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  • UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report 1 Dec 2009 07:25 GMT
    ... UN denies complicity in Congo human rights abuses after leaked report The United Nations ... succeeded in neutralising the FDLR…have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the Kivus and have resulted ... rebel groups—thereby financing these rebels groups,” he said, adding, “They have implicated some of the most ...

  • Editorial: HIV/AIDS is a humanitarian crisis 1 Dec 2009 08:54 GMT
    ... it calls HIV and AIDS the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time, possibly of all ... requires a humanitarian response. Espousing belief in human rights worldwide while ignoring such a human ...

  • Britain to mediate in Philippine-Muslim peace bid 1 Dec 2009 10:55 GMT
    ... the UK government," British ambassador Stephen Lillie said in a statement. "I hope the ICG ... in what aid agencies said was a humanitarian crisis. Over 250,000 people remain in evacuation ...

  • Albino shelter in terror from killers 1 Dec 2009 14:08 GMT
    ... By Katrina Manson Misungwi, Tanzania - In remote north-west ... turned out to be fine and happy," said Mwakami Kilijiwa, standing over the fresh grave of her ... who risk cancer because their skin lacks protection against the hot African sun. "This child ...

  • Josette Sheeran, World Food Programme director, on hunger crisis in Yemen 30 Nov 2009 17:27 GMT
    ... issued a statement last week about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Here is the text of ... Food Programme and partners such as Islamic Relief and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency ... that displaced is have access to humanitarian assistance and especially food. Since the conflict in ...

  • Albinos in hiding 30 Nov 2009 07:31 GMT
    ... parts sold to witchdoctors, the Red Cross said in a recent report. The killings of albinos ... Salif Keita, a Malian albino singer and human rights activist. The Red Cross societies in both ... they need support to respond to the humanitarian crisis. Since 2007, at least 44 Tanzanian ...

  • UN Must Stop Backing Country's Disastrous Operation Against Marauding Rebel Militias [opinion] 30 Nov 2009 10:32 GMT
    ... the rebels, have been accompanied by serious human rights violations, and have prompted massive reprisals against ... that matches targeted military actions with civilian protection, respect for human rights and expansion of ... Instead, they have aggravated an already devastating humanitarian crisis. It is not just that the ...

  • How global warming is having an impact 30 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
    ... status under international law mean a vicious humanitarian crisis is looming, say experts. Bottom line? ... we are on track for worst-case scenarios laid out only two years ago by the Nobel-winning UN ... the start of the Industrial Revolution, the protective calcium shell of amoeba-like organisms living in ...

  • Climate 'time bombs' stoke scientists' fears 30 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
    ... status under international law mean a vicious humanitarian crisis is looming, say experts. Bottom line? ... we are on track for worst-case scenarios laid out only two years ago by the Nobel-winning UN ... Danish capital Copenhagen. "We are determined to protect the Amazon and use its resources in ...

  • Predictions for climate change this century 30 Nov 2009 05:50 GMT
    ... status under international law mean a vicious humanitarian crisis is looming, say experts. Bottom line? ... we are on track for worst-case scenarios laid out only two years ago by the Nobel-winning UN ... Danish capital Copenhagen. "We are determined to protect the Amazon and use its resources in ...

  • Israel's blockade of Gaza a humanitarian crisis by Mel Frykberg (24 Nov 09) 25 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... during the Israeli military offensive of 2008/2009," said Gaylard. During 's infrastructure was heavily targeted ... hear the UN coordinator address the escalating humanitarian crisis, dozens of Gazan families were living ... in a tent supplied by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Despite the recent ...

  • Militia warns UN to buy from Somali farmers or cut aid 25 Nov 2009 18:13 GMT
    ... food from Somali farmers or stop sending aid to the impoverished African country. "WFP [World ... is in the middle of the worst humanitarian crisis since the famine of the early 1990s, ... the first half of this year, providing assistance to nearly 3 million people. CNN's Alden ...

  • Accounting for post-war crimes in northern Uganda 29 Nov 2009 13:12 GMT
    ... was to force civilians into camps. He said the shelling was of LRA units. The ... sustained without extensive international humanitarian intervention and assistance. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal ... leads to the conclusion that, because the humanitarian crisis was the product of displacement into the ...

  • POLITICS IN BRIEF 26/11 26 Nov 2009 07:11 GMT
    ... of ASEAN in 2010. FM Marty Natalegawa said he believes relations between the two countries ... the member countries’ requirements for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. They underscored the need ... Giang raised deep concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, unabated clashes between Israeli settlers ...

  • UN peace mission fuelling violence in Congo, report says 25 Nov 2009 13:53 GMT
    ... in neutralising the FDLR, have exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in the Kivus and have resulted ... of Congolese and Rwandan Hutus, the group said. The rebels benefit from complex support networks in ... displacement of 1 million villagers. This month Human Rights Watch said it had documented the deliberate ...


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