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News headlines for “WTO Doha “Development” Trade Round Collapse, 2006”, page 15
DEVELOPMENT: Political Will the Missing Link for MDGs
- Inter Press Service
Despite numerous factors that threaten the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 - a global financial crisis, a food crisis, climate change, natural disasters — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this week that his main concern is 'political will'.
DEVELOPMENT: Bad Water More Deadly Than War
- Inter Press Service
Bad water kills more people than wars or earthquakes, declares Anders Berntell, executive director of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI).
HAITI: Recovery Bill Estimated at 11.5 Billion Dollars
- Inter Press Service
Two weeks before a major donors conference, the Haitian government has estimated that the country will need some 11.5 billion dollars over the next three years to recover from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
HAITI: Experts Urge Sea Change in 'Culture of Aid'
- Inter Press Service
A delegation of human rights experts is preparing to visit Haiti to assess the human rights and aid situation in the earthquake-crippled nation and to urge the international community to follow a series of guidelines they have prepared to help donors' to 'overcome the mistakes of the past.'
DEVELOPMENT: Grassroots Aid Groups Struggle to Stay Afloat
- Inter Press Service
The Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Centre, an organic farm near Abeokuta in southwestern Nigeria, was looking forward to having running water. An industrial borehole had already been already installed, and a pump and piping to various buildings were in place.
CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. to Mobilise Funds for Developing Nations
- Inter Press Service
After countries failed to reach a binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions at the crucial Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December, the United Nations moving forward to enforce a pledge to help developing countries cope with the worst impacts.
U.S.: Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on Congress to approve major increases over the coming months in global health, development, and counterinsurgency assistance as part of a record 3.8-trillion-dollar 2011 federal budget.
HEALTH: 10-Billion-Dollar Vaccine Pledge by Gates Hailed
- Inter Press Service
The pledge by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide 10 billion dollars over 10 years on vaccines aimed at reducing child mortality in the world's poorest countries was hailed by global health organisations around the world Friday.
HAITI: Military Playing Large Role in Relief Efforts
- Inter Press Service
As international attention turns to the long-term reconstruction of earthquake-stricken Haiti, U.N. officials pledged that the Haitian government would have full involvement and authority over the process.
Q&A: Sweden Vows to Sustain Aid Levels to Poorer Nations
- Inter Press Service
Sweden has pledged to maintain its current level of development aid to the world's poorer nations - roughly at about one percent of gross national product (GNP) - despite the global financial crisis.
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