Both sides in Syria guilty of war crimes in ‘systematic effort to cause civilian suffering’ - UN experts

Government and opposition forces in Syria are committing war crimes by using civilian suffering, such as blocking access to food, water and health services, as a method of war, United Nations experts ...

Malasia:No debe llevarse a cabo la "ejecución secreta"

In Mali, HIV/AIDS remains shrouded in silence

BAMAKO, Mali, 31 December 2013 – No sooner had Khadijda Sissoko* been admitted to hospital with excruciating abdominal pain than she faced the emotional torment of revealing to her family what was wro...

MSF, primera organización humanitaria en compartir datos médicos para fines de investigación

5 Febrero 2014 Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) se ha convertido en la primera organización humanitaria en comprometerse con una política de compartir sus datos médicos para fines de investigación en salud...

Olympics-Russia seeks to soothe security jitters on eve of Winter Games

APP's forest conservation commitments, one year on

A year ago today, Asia Pulp & Paper committed to end its role in forest destruction. It placed an immediate halt to all forest clearance and began the road to reformation, under the watchful eyes of G...

Se necesita un liderazgo pragmático en materia de energía, alejado de los combustibles fósiles y dirigido hacia las bajas emisiones de carbono

Ahora mismo, mientras lee esto, dondequiera que esté, nos encontramos en un terreno desconocido. Nuestra población de 7100 millones será de más de 9000 millones en 2050. Nuestras crecientes cifras y a...

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El BID apoya la reestructuración y ampliación del aeropuerto internacional más grande de Costa Rica.

A New Way Forward

In the face of rising global competition, America’s economic future will increasingly depend on our ability to improve educational outcomes for all students in our nation’s public schools. America’s b...

Anti-corruption: charting a path for the future

What does the future hold for the fight against corruption? Recently, three books have been written seeking to answer this question, helping to plot the course of the anti-corruption movement for the ...

Music keeps hope alive for a trio of urban refugees in Luanda

Music helps Freeboy Gbaryeel cope with the drudgery of his daily life and the uncertainty of his future. A gift of guitars could help him become self-sufficient.

EU and UNICEF boost their partnership to improve child and maternal health and to save more children

European Commission Press release New York, 4 February 2014 Urgent aid to the Central African Republic also discussed at UNICEF Executive Board meeting The European Union announced today that it has a...