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Archive (07 August 2008)
UN / IRAQ (1.34)
(07 August 2008) - The Security Council to hold a formal meeting to vote on a draft resolution extending the mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for twelve months. UNTV
AFGHANISTAN / WATER (2.37)
(07 August 2008) - While the conflict continues on several fronts in Afghanistan, a more insidious type of insecurity is taking hold in the northern provinces. Battle lines are being drawn over scarce resources - especially water. A severe drought has been hard on families which have recently returned from exile. UNHCR
TAJIKISTAN / BREASTFEEDING (2.40)
(07 August 2008) - In Tajikistan, only one in four children less than six months old is breastfed without other foods or supplements. The country has launched a national program to encourage breastfeeding which aims to train mothers to follow UNICEF and World Health Organization recommendations. UNICEF
MYANMAR / BREASTFEEDING (1.18)
(07 August 2008) - In the aftermath of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis, UNICEF is encouraging new mothers to breastfeed so that their babies will be less susceptible to diseases and malnutrition. This is World Breastfeeding Week. UNICEF
DR CONGO / FDLR WEAPONS (3.28)
(07 August 2008) - Rwandan combatants of a dissenting faction of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) surrender their weapons in Kasiki, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MONUC
