They should be subject to the same ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship as cigarettes, group says
Priority will be to provide assistance to people in cut-off areas of island struck last week by powerful quake and tsunami
Thousands of health workers were able to carry out the vaccinations after the warring parties agreed to to stop fighting for a few days
The UNHCR fears for their safety upon their forced return to Myanmar
World body says record 68.5 million displaced people are victims, not perpetrators, of violence and terror
At UN meeting, Washington plans to tell Moscow and Beijing it rejects their assertions that their space programs are solely for peaceful use
The sudden arrival of nearly half a million refugees stripped Bangladesh forest bare of vegetation and led to rapid deforestation
Most of the children have no birth certificates, putting them at even greater threat of being trafficked, sexually exploited and forced into labor
More than 3,000 Yemeni health workers aim to reach an estimated 540,000 people
Conditions make it difficult to reach earthquake affected communities and fully assess the extent of the damage
More than seven million people die prematurely from tobacco-related causes every year, most in developing countries
Increasing numbers of people flee conflict and persecution as more countries close their doors to them
‘Political rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedom of expression, assembly, the press and freedom of religion,’ being curtailed expert says
The increased violence in DRC is putting tens of thousands of lives at risk and leading to further displacement
Human rights in CAR are threatened by public incitement to violence and media-sponsored hate speech by various factions
More than 1 billion people depend on wetlands for their livelihood, and 40 percent of the world’s species live and breed in wetlands
History shows that debt-fueled booms always end badly
Three months before poll, UN reports 35 percent increase in democratic rights violations
WHO health emergencies program chief says increasing insecurity and community mistrust are hurting efforts to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from spreading
Some 155 children orphaned or separated from their parents because of the deadly virus at risk within their own communities, UN Children’s Fund finds
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