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Labour Targets Global Inequality

PA | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK

Read More: UK News, Labour Party, Income Inequality, International Development, Millennium Development Goals, UK Labour Party, United Nations, UK Politics, Un, Development, Inequality, Global Inequality, UK News

Labour has put a commitment to tackling global inequality at the heart of its vision for a "social contract without borders" to drive international de...

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Famine-Stricken North Koreans 'Forced Into Cannibalism'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Pyongyang, Poverty, Famine, United Nations, Cannibalism, North Korean Refugees Assistance Fund, North Korea Rocket Launch, North Korea, UK News

There are fears some famine-stricken North Koreans are being forced into cannibalism following claims a man was executed for murdering his two childre...

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Coca and Snus: Sweden's Self-defeating Hypocrisy on Drugs

Damon Barrett | Posted 17.03.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Cigarettes, United Nations, Bolivia, War on Drugs, Tobacco, Snus, Sweden, Cocaine, European Union, Eu, UK Politics News

Sweden has made the defence of the entire 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs a central part of its foreign policy on drugs. This is unthinking, uncritical and blinkered.

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Half Of All Food Ends Up Thrown Away

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Head of Energy., Starvation, UK News, United Nations, Sell by Dates, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Food Thrown Away, Food Waste, News, Waste Water, UK News

As much as half of all the food produced in the world - two billion tonnes worth - ends up being thrown away, according to "staggering" new figures. ...

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Maldives Girl 15, 'Raped By Father' Faces Public Flogging After Being Charged With 'Fornication' With Another

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 11.03.2013 | UK

Read More: Flogging, Rape, Sex, United Nations, Maldives-Rape, Fornication, Maldives, Amnesty International, Sharia Law, Un, Indian Ocean, Islamic Law, UK News

A teenage girl whose step-father is accused of repeatedly raping her and murdering their subsequent child, faces being flogged for "fornication" with ...

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To Look Tough on Drugs, and Please the US, the UK is Willing to Trample on Indigenous Rights

Damon Barrett | Posted 08.03.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: United States, Bolivia, War on Drugs, Coca, United Kingdom, United Nations, Cocaine, Sweden, World, Drugs, UK Politics News

This is the supply-side enforcement approach to drugs that has dominated since the mid 20th Century. We now know this to be quixotic, abusive nonsense even as it remains so vigorously pursued. Today, more than 180 countries have signed up.

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Palestinian Authority Officially Changes Its Name To 'State Of Palestine'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 07.01.2013 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, United Nations, Un, Israel, UK News

Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the Palestinian Authority to officially change its name to the State of Palestine. The Palestinian President issued the ...

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Why the Congo Experts Need More Scrutiny

Dr Phil Clark | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: m23, Rwanda, Uganda, Drc, United Nations, UK, World, Congo, UK Universities, UK Universities & Education News

While the M23 rebels - who mutinied from the Congolese army last May - remain within striking distance of the key border town of Goma, the regional and international diplomatic wrangling goes on. Fractious peace talks between the rebel leaders and the Congolese government in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, will resume on 4 January.

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Sri Lanka's Killing Fields Tourism

Frances Harrison | Posted 25.02.2013 | UK

Read More: Sri Lankan Army, War Crimes, Hotels, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lankan Tourism, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers, UK Impact, United Nations, Un, UK Travel, UK News

The Sri Lankan military is advertising a newly constructed hotel in the heart of the killing fields in the north of the island, where tens of thousands of minority Tamils were killed in 2009. Right in the heart of what was rebel territory, the hotel overlooks the stretch of water that became the frontline during the final bloody months of the conflict.

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Why Europe Is Wrong About Jerusalem

Toby Greene | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Politics

When both sides have a claim to this small but strategically significant piece of land, the way to resolve the issue should be through negotiations between the parties, just as the EU is calling for. Why then has the EU prejudged the outcome of those negotiations by taking the Palestinian side of the argument?

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Killings Force UN To Pull Polio Workers Out Of Pakistan

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK

Read More: Polio, UK Impact, UK News, Polio Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, United Nations, Taliban, Un, Pakistan Polio, UK News

The United Nations has pulled all its staff on a Polio eradication campaign in Pakistan out of the country after two more workers were killed on Wedne...

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U DAY 2012: It's Time for a More United World

Ben Bowler | Posted 15.02.2013 | UK

Read More: Interfaith, Religion, Interfaith Understanding, Peace, Mayan Calendar, United Nations, Martin Luther King, U Day, UK News

Politically, we are seeing the ongoing expansion of regional political unification. Notwithstanding the current financially-driven woes of the European Union, it is still very much a work in progress.

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The North Korean Rocket Launch: Should We Be Worried?

Sarah Aston | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Wednesday 12 December marked the first successful attempt by North Korea to launch a rocket into space. Calling it a triumph for the year old Administration of Kim Jong - Un, North Korean officials such as Kim Ki-nam have stated that the rocket launch was a Satellite and it's launch was an "independent right" that should not be condemned by the international community.

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Can New UN Resolution Help Countries Move Towards Universal Health Coverage?

Louise Holly | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: UN General Assembly, Un, UK World, Universal Healthcare, Universal Health Coverage, United Nations, Uhc, UK Politics News

Governments have finally recognised their responsibility to urgently scale up efforts towards universal coverage of affordable and quality healthcare services especially for the poorest.

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The Momentum Increases: Leveson on Human Rights and the UN's FGM Announcement, All Within a Week

Hilary Burrage | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Leveson Report, Female Genital Mutilation, United Nations, Oppression, Gender Equality, Fgm, UK Media, Leveson, Leveson Inquiry, UK Politics News

It's has been quite a week on the human rights front for big news, both national and - has anyone noticed? - international. Not often do we see massive steps towards gender equality coming thick and fast; but that's what's happening just now.

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Taking the Media's Temperature

Lachie McKenzie | Posted 02.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Media, America, Cop18, United Nations, UK Media, UK Universities & Education News

As far as media coverage is concerned, the public debate has shifted towards politics, and that, as they say, is a whole new ball game.

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Sir Tim Berners-Lee: 'The UN Should Not Run The Internet'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Tech

Read More: Icann, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, UK News, World Wide Web, United Nations, UK Tech News

Inventor of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that the UN should not be allowed to 'run the Internet'. The British communications p...

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Fears Over Chemical Weapon Attack In Syria

Huffington Post UK and Agencies | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK

Read More: Chemical Weapons, UK News, United Nations, Assad, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Syria Chemical Weapons, News, Syria, UK News

The US has reiterated concerns over the Syrian regime using chemical weapons saying any such move would cross a "red line" and prompt action. Obam...

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Stevie Wonder Pulls Out Of Israeli Military Fundraiser

Huffington Post UK | Posted 02.12.2012 | UK

Read More: Palestine, Friends of the IDF, UK News, Stevie Wonder, United Nations, Messenger of Peace, Israel Defence Forces, Israel, News, Los Angeles, UK News

Stevie Wonder has pulled out of a concert in support of the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces, saying "I am and have always been against war, any w...

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Palestine Sees UN Status Upgraded

Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian UN Bid, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Video, UK News, United Nations, Two-State Solution, UK News

The United Nations has voted in favour of upgrading the status of Palestine from entity to non member state in spite of opposition from the US and Isr...

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'This Will Save The Two-State Solution'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.11.2012 | UK

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian UN Bid, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, Video, UK News, United Nations, Two-State Solution, UK News

United Nations states are set to vote on Palestinian statehood at the General Assembly on Thursday, as Israeli ministers poured scorn on the move, cal...

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UK 'Likely To Abstain On Palestinian Statehood Vote'

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 28.11.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: UK News, Gaza, Palestinian Statehood, William Hague, Gaza Conflict, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, United Nations, Video, UK Politics News

Britain is ready to back calls at the United Nations for recognition of a Palestinian state if it gives a commitment to an immediate and unconditional...

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Change My Mind: Will A UN Vote On Palestinian Statehood Undermine The Peace Process?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.11.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestinian Authority, Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Abbas, UK Gaza, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, UK Politics News

Reports in the press suggest the UK government is preparing to recognise Palestine as a state in its own right. Foreign secretary William Hague is...

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Time for a Palestinian State on the Ground, Not on Paper

Toby Greene | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, UK Gaza, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, UK Politics News

In all likelihood on Thursday afternoon the UN General Assembly will agree to the request of Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to change the status of Palestine at the UN from observer entity to non-member state. Aside from the Palestinians having to print a new set of headed note paper, what will this achieve? Unfortunately, for ordinary Palestinians, the answer is very little.

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UK Should Drop the Double Standards and Say an Unequivocal Yes to UN Recognition of Palestine

Richard Burden | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, West Bank, Gaza, UK Labour Party, David Cameron, UK Gaza, United Nations, UK Politics, Nick Clegg, William Hague, Middle East, UK Conservative Party, Ed Miliband, Un, Israel, Lib Dems, UK Politics News

Proper recognition of Palestine by the UN General Assembly is not the same as peace in the Middle East, but it is a step on the road. Peace can only come from negotiations between the parties and international agreements.

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