Bangladesh
Map of the Day: Cyclone Mahasen
Bangladesh faces yet another disaster with profound consequences for human rights.
Save Grameen Bank!
An online petition to support Grameen Bank in the face of a potential takeover by the government of Bangladesh.
Bringing Health Care to Rural Bangladesh
A new video report from UNICEF shows how a new generation of trained community health workers are promoting maternal and child health in some of the most remote corners of Bangladesh.
The World Should Be More Outraged Over the Treatment of Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi government has ordered three prominent international NGOS: Medicines Sans Frontieres; Action Against Hunger; and the British-based Muslim Aid to cease providing humanitarian relief to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Mobile Phones for MDGs
The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) is a mobile phone health initiative partnership led by USAID and Johnson & Johnson, with support from the mHealth Alliance and the United Nations Foundation. Recently, members of the MAMA partnership conducted a series of site visits in Bangladesh. This blog post comes from MAMA Global Partnership Director, Kirsten Gagnaire, and is part of the “blog tour series” reporting on the site visits and experience in Bangladesh.
On World Tuberculosis Day: How the Global Fund Fights TB in Rural Bangladesh
I created this video and wrote this post last March 24 that discusses Bangladesh’s Global Fund-financed projects for TB control in hard-to-reach rural communities.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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