MaximsNews WORLD THURSDAY, 23 AUGUST 2007

     UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N. / - 23 AUGUST 2007 – The following is a summary of world news from MaximsNews.com, An Independent Voice from the United Nations:

••• UN REFUGEE AGENCY PROVIDES AID FOR 5,000 DISPLACED SOMALIS: 22/8/2007

••• NEW UN HANDBOOK AIMS TO HELP COUNTRIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION RESPOND TO AIDS: 22/8/2007

••• UN AGENCY APPEALS TO PAKISTAN TO DELAY CLOSURE OF AFGHAN REFUGEE CAMP: 22/8/2007

••• MIDDLE EAST: UN ENVOY HOLDS TALKS WITH ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN LEADERS: 22/8/2007

••• LONG-TERM ERITREAN REFUGEES IN EASTERN SUDAN NEED DURABLE SOLUTION - UN AGENCY: 22/8/2007

••• 2007 WORLD WATER WEEK ENDS: TIME TO DO BETTER ON POVERTY, SANITATION, WATER SCARCITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: 22/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• UNESCAP: UNESCAP HELPS RURAL WOMEN TO BUILD UP THEIR BUSINESSES THROUGH THE INTERNET - REGIONAL MEETING TAKES PLACE IN BANGKOK 23 - 24 AUGUST: 22/8/2007

••• UNF: TELECOMS SANS FRONTIERES RESPONDS TO MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE IN PERU: 22/8/2007

••• UN: GAZA STRIP - UN OFFICIAL WARNS OF WORSENING HUMANITARIAN CONDITIONS: 22/8/2007

••• U.N. AMBASSADOR FROM RUSSIAN FEDERATION: TALKING POINTS ON AIR INCIDENT IN GEORGIA FROM UN PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY: 21/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• HOW TO KEEP FROM OVERSELLING OR UNDERESTIMATING THE U.N. by MARK P. LAGON AND DAVID SHORR (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION)

••• IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U.N. GLOBAL COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY (THE STANLEY FOUNDATION)

••• UN WARNS WATER WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT GLOBAL ISSUE THIS CENTURY: 21/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• CE: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE APPOINTS WILLIAM CHANDLER TO LEAD ITS ENERGY AND CLIMATE WORK: 21/8/2007

••• CE: ECONOMIC REFORM EFFORTS IN JORDAN LACK CRITICAL SUPPORT: 21/8/2007

••• UNESCO: NATURAL SITES IN MADAGASCAR, CHINA AND KOREA INSCRIBED ON UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LIST: 20/8/2007

••• UNESCO: TWENTY-TWO NEW SITES INSCRIBED ON UNESCO'S WORLD HERITAGE LIST, AND ONE DELETED DURING COMMITTEE MEETING IN CHRISTCHURCH: 20/8/2007

••• UNDP: ENLISTING POWERFUL ALLIES TO HELP CHANGE SOCIETY'S PERCEPTION OF HIV/AIDS - UN AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS ENGAGE THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA SECTOR TO REDUCE STIGMA IN CHINA: 20/8/2007

••• UNICEF: MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE MILLIONS AFFECTED BY FLOODS IN SOUTH ASIA: 20/8/2007

••• UNCTAD: TRAINING COURSE ON E-COMMERCE LEGISLATION AIMS TO HELP BOOST E-BUSINESS GROWTH, INVESTMENT IN LATIN AMERICA: 20/8/2007

••• AK: AGA KHAN FOUNDATION CELEBRATES TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE MADRASA PROGRAMME: 20/8/2007

••• FORD FOUNDATION NAMES LUIS UBINAS AS NEW PRESIDENT TO REPLACE SUSAN BERRESFORD: 14/8/2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)

••• KOREAN HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN: (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)  ••• UN: BAN K-MOON WELCOMES RELEASE OF TWO SOUTH KOREAN HOSTAGES: 14/8/2007  SEE UPDATE >

••• ONU: TV: POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 22 AOÛT 2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) ••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING & TV: WEDNESDAY, 22 AUGUST 2007 (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) Ci-dessous les principaux points évoqués par Michèle Montas, Porte-parole du Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. Ban Ki-moon. MICHELE MONTAS, Spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.   SEE:  UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 33 minutes

	••• IAN WILLIAMS: THE CHINA SYNDROME: 13/8/2007  ••• IAN WILLIAMS: BUSH'S MIAMI VICE, CUBAN EMIGRANTS: 13/8/2007
	••• IS U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH, THE FATHER OF THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM? by JEFFREY LAURENTI: 10/8/2007
	••• TRIBUTE TO U.N. OFFICIALS KILLED IN IRAQ IN 2003 by MAX STAMPER (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 17/8/2007 ••• DARFUR: UN SECURITY COUNCIL SENDS 26,000 TROOPS FOR PEACEKEEPING: 31/7/2007 by MAX STAMPER
	••• MARK MALLOCH-BROWN:  POLITICS OF HUMANITARIANISM AFTER IRAQ ••• LORD MARK MALLOCH- BROWN APPOINTED U.K. MINISTER FOR AFRICA, ASIA AND THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW BRITISH CABINET ••• SIR MARK MALLOCH BROWN: CAN THE U.N. BE REFORMED?
	••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: WHO IS KILLING AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN IRAQ? (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
	••• MORTON HALPERIN: HUMAN RIGHTS AND U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: TESTIMONY TO U.S. CONGRESS (MaximsNews.com, U.N.) 26/7/2007 ••• MORTON H. HALPERIN: BIO (MaximsNews.com, U.N.)
	••• KERRY KENNEDY IN NEW ORLEANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND FAIR FLOOD PROTECTION: 02/8/2007

••• NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT MARC MORIAL PROPOSES OPPORTUNITY COMPACT TO HELP URBAN AMERICA: 27/7/2007 ••• U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADOR JULIA ORMOND DISCUSSES THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 23/7/2007

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