15 March 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. "The price of food is soaring. The threat of hunger and malnutrition is growing. Millions of the world’s most vulnerable people are at risk. An effective and urgent response is needed.", states UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his op-ed "The New Face of Global Hunger".
What are the durable solutions for persons in need of international protection: integration, voluntary return or resettlement? These are the topics to be addressed at the workshop, hosted by the Government of Ukraine on 18-19 March 2008 in Kyiv.
In September 2008, ministers from all countries, heads of development agencies and civil society organizations from around the world will gather in Accra for the Third High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (2-4 September). Expectations are that the Forum will agree on an Accra Action Agenda identifying concrete steps to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Declaration.
10 March 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The United Nations Country Team in Ukraine* is concerned by the recent refoulement of a group of 11 Sri Lankans by the Ukrainian authorities. They were forcibly returned from Ukraine - a group of 5 persons on 4 March and another group of 6 people on 5 March - to their home country.
8 March, 2008.At the 2005 World Summit, Governments of all nations agreed that "progress for women is progress for all". Yet the 10-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action revealed a serious gap between policy and practice in many countries. A lack of political will is reflected in the most telling way of all: lack of resources and insufficient budgetary allocations. That is why the theme of this International Women's Day is "Investing in Women and Girls".
7 March, 2008. Geneva-Kyiv. More women are working than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Office (ILO) issued for International Women's Day. Photo ILO/Y.R. Perera
4 March, 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament and Government, UN experts and leading national media discussed equal opportunities of men and women globally and in Ukraine at the press-breakfast entitled ”Investing in women and girls: Ukrainian perspective” devoted to the International Women’s Day.
26 February 2008, Washington/Geneve -- Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to a new report published today. The report presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis.
New York, 25 February - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is launching today a multi-year campaign to intensify action to end violence against women and girls. At least one out of every three women in the world is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, according to UN estimates, and one in five women will become a victim of rape or attempted rape.
10 March 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The United Nations Country Team in Ukraine* is concerned by the recent refoulement of a group of 11 Sri Lankans by the Ukrainian authorities. They were forcibly returned from Ukraine - a group of 5 persons on 4 March and another group of 6 people on 5 March - to their home country.
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4 March, 2008. Kyiv, Ukraine. The representatives of the Ukrainian Parliament and Government, UN experts and leading national media discussed equal opportunities of men and women globally and in Ukraine at the press-breakfast entitled ”Investing in women and girls: Ukrainian perspective” devoted to the International Women’s Day.
