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World meets UN safe water goalThe world has easily beaten a 2015 deadline to halve the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
"For children, this is especially good news, Every day more than 3,000 children die from diarrhoeal diseases. Achieving this goal will go a long way to saving children's lives."
- UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake |
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World meets UN safe water goalThe world has easily beaten a 2015 deadline to halve the proportion of people drinking unsafe water, the United Nations Children's Fund and the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. |
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Aids-related deaths ‘down 21% from peak’, says UNAidsAids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest. |
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‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to southLeading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday. |
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UN Shipping Group Moves on Vessel Emission ReductionsAn International Maritime Organization panel adopted what it calls mandatory design and operational measures to reduce greenhouse gases from international shipping. |
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Green energy investment hits record global highGlobal investment in renewable energy sources grew by 32% during 2010 to reach a record level of US$211bn (£132bn), a UN study has reported. |
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Deadly cattle disease eradicated, UN declaresA cattle disease that has caused hardship and hunger for millennia has been eliminated from the world, the United Nations formally announced Tuesday. |
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UN seals historic treaty to protect threatened ecosystemsA historic global treaty to protect the world's forests, coral reefs and other threatened ecosystems within 10 years was sealed at a UN summit on Saturday. |
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Scientists eradicate deadly rinderpest virusScientists have eradicated a killer virus in the wild, only the second time such a feat has been achieved in human history. |
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UN launches $40bn woman and child health planThe UN has launched a $40bn (£25.5bn) health initiative aimed at saving the lives of 16 million women and children over the next five years. |
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Female candidates in upcoming Tanzanian polls to receive UN election trainingThe United Nations is seeking to empower women candidates ahead of Tanzania’s general elections in October, including by improving their skills in public speaking, media engagement, campaign planning, presentations, community mobilization, advocacy and lobbying. |
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