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World meets Millennium safe water goals: UN China Daily The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), based at the UN Headquarters in New York, and the World Health Organization (WHO), based in Geneva, Switzerland, released their Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) report, "Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation 2012 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Majority of population has access to potable water, exceeding MDG target BusinessWorld Online Edition In a statement released on Wednesday, the UN said a report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that in 2010, 6.1 billion people or 89% of the world's population had sustainable access to safe drinking water ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Child rights group: UNICEF State of the World's Children report not new in PHL GMA News Akap Bata, a child rights party-list poses this challenge to PNoy administration in the light of the State of the World's Children 2012 released just recently by UNICEF. Akap Bata Party-List Secretary General Arlene Brosas said this should call ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
World Has Met Development Target on Water, UN Claims Inter Press Service On Tuesday, the UN children's agency UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a joint report claiming that the MDG target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water (spelled out under Goal 7 on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
UN's safe water target met ahead of schedule Water World THE world's nations achieved a UN goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United Nations announced yesterday. A report issued by the UN children's agency and the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Empowering Women in the World's Newest Country Huffington Post It is a challenging post and in contrast to previous leadership roles I've held in the Norwegian government and at UNICEF, where women were an established presence, peacekeeping has traditionally been a male-dominated world. See all stories on this topic » | ||
International Women's Day Marie Claire.co.uk Unicef believe that investing in women, mothers and girls provides hope for a future free of poverty, but their annual State of the World's Children Report indicates there is still a long way to go. 'While women's role in development is central, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
WATCH: Lenny Kravitz Wants Clean Water for Everyone Ecorazzi by Ali Berman March 7, 2012 Rocker Lenny Kravitz has teamed up withUNICEF to help address a problem affecting millions of people around theworld: clean water. The singer said about the issue, “I was born in New York City and have always taken access ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Women in developing world also have dreams The Province In late February I listened to a woman who had walked for several hours to bring her twin baby girls and three-year-old son to the health centre where the World Food Program and UNICEF work jointly with the government to treat mal-nourished children. See all stories on this topic » | ||
Fix the Inequality Gap: Bloomberg Businessweek Opening Remarks Bloomberg Recent analysis by economists Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins atUnicef suggests about two-thirds of all countries have become more unequal over the past two decades. Income inequality has become a preoccupation of voters in America and Europe, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Must-Reads From Around the World: March 8, 2012 TIME (blog) Too Young to Die — A recent UNICEF report has placed a spotlight on the issue of teen suicide in Russia. The nation has the world's third-highest teen suicide rate behind neighboring Belarus and Kazakhstan. A lack of support, both familial and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Head of Communications and Brand Third Sector UNICEF is the world's leading organisation working for children and their rights in more than 190 countries. As champion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, UNICEF works to help every child realise their full potential. See all stories on this topic » | ||
Newsletter Sign Up UNICEF Australia Stay up to date on what UNICEF is doing around the world to help children survive to adulthood. Although by its very nature the exact numbers are difficult to quantify, it is estimated today that as many as 300000 child soldiers – some as young as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Doubts raised over UN drinking water claim New Scientist The World Health Organization and UNICEF – which have monitored the target – instead decided to judge water as "safe" simply by looking for evidence of "improved sources" such as piped supplies, boreholes and collected rainwater – and this, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Concerted global efforts have led to great strides against extreme poverty – Ban UN News Centre The number of people living in extreme poverty has also declined in all regions of the world, including in Africa where challenges are greatest, he said. Earlier this week, a joint report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the UN World Health ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Women in developing world also have dreams The Province In late February I listened to a woman who had walked for several hours to bring her twin baby girls and three-year-old son to the health centre where the World Food Program and UNICEF work jointly with the government to treat mal-nourished children. See all stories on this topic » | ||
Robbie Williams 'Soccer Aid' returning in May Digital Spy UK Robbie Williams's UNICEF TV charity event Soccer Aid will return on Sunday, May 27, it has been confirmed. The 2010 series of Soccer Aid ended with a victory for Michael Sheen's Rest of the World team over Robbie Williams's England, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Centres Set Up in Nation to Treat Nodding Disease AllAfrica.com The government is working together with a number of partners, including theWorld Health Organization, UNICEF, and the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization in Uganda, but more research is needed. World Health Organization representative Dr. Joachim ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
UN says 2 bln more people get safe water to drink Bayoubuzz The figure means the world has met the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal ( MDG ) to halve the proportion of people with no safe drinking water well ahead of a 2015 deadline, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. See all stories on this topic » | ||
Teens choosing death in Russia Washington Post Russia has the third-highest teenage suicide rate in the world, just behind its neighbors Belarus and Kazakhstan and more than three times that of the United States. On an average day, about five Russians under age 20 take their own lives. See all stories on this topic » | ||
Children's Photography Exhibition from Earthquake- and Tsunami-Damaged Region ... Bradenton Herald By Sony Corporation of America NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation and UNICEF today announced the opening of a special public exhibition of children's photography from the Tohoku region of Japan – specifically, the Iwate, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Congress should strengthen US role as world leader in providing food aid to ... The Hill The countries in the Sahel, which is just below the Sahara and extends from the Atlantic Coast to the Red Sea, are among the world's poorest. According to the UN, nearly 23 million people in Niger, Chad, Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Senegal, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Soccer Aid returns to OT Manchester United FC Old Trafford will once again play host to a star-studded charity football match between England and the Rest of the World when Soccer Aid returns in May. The brainchild of singer Robbie Williams and UNICEF UK, this year's event will again be hosted by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Soccer Aid 2012 with Robbie Williams, JLS' Marvin Humes & Aston Merrygold ... Unreality TV Two star-studded squads of footballing legends and high-profile celebrities from England and the Rest of the World will compete in an electrifying football match all in aid of UNICEF, the world's leading children's organisation. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Unicef says urban children in developing world ... - The Independent On another beach in a different world, Chinasa Paul would be sipping a soft drink bought by his parents. But if the 15-year-old eats today in Lagos, it will be ... www.independent.co.uk/.../unicef-says-urban-children-in-dev... | ||
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Read More... - Children's charity news: UNICEF Australia | UNICEF ... Stay up to date on what UNICEF is doing around the world to help children... according to UNICEF's new report State of the World's Children which looks at ... www.unicef.org.au/.../New-report--city-children-excluded-fro... | ||
The State of the World's Children 2012 | News | UNICEF UK Cities leave hundreds of millions of children excluded from vital services,UNICEF warns in its new report, The State of the World's Children 2012. www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/.../state-of-the-worlds-children-201... | ||
World News: Split between rich and poor greater in cities, UNICEF ... According to UNICEF'S 2012 annual report, the city is beckoning to many in the developing world, but children often grow up in slums and fall behind in health ... www.thestar.com/.../1137643--split-between-rich-and-poor-gr... | ||
Children left behind in world's city boom: UNICEF - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: More than one billion children now live in crowded cities around the world but too many are stuck among the poorest of the poor without ... ca.news.yahoo.com/children-left-behind-worlds-city-boom-un... | ||
The State of the World's Children 2012: Children in ... - UNICEF USA Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services, UNICEF warns in the State of the World'sChildren 2012. www.unicefusa.org/.../the-state-of-the-world-children-2012.ht... | ||
Children left behind in world's city boom: UNICEF, news, StarAfrica ... More than one billion children now live in crowded cities around the world but too many are stuck among the poorest of the poor without electricity, water or ... www.starafrica.com/.../children-left-behind-in-worlds-city-boo... | ||
UNICEF: Millions of kids live in urban squalor - Story - World - 3 News Millions of children are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them, according to the United Nations Children's ... www.3news.co.nz/UNICEF-Millions-of.../Default.aspx | ||
World's nations achieve UN goal to improve access to safe drinking ... UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake said meeting the goal is especially good news for children. “Every day more than 3000 children die from diarrheal ... www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAXfbFuR_story.html | ||
Child poverty grows as cities expand - World - CBC News Urban centres around the world are failing to nurture their growing populations, a trend that UNICEF says is leaving children in hunger and poverty. In its latest ... www.cbc.ca/news/world/.../children-cities-unicef-report.html | ||
Children left behind in world's city boom UNICEF - Channel NewsAsia More than one billion children now live in crowded cities around the world but too many are stuck among the poorest of the poor without electricity, water or ... www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/.../.html | ||
Child rights group: UNICEF State of the World's Children report not ... Akap Bata, a child rights party-list challenges the PNoy administration to 'go to the slum areas and see for yourself,' in light of the State of the World'sChildren ... www.gmanetwork.com/.../child-rights-group-unicef-state-of-t... | ||
PalmBeachPost UNICEF: Millions of kids live in ... - Palm Beach Post A UNICEF report says that millions of children around the world are growing up in squalid urban areas and denied basic services despite living close to them. www.palmbeachpost.com/.../unicef-millions-of-kids-live-in-ur... | ||
News Line : UNICEF State of the World's Children 2012 report to be ... The UNICEF State of the World's Children 2012 report will be jointly launched by UNICEF and Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat tomorrow (Mar.2). www.priu.gov.lk/.../20120301unicef_state_of_the_worlds_chi... |


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