Category: Human Services

4 March 2015 – Despite progress in recent years to universally abolish the death penalty, major challenges persist, the United Nations top human rights official said today at a high-level debate in Geneva, expressing concern that the death penalty, in […]

4 March 2015 – New guidelines released by the United Nations health agency today recommended that adults and children worldwide reduce their daily sugar intake to boost health and stave off non-communicable diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) says intake […]

NNA – High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn are launching today a consultation on the future of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). […]

JOB REFERENCE: ICPAC/GIS_ANALYST/2015Location: ICPAC, Nairobi, KenyaJob Title: GIS ANALYSTGrade: Project staff, IGAD P3Accountable to: Director, ICPAC Duration: 1 Year contract (12 months) with possibility of renewal1.0    BackgroundThe IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) is a specialized Institution of the […]

A new US government initiative aims at reducing barriers to education access for adolescent girls worldwide. USAID is spearheading this new effort. “The White House announced a new initiative today to expand its efforts to help adolescent girls worldwide get […]

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Federica Mogheriniand Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn are launching today a consultation on the future of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The ENP was […]

UK troops prepare for Sierra Leone Ebola duty LONDON, 3 March 2015 (IRIN) – It’s an interesting moment for the UK armed forces. Currently their biggest overseas deployment is not military at all, in the normal sense of the world, […]

The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 02, 2015 Good evening everyone.  It’s great to be back at AIPAC.  Rosy, thank you so much for your warm introduction. I want to thank Bob Cohen, Michael […]

Jonathan HILL, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Brookings Institution   Good afternoon. It is a great pleasure to be here at the Brookings Institution, a think-tank as respected as it […]

The team had gone missing earlier in the week. “Local militants had abducted the vaccination worker, two local tribal policemen and a driver in the Zhob district of Baluchistan province on Saturday. Pakistan is one of only three countries where […]