The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has provided urgently needed medical supplies to poor farmers in the Peruvian highlands whose livestock are suffering as a result of a severe unseasonable cold spell, known locally as “El friaje.”
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Ever wondered what our world would look like stripped bare of plants, soils, water, man-made structures? Wonder no longer; images of the Earth as never seen before have been unveiled in the world’s biggest geological mapping project ever.
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“A few years ago, HIV/AIDS raged out of control. An entire continent was caught in the pandemic’s merciless grip. In countries like Botswana, AIDS had cut the average life expectancy by 15 years. Well, today the outlook is really different.” - Bush.
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“Diplomatic assurances are one tool the U.S. Government uses to help ensure that transfers are conducted consistent with this humane treatment policy. The U.S. Government will generally seek humane treatment and third-party access assurances.”
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Michael Doig (24) of Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, was stopped and searched by RAF police as he prepared to board a flight from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, and was found to have close to one kilogram of heroin in his baggage.
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As the U.S. Government urges foreign governments to each build a strong interagency body to fight human trafficking, its own interagency working groups actively coordinate efforts to eradicate human trafficking throughout the year.
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The President of the General Assembly has called for creating a new culture of international relations to address today’s global challenges, ranging from economic development and reducing poverty to dealing with rising food and energy prices.
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The independent UN team dispatched by Ban Ki-moon to assess the monitoring of the Lebanese border with Syria has wrapped up its two-week mission to Lebanon. This was the second mission for the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team.
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The British and Australian Governments have announced plans to re-bury the World War One dead found at a mass grave in Fromelles, France. The soldiers from the two countries, believed to number up to 400, will be re-buried in individual graves.
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The UN World Food Programme has praised a new report by a Washington-based think-tank which calls for the US to take a fresh strategic approach to the global food crisis. “This challenge cannot be solved without US leadership,” said WFP’s Josette Sheeran.
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