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People go first at the UN
By Jane Scobie, Posted 10 February 2011 See more by this blogger
I am currently at the Commission for Social Development, held at the UN in New York. It's looking a little old on the outside, the paving stones are broken, the 1950s interior has lost much of its glamour and... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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Pakistan flood victims struggle to eat - as global food report says prices may double
By Rosaleen Cunningham, Posted 29 January 2011 See more by this blogger
Two weeks ago, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced that global food prices were at their highest level on record. Then a few days ago, a major UK government report on the global food system, the Global... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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Holocaust Memorial Day: Older people's stories of past were inspiration to fight today's oppression
By Caroline Graham, Posted 27 January 2011 See more by this blogger
This evening, I have just returned from an excellent and moving film screening in London for Holocaust Memorial Day. The day is marked on January 27, the day that the Nazis’ most notorious and deadly concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau in... Keep reading (2 Comments)
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Pakistan floods: Millions of people still need basic aid
By Rosaleen Cunningham, Posted 25 January 2011 See more by this blogger
The vast scale of the Pakistan floods means that today, six months on, millions of people remain in need of the most basic aid. Around 20 million people were affected including 12 million people who had their homes damaged... Keep reading
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Ending on a high
By Rosaleen Cunningham, Posted 29 December 2010 See more by this blogger
My clock radio doesn't realise it doesn't need to wake me as I'm on holidays, so I'm not usually happy to hear John Humphries or James Naughtie's dulcet tones when I should be having a lie-in. But this week... Keep reading
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