World hunger 'hits one billion'
One billion people are hungry around the world, with a 100 million increase blamed on the global recession, says the UN.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/europe/8109698.stm
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Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
6/21/2009
5/07/2009
Show Us the Money
UN 'stunned' by scale of bail-out
If extra money is not found to tackle climate change, bail-outs could be a "waste of money", UN head of environment warns. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/8036559.stm
If extra money is not found to tackle climate change, bail-outs could be a "waste of money", UN head of environment warns. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/science/nature/8036559.stm
4/03/2008
9/25/2007
Pope on Board
Pope to Make Climate Action a Moral Obligation
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092407EB.shtml
The Independent UK's James Macintyre says, "The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt protection of the environment as a 'moral' cause for the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following."
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/092407EB.shtml
The Independent UK's James Macintyre says, "The Pope is expected to use his first address to the United Nations to deliver a powerful warning over climate change in a move to adopt protection of the environment as a 'moral' cause for the Catholic Church and its billion-strong following."
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