Recent United Nations Publications April – May 2010

UNICEF “Facts for Live” –  4th edition
Almost 9 million children died in 2008 from preventable illnesses (pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and AIDS) before reaching their 5th birthday. This edition has new sections and chapters, such as Newborn Health and Child Protection.

Full text (pdf, 216 pages, 3.49 Mb): http://www.factsforlifeglobal.org/resources/factsforlife-en-full.pdf More »

Renowned African musicians join the UN in a song to end poverty by 2015

8 Goals for Africamusic video to be screened across South Africa during World Cup

Johannesburg, South Africa – Helen Clark, the chair of the UN Development Group which brings together all UN agencies working in development, today launched 8 Goals for Africa, a campaign song by eight of Africa’s best known musicians, calling for commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals – a set of eight internationally-agreed goals designed to reduce poverty, hunger, disease, and maternal and child deaths by 2015.

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UNIC Lagos briefs students on the work of the United Nations

Lagos – During the months of January and February 2009, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos visited four schools to brief students on the work of the United Nations. More »