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March 2007
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Archive (2 March 2007)

Today's Features

Growing Trade in Counterfeit Medicines Poses Health Threat: INCB
The Plight of Girl Children in Armed Conflict

Today's News

Floods, Drought Threaten Lives of Children in Madagascar: UNICEF
UN Agencies Call For The Inclusion of Refugees in HIV/AIDS Treatment Programmes
UN Refugee Chief to Focus on Plight of Displaced Iraqis
The Story of the End of the Slave Trade Deserves to Be Told at the United Nations: Ban
Well-Being of Girls Should Be Underpinned by Robust Set of Laws

Caribbean News

The UN opens an exhibition on slavery as it commemorates the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the Slave trade was a blight to the world for too long
Trinidad and Tobago says slavery persisted long after the infamous Middle Passage had come to an end
The head of UNESCO says commemorating the Slave trade provides a chance to recall the tragedy
A senior UN official calls for a broader vision to improve the humanitarian situation in Haiti
St. Vincent and the Grenadines says colonialism is not yet a relic of the past

UN Calling Asia

Human Rights expert says the military in the Philippines is responsible for the high number of extra judicial killings in the country:
Female Indian peacekeepers are ready to confront danger in Liberia;
The Special Rapporteur for Education talks about what Malaysia must do to ensure that all of its people have access to education.

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