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UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon Urges Global Action to Restore Peace in Somalia

UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon Urges Global Action to Restore Peace in Somalia

A two-day conference between the Somali government and the international community has ended in Turkey. The meeting (21-23 May) which was an international conference and is intended to review the…

Arizona Immigration Laws Under Fire for Human Rights Violations | UN

Arizona Immigration Laws Under Fire for Human Rights Violations | UN

In an amazing turn of events, Arizona Republicans’ are coming under fire from the United Nations regarding the states Immigration Law. In a statement released today, a group of United…

UN Report Finds Governments Must Act Swiftly on Biodiversity

UN Report Finds Governments Must Act Swiftly on Biodiversity

The United Nations released its updated report regarding biodiversity and global government participation. UN officials remark that radical and creative action is needed to conserve the variety of life within…

World Malaria Day | Fighting to Save 765,000 in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Malaria Day | Fighting to Save 765,000 in Sub-Saharan Africa

World Malaria Day is not a celebration, it is an awareness day globally. Annually, 850,000 die from a simple mosquito bite. Ninety percent of malaria deaths are children.…

Polio resurfaces in Tajikistan after 13 years | 7 cases confirmed and 100 cases suspected

Poliomyelitis (polio) has reappeared in Tajikistan after 13 years of absence with confirmed seven cases and 100 cases of polio suspected.…

16 African countries under measles threat | 185 deaths in 2010

Sixteen countries of West and Central Africa are under the threat of measles outbreak as UNICEF records 22,364 cases and 185 deaths, in the year to 28 March 2010.…

UNICEF Dispatches 150 School Tents to Qinghai Quake Affected Regions

Local Education Authorities estimates that 80% of primary schools and 50% of secondary schools in the country have been brutally damaged by the 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which stuck the Jiegu…

Lack of UNICEF funding may deprive 19,000 children of Education in Pakistan

Over 19000 insecure and homeless children may be deprived of education in IDP camps in North-West Pakistan by the end of April 2010 due to inadequate funding as UNICEF has…