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Papua New Guinea faces up to “resource curse”

27 November 2014
General News

Papua New Guinea is facing up to the challenge of a so-called “resource curse” as it focuses on boosting the well-being of its citizens according to the United Nations’ senior representative in the country.

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IAEA marine experts and Japanese counterparts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority collect water samples in coastal waters near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. (Photo
P.Pavlicek/IAEA)

Seawater sampling for radiation continues in Fukushima

25 November 2014
General News

The Japanese government continues to monitor radioactivity in seawater after a major earthquake damaged a nuclear power plant in March 2011.

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Girl working in a rice field near Chengdu, Sichuan.
UN Photo/John Isaac

Nutrition habits in China changing, obesity on rise

24 November 2014
General News

Obesity is on the rise in China because nutrition habits in the country are changing, according to a senior UN Food Agency Officer.

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Rajata Rajatanavin Minister for Public Health of the Kingdom of Thailand. General Debate, Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), FAO Headquarters (Plenary Hall). ©FAO/©Alessandra Benedetti

Unhealthy foods in Thailand creating new nutritional challenges

22 November 2014
General News

An increased consumption of unhealthy foods in Thailand has created new nutritional challenges for the newly industrialized country, according to its Minister of Public Health.

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Rural Nepali women (UNTV video capture)

Toilets bring hope to rural people in Nepal

20 November 2014
General News

Toilets are one of the basic necessities that people in developed countries take for granted, but it is not so for millions of people especially in rural areas of poor countries.

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Solutions sought for food wastage problem in Papua New Guinea

20 November 2014
General News

Most people in Papua New Guinea grow their own food and are able to feed themselves, but lack proper methods of preservation, a UN Food Agency (FAO) official has said.

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in November 2014.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas (file)

World will benefit greatly from more future-oriented, integrated Asia – Ban

13 November 2014
Asia – and indeed the world – will benefit greatly from a future-oriented Asian region that is ever more integrated, engaged and assuming greater responsibilities commensurate with its clout, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, addressing a regional summit in Myanmar.
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, spoke to members of the media at a Kabul press conference, on the situation of women in Afghanistan.
Fardin Waezi/UNAMA

Accountability for crimes against Afghan women urged by UN expert

13 November 2014
General News

Accountability for all crimes committed against women and girls in Afghanistan should remain a focus of the Afghan government and the international community.

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Poppy fields in Afghanistan.
UN Photo / Zalmai

“Alarming” levels of opium production in Afghanistan

12 November 2014
General News

Record levels of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan have been described as “alarming” by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

Situation “promising” in Afghanistan, says outgoing envoy

12 November 2014
General News

The situation in Afghanistan has been described by the outgoing head of the UN mission there as “promising”.

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