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AFRICA: STRATEGIE PER PORRE FINE A TRE SITUAZIONI DI LUNGA DATA DI RIFUGIATI ANGOLANI, LIBERIANI E RUANDESI
LAlto Commissariato delle
Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR) sta implementando una serie di strategie
organiche mirate a mettere fine a tre situazioni di lunga data in Africa:
quelle che riguardano i rifugiati angolani, liberiani e ruandesi...
MALI: LA VIOLENZA NEL NORD COSTRINGE 20.000 PERSONE ALLA FUGA
Sono stati dispiegati nei paesi circostanti i team di emergenza dellAlto Commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i Rifugiati (UNHCR) che hanno il compito di far fronte alle necessità di circa 20.000 persone fuggite dal Mali a causa dei combattimenti n...
Trade Policy Review: Kuwait
The first review of the trade policies and practices of Kuwait takes place on 7 and 9 February 2012. The basis for the review is a report by the WTO Secretariat and a report by the Government of Kuwait.
UN agency steps up help as renewed fighting in Mali uproots 20,000 people
The United Nations refugee agency has deployed staff to assist some 20,000 people who have been forced to flee fighting between Government troops and rebel Tuareg groups in Mali.
As Syrian violence rages on, UNICEF voices alarm over plight of children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today sounded the alarm about the plight of children caught up in the bloodshed in Syria, where nearly 11 months of violence have led to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of young people.
Panama: UN expert calls for dialogue between Government and indigenous people
An independent United Nations expert on indigenous rights called today on the Government of Panama and the country’s indigenous groups to establish a dialogue process to stop the recent tensions and violence from escalating after recent protests.
UN official calls for ‘global new deal’ to fix broken global economy
The world needs "a global new deal" to break the mould of economic thought that led to the international financial crisis, the head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting trade and development says today.
UNESCO mourns passing of acclaimed Spanish painter Antoni Tàpies
The head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today paid tribute to the Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tàpies, who has died at the age of 88, calling him an "emblematic figure in contemporary art."
UN tribunal sentences member of Bosnian Serb’s legal team for contempt of court
The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today sentenced a member of a legal team defending a Bosnian Serb to 12 months’ imprisonment for contempt of the court.
Kenyan running aces to help mark milestone for UN environment agency
Two top Kenyan long-distance runners will be on hand to show support for the conservation efforts of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), joining the public in a half-marathon race in Nairobi later this month, to mark the agency’s 40th an...
