A new UN report says that more effective regulation and supervision of financial market activity is indispensable to prevent a repeat of the current global financial and economic crisis. But equally important, is a reform of the international monetary and financial system aimed at reducing the scope for gains from currency speculation and at avoiding [...]
UNICEF’s Chief of Health, Dr. Mickey Chopra says he hopes the H1N1 pandemic “will be an opportunity to put some spotlight on the need to improve maternal health”. Pregnant women are a high-risk group for the swine flu virus, but Chopra says the impact pales against other conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth that already [...]
IAEA Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei reports on nuclear safeguards in Syria and Iran, as well as other issues including illicit nuclear trafficking and the assurance of supply of nuclear fuel. IAEA