UN gathers to discuss hunger and poverty
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More than 40 world leaders will gather at the United Nations (UN) in New York later tonight to discuss ways of alleviating hunger and poverty.
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After a tussle with the Sri Lankan government, the head of the U.N. World Food Program met a Tamil Tiger guerrilla leader Sunday to discuss distribution of food to tens of thousands of tsunami-affected people in rebel-held territories.
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Natural disasters are affecting more and more people, the UN says ahead of a  conference on reducing the risks.
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They would represent the impoverished and underdeveloped of the world at a highly influential forum - the United Nations Security Council.
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Ahead of the UN General Assembly annual session, nearly 50 world leaders and the United Nations on Monday raised concerns about the rising gap between rich and the poor, but disagreed with United States on the strategy to fight poverty.
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The UN calls an emergency meeting as Africa fails to make progress on its Millennium Development Goals.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan urged closer cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union as heads of state and government of the world's poorest continent gathered for the annual AU summit.
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The United Nations on Friday voiced concern at a reported hunger strike by over 2,900 Palestinian prisoners which was launched two weeks ago to demand an end to inhuman conditions.
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UN Security Council nations met to look for common ground on a disputed US draft resolution pressing Sudan to rein in Arab militias behind the bloodshed in Darfur.
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African health ministers and UN health experts are to discuss means of eradicating polio.
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World leaders are hoping to put a spotlight on the growing gap between rich and poor and the failure to find $50 billion a year to help more than one billion people escape extreme poverty and start sharing ...
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The United Nations and the African Union plan a meeting in Libya this month on how to advance peace talks among rebel groups in violent Darfur where 2.5 million people are homeless, U.N. officials said on Thursday.
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Children in Gaza and Zimbabwe desperately need help to ensure they have food, clean water and schooling, and international aid is running short, a senior United Nations official said on Monday.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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JERUSALEM -- The United Nations urged Israel yesterday to find a solution to a 13-day-old hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners, reminding Israel of its obligations under international law and human rights conventions.
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The UN is unveiling the results of a major report into potential solutions for world poverty.
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Political leaders, humanitarian workers, religious figures and traditional African chiefs will gather for a three-day Pan-African Forum devoted to preventive medicine for the children of the world's poorest continent.