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During a visit to Japan, the IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde paid tribute to Japan’s spirit of solidarity and multilateralism exhibited during 60 years of Japanese membership to the Fund and the recent crisis. IMF
During a visit to Japan, the IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde paid tribute to Japan’s spirit of solidarity and multilateralism exhibited during 60 years of Japanese membership to the Fund and the recent crisis. IMF
For the second year in a row, an additional 1.1 million people in sub-Saharan Africa received antiretroviral therapy, reaching a total of 6.2 million people across the region in 2011, UNAIDS reported today. In less than a decade, access to HIV treatment in sub-Saharan Africa has increased more than 100-fold. UNAIDS
The UN’s top official in South Sudan said today (6 July) that the UN mission in the country had saved thousands of lives over the past year by deploying armed peacekeepers to attack-prone areas. UNMISS
Ahead of Afghan donors’ conference in Tokyo, a top UN official in that country warned of a decrease in development resources and a subsequent increase in the number of people who will need help after most foreign combat troops leave at the end of 2014. UNAMA
The United Nations Human Rights Council condemned “the widespread, systematic and gross violations of human rights, acts of violence, ongoing atrocities and indiscriminate targeting of civilians by the Syrian authorities.” (CH UNTV)