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By Mike O'Sullivan 27 July 2007 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is on a two-day visit to California to discuss climate change and other global challenges. Mike O'Sullivan reports from San Francisco, the secretary-general says the United
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 May 2008 The UN refugee agency says it is providing 2,000 tents to the South African government to help provide much-needed shelter to thousands of people made homeless in the recent xenophobic attacks against foreigners. Th
Planning Post-2015 Development 联合国发布2015年全球发展计划报告 The U.N. Millennium Development Goals are due to expire at the end of next year. Debate is underway on what should replace them. One U.N. official says they should be based
With $10 and a will to do whatever it took, Larry Young left the farm and set off for college Time now for StoryCorps, recording your stories across the country. Today, how Larry Young went to college. He grew up a farmers son in Tennessee in the 19
Todd: So what was the hardest thing about the trip? Julia: The hardest thing was seeing this country which is so beautiful with such amazing people but struggling in so many different ways with so many different things. You know, historically the leg
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 February 2007 The U.N. Children's Fund says children account for half of the estimated 120,000 people made homeless by severe flooding in central Mozambique and a subsequent cyclone. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.
By Melinda Smith Washington 29 October 2007 The World Health Organization says two and a half billion people in developing countries do not have access to simple latrines, and for at least one billion of them, finding safe drinking water is a daily s
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 June 2006 In Somalia's capital, there are mixed reactions over the recent closure of public cinemas by hard-line Islamists, with some people believing the closures are just the beginning of repressive measures, while oth
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 12 November 2006 Indian girl collects drinking water from a tank at a slum in New Delhi (File photo) In its latest human development report, the United Nations says one of the world's poorest countries, Bangladesh, has m
By Paul Sisco Washington 06 December 2007 When disaster strikes and humanitarian assistance is needed, a rapid, low cost response often is critical. As VOA's Paul Sisco tells us in today's Searching for Solutions report, a voluntary research and supp
The International Organization for Migration says dozens of health workers are providing primary health care and other essential medical assistance to thousands of victims of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in early May. Lisa Schlein reports for
Nearly one billion people around the globe lack access to clean, safe water. It's a common problem in many parts of the developing world, but its severity and human impact are not widely known, according to experts at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Re
Gunmen in southwest Pakistan have kidnapped an American working for the U.N. refugee agency and killed his Pakistani driver. The kidnapping occurred in Quetta, the regional capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province. American John Solecki and his Pa
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Reporters got a rare glimpse inside a temporary shelter for migrant children in far west Texas on Friday. The facility opened in June as a series of huge tents on a remote stretch of desert just north of the Mexican border. Its cap
The UN refugee agency reports thousands of Congolese refugees have fled to Uganda and Rwanda in the past few days seeking safety from escalating fighting in North Kivu province. Rebel forces loyal to renegade leader Laurent Nkundu have made serious i
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 April 2007 Children hunt for clothes after their village of Titiana, where 15 people died, was hit by a tsunami on the outskirts of Gizo island in the Solomon Islands, 05 Apr 2007 The International Federation of Red Cross an
By Steve Herman Tokyo 14 November 2006 In the wake of a United Nations' report last week that declared a world water crisis, concerned Asian leaders are planning concerted action to deal with the lack of clean water in their region. ---- Japan on Tu
By Steve Herman New Delhi 01 November 2007 Sanitation experts, town planners and economists are among those gathered in the Indian capital for the 7th World Toilet Summit. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that those attending the four-day su
Syrian Kurdish Refugees Fear Harsh Winter in Northern Iraq 叙利亚库尔德难民担心在伊拉克北部严寒的冬天 ERBIL, IRAQ Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, mostly Kurds, have fled into northern Iraq, many living in abandoned houses in th
In India, half a million women work as scavengers removing human waste from the streets with only bowls and brooms. Born into the lowest caste in society, these women face discrimination, but one non-governmental organization is helping them to crea