philippines

Philippines: UN agency donates health kits for refugees from conflict in south

19 September 2007
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is providing emergency medicines and supplies people displaced by the escalation of fighting between the Philippines army and the Moro National Liberation Front in the southern island of Mindanao.
Young family benefits from 'Days of Peace'

UN-brokered health care truce aids children in 700 Philippines villages

10 May 2007
Children and their families in 700 remote villages in conflict-ravaged southern Philippines have received essential health care, many for the first time in their lives, through a historic truce arranged with Muslim rebels, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced today.

Philippines: ‘huge amount’ needs to be done to curb extrajudicial killings – UN expert

22 February 2007
With a significant number of extrajudicial killings “convincingly attributed” to its armed forces, a culture of virtual impunity and “the rampant problem of witness vulnerability,” the Philippines’ Government faces the “enduring and large challenge” of restoring accountability, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned today.

Philippines: funds desperately needed for millions devastated by typhoons, UN says

24 January 2007
Only 7 per cent of the total funds needed to allow millions to recover from destructive typhoons that have struck the Philippines since last September have been received, the United Nations and its partners announced today.