, to monitor the armistice between Israel and its Arab neighbours. Easily recognisable by their blue helmets or berets, these forces have since been deployed 63 times, of which 16 missions are ongoing, with a number of differing mandates and sometimes under the control of other large coalitions such as NATO, the AU, ECOWAS or the EU.