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Archive (14 July 2008)

UN / CHARLES TAYLOR (1.28) (14 July 2008) - The Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, comments on the possibility of Sudanese President al Bashir facing charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC). UNTV / UNMIL

UN / SUDAN (1.49) (14 July 2008) - Khaled Mansour, Chief of Public Information at the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) comments on the implications of the announcement that the International Criminal Court Prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir. UNMIS / UNTV

CAMBODIA / AIDS (14 July 2008) - Twelve year old Vanna, who is not only an AIDS orphan but is himself HIV positive gets the medical care he needs from the UNICEF-supported Friends Helping Friends programme which connects him with other youngsters living with HIV and is part of a wider plan that is successfully reducing the rate of HIV in Cambodia. UNICEF

SUDAN / ICC WOMEN DEMO (14 July 2008) - About a hundred women representing different organisations in Sudan, on Monday handed a petition to the United Nations Mission in Sudan protesting the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment of President Omar al Bashir. UNMIS

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC / FOOD CRISIS (14 July 2008) - Farmers in the Kyrgyz Republic say that the economic crisis is hitting hard at their livelihood. Drought has added to their problems. The country is now using a new World Bank grant to expand programs to help these farmers. WORLD BANK

DARFUR / SECURITY LEVEL (14 July 2008) - The joint African Union – UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today vowed to maintain its operations in the region and continue implementing its mandate, as non-essential staff prepared to relocate due to the recent deteriorating security situation across Darfur. UNAMID