WHO brokers deal on tobacco smuggling
A global agreement has been reached to try and put an end to tobacco smuggling.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the practice makes smoking cheap and cheats countries out of profits from tobacco.
A global agreement has been reached to try and put an end to tobacco smuggling.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says the practice makes smoking cheap and cheats countries out of profits from tobacco.
The United Nations estimates that more than one million people have been killed or injured by landmines in the past 30 years.
It is estimated that, across the globe, 2.4 million people are forced to endure the crime of human trafficking at any one time.
They do so in forced labour, in domestic servitude, in sexual exploitation, and in every country and every region of the world.
Some former child soldiers in Africa are taking their experiences and turning them into rap songs.
Twenty-five per cent of maternal deaths in Darfur are caused by excessive bleeding due to lack of adequate blood for transfusion.
The joint UN-Arab League envoy for Syria told the Security Council Monday that the country will complete the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from populated areas by April 10 according to US Ambassador Susan Rice.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is celebrating past and present inventors with the exhibition “Visionary Innovators” that highlights the work of Steve Jobs.
Gross National Product, or the total value of a country’s economic activity for a year, has long been used to measure progress.
But is GNP the only indicator of national wealth?
Last September, a young woman from Angola was crowned Miss Universe, beating out more than 80 other beauties from around the world.