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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 24 (14 June 2006)
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INDIA: Human trafficking in the northeast fuelling HIV/AIDS [Report]
Images of guns, drugs and rebels have long definedIndia's troubled northeast. Now, a study across eight states in this resource-rich,infrastructure-poor, conflict-scarred region seeks to highlight a n...
CHILD MALNUTRITION: WFP Says World Unaware of Major Hunger Crisis [news]
Three hundred million children are hungry and 18,000 die every day for want of food while the world remains largely ignorant about the magnitude of the problem, the UN food agency head said.
"If the...
PAKISTAN: UN helps returnees integrate into Afghan schools [News]
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) in Islamabad on Wednesday signed a two-year agreement with the UNEducational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on educating Afgh...
CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE: Children and Young People’s Consultation [Event]
From 23-26 May, a group of children will be meeting in New York to discuss the main findings and recommendations of the UN Study on Violence against Children, led by the Independent expert Paulo Sergi...
SMALL ARMS: Global Week of Action against Small Arms 2006 [Event]
The global gun epidemic is killing 1000 people every day, according to a report released tlast week by the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). With 640 million guns already in the worl...
CHILD LABOUR: World Day Against Child Labour 2006 [event]
With World Cup fever in full swing, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has symbolically waved a "Red Card" against child work as part of a series of global events that began last week to mark...
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