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19-11-2009
US and Chinese presidents have expressed their desire to tackle climate change. President Obama wants next month's talks in Copenhagen to produce something more than "an agreement to have an agreement" at a future date.
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Image: US president Barack Obama at the Great Wall of China/ Photo credit: Huffington Post
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17-11-2009
UN chief lays out steps to save billions from hunger at the inaugural ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Leaders are drawing up comprehensive measures to combat hunger that is now gravely exacerbated by climate change and population growth.
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16-11-2009
At the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, world leaders announced on Sunday morning that a legally binding deal on climate change would be impossible to achieve at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month.
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Image: President Barack Obama, center, stands with other APEC leaders for a group photograph following their evening dinner in Singapore/ Photo credit: AP
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10-11-2009
A global advocacy initiative launched by UNIFEM in Kenya aims to stop violence against women. The campaign will encourage and stimulate actions such as advocating for legislation, volunteering and donating funds for programmes that protect women.
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04-11-2009
Resentment is simmering among villagers in Maharashtra due to a proposed nuclear power plant to be set up a few hundred kilometers south of Mumbai. It will be India’s first international collaboration after the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group lifted restrictions on civil nuclear cooperation.
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03-11-2009
A global plan to prevent and control pneumonia, the leading killer of children, has been launched jointly by UNICEF and WHO. The two UN agencies say more than five million children can be saved over next six years if a comprehensive plan to tackle the disease is adopted worldwide.
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27-10-2009
The Trento Charter aims to redefine international cooperation with a new vision. The document has recently been presented in a press conference with reflections on the Stand Up campaign and the forthcoming Copehagen summit.
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26-10-2009
Corruption, doubts over Afghan leadership, and faltering public support have emerged as the main stumbling blocks to a demand for more NATO troops in Afghanistan. Currently there are 65,000 US troops and a further 39,000 from allied states stationed in the embattled country.
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22-10-2009
In the largest anti-poverty mobilisation, more than 173 million citizens gathered at the Stand Up events around the globe last weekend, setting a new Guinness world record. Asia took the lead with 101 million, accounting for more than half of the global number.
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Image: Minar Pimple, Deputy Director, UNMC (L) and partner NGOs with signature cheque carrying the representation of 173 million citizens in the Stand Up campaign
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20-10-2009
Africa’s leaders are all set to make legal history by adopting a new instrument to assist people displaced within the borders of their own countries. This is going to happen 40 years after the rights of the continent’s refugees were enshrined in a landmark convention.
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Image: Africa hosts at least 11 million of the world's 25 million conflict-affected IDPs. Millions more are displaced annually by natural disasters/ Photo credit: IRIN
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