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Fast-growing fish trade on the ‘sustainability’ menu

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UN agency puts fast-growing fish trade on the ‘sustainability’ menu Source:UN News. 22 February 2016 – Top fishery officials are gathering in Morocco this week to discuss sustainable trade practices in a $144 billion industry that provides developing countries with more export revenue than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined. Lower-income nations’ exports of fish and fishery products reached $78 billion in 2014, more than triple the value of global rice exports, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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UN mourns death of former Secretary-General

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UN mourns death of former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Engagement with communities can help

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Engagement with communities can help address factors underlying violent extremism – UN chief

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

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Healing the Person and the State

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Healing the Person and the State
Rene Wadlow

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Addressing pneumonia: The deadly childhood illness

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Addressing pneumonia: The deadly childhood illness

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

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End violence against women and girls

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UN urges 'zero tolerance at the highest levels of leadership' to end violence against women and girls
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25 November 2015 – Ending gender-based violence is a top priority for achieving the United Nations founding mission of peace, development and human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, noting his specific concerns about rising violent extremism and its impact on women and girls, and calling for global collective action to end the scourge.

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End violence against women and girls

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‘Orange the World’ campaign kicks off efforts to end violence against women and girls – UN
Source:UN News.

24 November 2015 – From parades to soccer matches, school debates, and the lighting up of hundreds of iconic monuments, starting tomorrow a United Nations call to “Orange the World” will galvanize global action calling for an end to violence against women and girls, which according to the UN’s agency for gender equality (UN Women) affects one in three worldwide.

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India stands with Asia Pacific nations in drive for malaria‐free region

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India stands with Asia Pacific nations in drive for malaria‐free region

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(CNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined other Asia Pacific Leaders in taking a concrete step closer to defeating malaria. Along with the 17 other East Asia Summit (EAS) Leaders meeting in Malaysia this past weekend, he endorsed a detailed plan to eliminate the disease throughout the region by 2030.

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Millions receiving HIV treatment globally

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UNAIDS: millions receiving HIV treatment globally through accelerated and focused response
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24 November 2015 – Citing “extraordinary” progress in HIV prevention and response in the last 15 years, a new United Nations report found that many countries are adopting the Fast-Track Strategy developed by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), which allows more people to receive timely treatment for HIV, in an effort to end AIDS by 2030, as part of the recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals.

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Higher education doesn’t always lead to lower unemployment

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Access to higher education doesn’t always lead to lower unemployment – UN labour agency
Source:UN News.

17 November 2015 – Workers with post-secondary education are more likely to be unemployed in lower-income countries, reflecting a “mismatch” between skilled persons and the number of available jobs matching their competencies and expectations, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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