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Timor-Leste on track to achieve literacy by 2015 | Timor-Leste is on course to achieve full adult literacy by 2015, according to its President José Ramos Horta. President Ramos Horta spoke during a Security Council meeting on the Asian country on Wednesday. He said Timor-Leste was recovering from the 2006 crisis when violence, started by a mutiny in the army, broke out in the [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lebanon: UN led inquiry into Hariri assassination extended | A special tribunal investigating the death of a former Lebanese Prime Minister has received a three year extension. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made the announcement on Wednesday. The UN backed court was set up by the Security Council in 2007 following the 2005 assassination of Rafik al-Hariri in a car bombing. The attack left 22 [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Using climate-smart agriculture to feed the world | Smarter ways of growing crops could be one of the answers to the growing problem of not having enough food for a growing population, according to world leaders at an International Fund for Agricultural Development conference. The two-day session of the 35th Governing Council features presentations by various stakeholders, including President Paul Kagame of Rwanda. [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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URDU #07: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama | 1. Health services severly disrupted in besieged Syrian city of Homs 2. Radhika Coomaraswamy urges authorities in Syria to stop the killing and maiming of children 3. UN Secretary-General expresses frustration at the deepening crisis in Syria 4. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay deplores assault on Homs 5. FAO and WFP say [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Israeli approval of building new homes in West Bank “deplorable” | Israel’s approval of new home building in a settlement in the occupied Palestinian territory has been criticized as “deplorable” by a top United Nations diplomat. Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reacted to Israel’s announcement on Wednesday that it had approved the construction of 500 new houses in the [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pirates made $170M in ransoms from hijacking last year | Pirates made millions of dollars last year in ransoms for hijacked vessels and crews, according to head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC). Yury Fedotov briefed the Security Council on the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia, which he said is a growing issue. He warned that the laundering [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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UN Daily News 22 February 2012 | News and features from United Nations Radio. | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Small holder farmers can feed the world: IFAD | Small holder farmers are being asked by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to play a greater role in feeding the world’s population. The agency says it could help pull millions of people out of poverty. Jocelyne Sambira reports. With the world population expected to pass the 9 billion mark by 2050, IFAD says [...] | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Security Council votes to increase AU troops in Somalia | The number of African Union troops serving in Somalia will be increased from the current level of 12,000 to over 17,000. This follows a unanimous vote by the UN Security Council on Wednesday to raise the troop strength, just one day ahead of the London Conference on Somalia. Dianne Penn reports. Duration: 2’27″ | 2/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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