HIPC has not lived up to expectation - UNCTAD
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2004 report on economic development in Africa has criticised the eligibility and debt sustainability criteria of the HIPC initiative, saying they are arbitrary and lacks objectivity.
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NEW YORK -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) announced Thursday (local time) that the Korean economy is expected to grow by 6.5 percent while the world economy by 3.8 percent.
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Liberia's transitional government says it is disappointed by a UN decision to keep its ban on diamond and timber exports.
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The Asia-Pacific region risks an &quot;AIDS crisis similar in scale to Africa&#39;s&quot; unless national governments and regional institutions &quot;step up&quot; efforts to fight HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director Kathleen Cravero said on Wednesday in Manila
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Unicef, the UN agency with the task of ensuring children&#39;s survival, was accused yesterday of not doing enough to prevent the suffering and death of millions of youngsters around the world.
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There is no doubt that we are in a time of chaos in the world. Wars and genocide are as prevalent as ever.     Misery and suffering are on every continent of the globe we call earth. The world is currently focused on the 'War In Iraq' and the problem of nuclear proliferation in Iran and North Korea but the sad fact is threats to world peace are as prevalent as ever in spite of the efforts of the UN.    Where do we turn? Our respective governments? Grassroots support? Does genocide on the African continent for example even matter?    It is not unreasonable to look to the United Nations for understanding and problem resolution. Presumably, we expect it to be an unbiased and peace loving organization. Yet at closer examination one begins to realize the fact that the United Nations has been a total failure in terms of world peace. Rarely has the UN brought enough countries together to form an alliance to intervene meaningfully in the affairs of an oppressive and brutal country.    With the exception of the World Health Organization little good has come from the peace making mission of the U.N. I suggest the UN go to what it does best. With its world standing already established, the UN should focus on research, education and health, the missions it does best.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday he was &quot;disappointed&quot; his son did not tell him the full story of his ties to a firm involved in the UN oil-for-food program, now under investigation.
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Developing countries have criticised the IMF and World Bank for failing to give more decision-making power to smaller nations. Ministers from the Group of 24 (G24) developing countries made their statement
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NEW YORK - It is a classic UN dead end: Everyone agrees that the Security Council must be expanded to reflect a changed world, but no one can agree on how to do it.
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e did not expect President Bush to come before the United Nations in the middle of his re-election campaign and acknowledge the serious mistakes his administration has made on Iraq.
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: UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said yesterday he was âdisappointedâ his son did not tell him the full story of his ties to a firm involved in the UN oil-for-food programme, now under investigation.
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Reaction has been mixed to the findings of the New Zealand Cervical Cancer Screening Audit, released today. The College of GPs expressed concern, but little surprise at the findings, while the New Zealand
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The vision of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is under strain, the UN's human rights chief warns.
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UNITED NATIONS UN chief Kofi Annan says he&#39;s &quot;disappointed&quot; to learn his son was getting 30-thousand dollars a year from a company with an oil-for-food contract in Iraq.
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BELGRADE, Jul 25 (IPS) - Serbia has expressed particular satisfaction after  the United Nations failed to agree a new Security Council  resolution aimed at supervised independence for Kosovo.
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The strategy of fighting AIDS in Africa with questionable generic drugs made in developing countries now lies in shambles as an Indian company withdrew its medicines last week because it can&#39;t guarantee they are potent enough.
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This past week&#39;s summit on the future of health care in Ottawa wasn&#39;t so much a gong show, as I predicted in the days leading up to it.