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Ban to Burma
Posted by UN Dispatch on July 3, 2009
Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is en route to Burma/Myanmar to press for the release of Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Evelyn Leopold, a long time United Nations correspondent, previews the trip and the political gamble that the Secretary General is undertaking. Also, see this interview with Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis (IL)
Read More »IL: It is a tough mission. We believe in the man, we believe in his office and we believe if ever there was a test of the United Nations relevance Burma is that test. That’s why we’ve been strongly supportive of the mission, that’s why we believe he’s doing absolutely the right thing and it’s also why our Prime Minister for example only recently spoke directly to the President of China because it’s very important that Burma’s friends and neighbours also send a clear and strong message about
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Meet your new IAEA chief
Posted by UN Dispatch on July 3, 2009
Posting will be light today, but I wanted to flag this news: Yeterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors elected Japan's Yukiya Amano to be the next Director General of the IAEA. He will succeed Mohammed elBaradei in November. After six rounds of voting Amano finally secured the 2/3rds majoriry required by the IAEA charter. Here is a just-released IAEA video announcing Amano's selection.
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Third-grade class leads school fundraiser for nets
Posted by Nothing but Nets on July 3, 2009
To begin their project, the students researched malaria, the United Nations, Nothing But Nets, and poverty in Africa, and then created an educational brochure on all they had learned. Deciding to engage their entire community, Zach’s students passed these brochures out not only to other students, but to local businesses and community members as well!
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Ban Ki Moon saying useful things in the New York Times
Posted by UN Dispatch on July 2, 2009
I have an embarrassing crush on Ban Ki Moon. You really can’t blame me. He raps! He married his high school sweetheart!
His op-ed in the New York Times tomorrow just made it worse. In it, he announces the launch of the Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System:
“We know the big picture: countries with low financial reserves; countries that face shrinking foreign investment, remittances and aid; countries where demand for exports has fallen. But we need a sharper lens with finer resolution.
I am marshalling the resources of the United Nations to monitor the impact of the crisis in real-time.”
Ban then calls on donor countries to maintain their support for international aid, pointing out that we already have evidence for wha Read More »
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UN enlisting religious support to promote women's health in Afghanistan
Posted by UN Dispatch on July 2, 2009
Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman--literally. The country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. As this video from UN TV explains, the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan is trying to enlist Afghanistan's religious leaders to advance womens' health and improve women's access to healthcare.
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Videocasts
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Nothing But Nets Travels to UNHCR Refugee Camp in Uganda
Our Nothing But Nets campaign travels to Uganda with actor Tom Cavanagh and singer Gavin DeGraw to deliver bed nets to refugees. Malaria is the #1 killer of refugees. Two thirds of the 33 million refugees worldwide live in malaria endemic countries. We are working with the UN Refugee Agency to send lifesaving bed nets to protect refugees.
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The Girl Fund
If you want to change the world, invest in an adolescent girl. There are more than 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries today, the majority of whom live in very limited circumstances. The opportunities available to them will impact an entire generation of men and women. You can invest in the future today at www.thegirlfund.org.
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Ted Turner Responds to Ashton Kutcher
Ted Turner responds to Ashton Kutcher's Twitter challenge. Dont just be a follower, take action and donate a bed net today at www.nothingbutnets.net.
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Ending Early Marriage
What does it take to keep young girls in some countries from being married to much older men? We're helping girls in Ethiopia find a way to stay in school longer and delay early marriage.
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Our 2008 Successes
In 2008, we have made a significant global impact by reaching millions of people around the world. Take a look at all of the amazing things we have achieved together in this highlights video. Thank you for your continued support.
Podcasts
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The Greening of Your Planet
Posted on February 27, 2009
The Obama Administration has said it wants 25 percent of all of the country's energy needs to come from "clean" energy sources by 2025. This might mean an overhaul of our current electrical grid. Reid Detchon, Executive Director for Energy Climate of the United Nations Foundation, talks about what this might mean for the Energy Department.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Posted on January 7, 2009
Oscar Caleman of UN World Food Programme reports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the refugee crisis in the region. Caleman describes how WFP’s ICT (Information Communications Technology) team is providing essential telecommunications tools to support humanitarian workers and help coordinate the delivery of vital aid.
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TSF Deploys to Pakistan
Posted on November 7, 2008
Télécoms Sans Frontières Head of Mission Simon Genin calls in about the response to the 6.5 earthquake in Pakistan. Genin describes conditions in the field and explains how TSF is providing vital communications links to earthquake survivors and relief workers.
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Oisin Walton reports from massive flooding in Haiti
Posted on September 25, 2008
Haiti has been hit by four severe tropical storms in less than a month. UN and other aid agencies are serving hundreds of thousands affected by the flooding. Télécoms Sans Frontières deployed two teams to Haiti to reconnect communications and communities devastated by the disaster.
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World Food Programme in Haiti
Posted on September 16, 2008
Mark Phillips, Haiti Tropical Storm ICT Coordination Officer for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), reports from Gonaives, Haiti on efforts to rebuild emergency communications for disaster relief in the wake of three consecutive, devastating hurricanes.
