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The ongoing global economic crisis is going to increase unemployment worldwide. Director-General of ILO says it is about time that all governments of the world work in a coordinated manner to combat this phenomenon of joblessness.
02-12-2008
The two-week climate change talks kicked off on December 1 in the Polish city, aiming for a global vision on a new climate change regime post Kyoto Protocol. In the current circumstances, delegates will also focus on how climate change policies can be linked to economic recovery.
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Image: The conference marks halfway to the 2009 Copenhagen Summit/ Photo credit: UN
30-12-2008
It has come as a huge relief for the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan that neighbouring Iran has decided to suspend large-scale expulsions of illegal refugees until March next year. There are approximately 2.5 million Afghans, majority of them illegally, living in Iran.
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Image: Iran has deported over 362,000 Afghans so far in 2008/ Photo credit: IRIN
02-12-2008
Despite notions of excess funds for AIDS, the $10 billion in resources worldwide fell short last year. Bertil Lindblad, director, UNAIDS Office in New York says the epidemic is running strong and ahead of the global response, which for the first time, is showing results in treatment and prevention.
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Image: Bertil Lindblad/ Photo credit: IPS (UN photo)
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Make way for fair trade, says Millennium Campaign
27-11-2008
Ahead of the conference on Financing for Development in Doha this weekend, the United Nations Millennium Campaign has called upon rich countries to commit to a more equitable global trade and market access. At the same time, poor countries must mobilise domestic resources towards fighting poverty.
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Myanmar cyclone victims benefit from paid work
29-12-2008
Myanmar Red Cross Society’s cash-for-work programme is providing thousands of Cyclone Nargis survivors an opportunity to earn their livelihood. With their assets and savings lost to the storm, people had little chance to recover in the absence of employment.
2008-12-26 16:12:14
Child Voices: Children of Nepal Speak Out on Climate Change Adaptation offers an opportunity to hear young perspectives on climate change adaptation needs. This report finds children have clear knowledge on how to cope with adverse weather patterns and provides
recommendations that uphold their rights in adaptation plans.
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Image: They have a right to be heard / Photo credit: Google Images
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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