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The yellow fever 'booster' vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to the World Health Organization. WHO
The yellow fever 'booster' vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to the World Health Organization. WHO
The United Nations labour agency (ILO) today welcomed an agreement signed by international fashion brands and retailers, and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters and insisted action had to happen immediately on improving conditions in factories in Bangladesh. CH-UNTV
Jerry Velasquez, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for in Asia-Pacific Regional says that the good news is that less people are dying, but he warns that "the bad news is economic losses are going through the roof”. UNISDR / LINX PRODUCTIONS
A new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO) says that the long-term impact of the youth employment crisis could be felt for decades, creating a generation at risk of suffering decent work deficits throughout their lives. ILO
The United Nation Human Rights office (OHCHR) has expressed concerns over a draft law in Egypt, warning that it could silence civil society organisations, which will be detrimental to protection of human rights in the country. CH UNTV
According to road safety experts meeting this week in Geneva, for every person killed on the road due to alcohol-related accidents, two to three people are killed in accidents due to fatigue. CH UNTV
Irantoday in Genevaurged the West to take a less confrontational approach in talks on its nuclear programme and said that it could be a “reliable and stable partner” in the Middle East. CH UNTV
The United Nations children fund says that in Homsthere is no electricity and very little running water and people have started to dig their own wells and in Aleppothe biggest Internally Displaced Persons center there are has around "32,000 people crowded into 2 buildings". CH UNTV
The United Nations Refugee Agency says that around 50,000 Sudanese refugees fleeing inter-ethnic violence in the troubled Darfur region have crossed into Chadover the last week. CHUNTV
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups in the Central African Republicand is warning leaders that such practices represent a grave violation of international law. CH UNTV