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LDCs: With journalists sponsored from vulnerable nations, news on UN conference can reach all corners of globe

28 May 2016
More than two dozen journalists from the world's least developed countries are in Antalya, Turkey, to report on a United Nations conference focused on the state of their homelands, and to ensure that key messages are disseminated as widely as possible thanks to their local news outlets.
Stephanie Coutrix

LDCs: UN conference on least developed countries opens in Turkey to assess progress made since 2011

27 May 2016
A United Nations conference focused on the world's least developed countries (LDCs) kicked-off today in Antalya, Turkey, to assess these 48 States' progress over the past five years, and to find ways of accelerating their path towards sustainable development.
Stephanie Coutrix

LDCs: Behind the scenes – gearing up for a UN conference on least developed countries

26 May 2016
Collaborating on the organization of major international conferences is a task well known to the United Nations, whose staff have the responsibility of ensuring that key messages are successfully delivered to not only those on location, but also worldwide.
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Ban appoints governing body of ‘technology bank’ for least developed nations

26 May 2016
Ahead of a major United Nations conference on priorities for the world’s least development countries (LDCs), Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of members to a governing council that will provide support towards the operationalization of a proposed Technology Bank for those vulnerable nations.
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Haiti: UN agencies support Government in vaccination campaign against cholera

25 May 2016
Two United Nations agencies said today they are supporting the Government of Haiti in a vaccination campaign against cholera that aims to reach 400,000 people in 2016.
WFP/Ammar Bamatraf

Yemen’s food situation on verge of ‘humanitarian disaster’ – UN

12 May 2016
The food security and nutrition situation in Yemen will turn into a humanitarian disaster unless urgent funding is accessible for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to deliver timely aid in the April/May cereal and vegetable planting season and the summer fishing season, and vaccinate livestock before winter, the United Nations agency has warned.
WFP/Sylvain Cherkaoui

UN conference to review progress of least developed countries during past five years

10 May 2016
A United Nations conference is set to undertake a review of progress made during the past five years by the world's 48 least developed countries (LDCs), which comprise about 12 per cent of the global population.