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Archive (29 September 2006)

Today's Features

International Day of Older Persons
More and More Nigerian Women Are Trafficked to Europe as Prostitutes
More and More Nigerian Women Are Trafficked to Europe as Prostitutes

Today's News

UN Says Sri Lanka Violence Affecting Tsunami Aid Work
UNEP Says a Crime Has Been Committed by Dumping Toxic Waste in Cote d'Ivoire
Kenya Now Hosting More Than 25,000 Somali Refugees
Africa Hardest Hit by Lack of Basic Sanitation: UNICEF Report
Brammertz Says Progress Being Made in Hariri Murder Probe
UN Post in Southern Lebanon Attacked with Precision-Guided Bomb: Report

Caribbean News

Caribbean leaders call for more trade benefits from richer countries
Barbados says changes in global governance have not kept pace with the growth of global interdependence
St. Lucia says the Millennium goals represent a belated admission that development is a collective responsibility
Belize says the hopes of small states that have been dashed since the start of the Doha round of trade negotiations
Guyana calls for the inclusion of developing countries in decision-making on trade, development and financial matters
The Bahamas warns that UN reform would mean little if it does not benefit the people of the world

UN Calling Asia

Papua New Guinea: women join police units to fight growing domestic violence
Australia is a role model for its migration policies but is the introduction of temporary migrant labour changing things for the worse?

LISTEN TO UN PROGRAMS IN:
Bangla: Jati Shongher Protidhoni
Hindi: AntarRashtriya Patrika
Indonesian: Fokus Fokus Kita
Urdu: Bain Ul Aqwami Manzarnama

Perspective

MIGRATION: NOT UNDER THE UN UMBRELLA - There are 191 million migrants worldwide, of which 30-40 million are illegal. Nations are recognizing that national laws alone are no longer sufficient to manage migration properly and that dialogue with the sending countries is essential. At the same time, at a UN high-level meeting on migration in September, member states agreed that future meetings will be held under the aegis of individual nations rather than in a UN forum. This program explores the sensitivities of nations on this matter, why so few nations have ratified the UN Convention on Migration and what needs to be done to make migration safer for the thousands who risk or lose their lives to improve their lot.