Podcast Archive
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UN Secretary-General: Stand Together on Libya
Posted on February 28, 2011
Ban Ki Moon toured the Holocaust museum after a meeting with President Obama at the White House. He urged the international community to stand firmly together during the historic transition toward more democratic, secure and prosperous Middle East.
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Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves Telephone Press Briefing
Posted on February 15, 2011
Led by the United Nations Foundation, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a new public-private partnership to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance???s ???100 by 20??? goal calls for 100 million homes to adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020. The Alliance is working with public, private, and non-profit partners to help overcome the market barriers that currently impede the production, deployment, and use of clean cookstoves in the developing world. For more information please visit: www.cleancookstoves.org.
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Haiti Today, Haiti Tomorrow - Tamara Kreinin
Posted on January 25, 2011
UN Foundation and Johns Hopkins University-SAIS hosted a panel discussion entitled "Haiti Today, Haiti Tomorrow" on January 24, 2011. UN Foundation's Executive Director of Women and Population program Tamara Kreinin spoke about women and girls in Haiti. For more information, visit unf2.pub30.convio.net
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Nothing But Nets - Together We Can Cover a Continent
Posted on January 25, 2011
Every 45 seconds, a child dies from malaria -- which is easily prevented through the use of an insecticide-treated net. A net costs just $10 to purchase, deliver, and educate the recipient on its proper use. Send a net. Save a Life. Together we can cover a continent. Visit NothingButNets.net to learn more.
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Your nets in Central African Republic
Posted on January 13, 2011
Over the last few months, the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign has been working with PSI (Population Services International) and our UN partners to get a life-saving bed net to every family in the Central African Republic. Thanks to the hard work and contributions of our supporters and Champion Mandy Moore, we are currently delivering those nets to help protect families from malaria for years to come. In this video, Danwe N'Dikwe of PSI describes his personal experience with malaria, and how working together is the best way to beat this deadly disease.
