Skip to main content

Home/ PDS Model UN Research/ Group items tagged WHO

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
emma burri

WHO | Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - 0 views

www.who.int/...index.html

FCTC WHO

shared by emma burri on 27 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • emma burri on 27 Oct 11
     
    After its adoption by the 56th World Health Assembly in May 2003, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was open for signature until 29 June 2004. 168 States signed the WHO FCTC during this period expressing their willingness to become a Party to the Convention.
John Hunting

WHO | About WHO - 2 views

www.who.int/en

shared by John Hunting on 25 Oct 11 - Cached
  • John Hunting on 25 Oct 11
     
    Here is a website showing what the WHO is all about.
Shana Thomas

Italy - 0 views

www.euro.who.int/...onment-and-health,-rome,-italy

AppMUN WHO

shared by Shana Thomas on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Shana Thomas on 02 Nov 11
     
    Things they are doing in Italy to deal with world health
Nick Gregor

http://www.who.int/gho/countries/bra.pdf - 3 views

www.who.int/bra.pdf

WHO AppMUN

shared by Nick Gregor on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached
    • Nick Gregor
      Nick Gregor on 25 Oct 11
       
      Much below average
  • Nick Gregor on 25 Oct 11
     
    Basic facts and whatnot on Brazil
Rachel Murray

News :: HEALTHY RUSSIA FOUNDATION - 0 views

www.fzr-eng.ru/news_242

russia WHO tobacco

shared by Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • 60.2% of men and 21.7% of women smoke in Russia. A total of 43.9 million adults smoke in Russia, which adds up to almost 40% of the population. This is the highest percentage of smokers in any of the 14 countries where the survey was carried out.
  • As a result, 400,000 Russians die every year from smoking-related health problems.
  • Russia ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on 24.04.2008, passing federal law № 51-FZ “On the accession of the Russian Federation to the WHO Convention on Tobacco Control”, thereby becoming the 157th country in the world to take on the responsibility of adhering to this convention.
  • ...3 more annotations...
  • “In setting and implementing their public health policies with respect to tobacco control, Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry in accordance with national law.”
  • restrictions on the manufacture and wholesale and retail sale of tobacco and tobacco products; banning the sale of tobacco products to and by minors (Article 16);
  • Regions will have the right to establish even stricter regulations on the location and conditions of tobacco sales, as well as the right to determine where smoking will be banned.
Chris Ayers

BBC News - China to control shadow banking and private lending - 3 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...business-15380188

AppMUN G20

shared by Chris Ayers on 20 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Chris Ayers on 20 Oct 11
     
    For people in who will be in the G20 - Shadow Banking is one of your topics. 
Rachel Murray

UNHCR - UNHCR questions closure of camps for internally displaced in Chechnya - 0 views

www.unhcr.org/3d2eef9b7.html

WHO russia IDP's

shared by Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Russian authorities' recent closure of two tent camps for displaced people in Chechnya.
  • found one of the camps dismantled and the other almost empty, with just a few tents remaining
  • assurances from Moscow that Chechens living in neighbouring Ingushetia would not be forced back to their volatile Northern Caucasus homeland. Insisting that returns must be voluntary, the refugee agency specified that those who do not wish to return must have options to allow them to remain in safety. Measures include winterisation of accommodation, ongoing safe haven in Ingushetia, regularisation of their status where they are currently residing and, where opportunities arise, medium-term integration.
Rachel Murray

UNHCR - Russian Federation - 0 views

www.unhcr.org/...49e48d456.html

WHO russia IDP's

shared by Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) [5] 75,371IDP figure in the Russian Federation includes 22,200 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
  • Returned IDPs [6] 758
  • Russia currently hosts an estimated 5,000 refugees and receives some 2,500 applications for international protection each year.
  • ...9 more annotations...
  • strengthened its Federal Migration Service.
  • temporary form of protection
  • include people of concern in national social protection schemes, such as health care.
  • IDPs Russian Federation 52,800 52,800 43,400 43,400
  • The health of the population of concern improves or remains stable.
  • Some 1,500 persons are referred for medical services.
  • return in safety and dignity and assisting in sustainable reintegration
  • limited amount of shelter-related assistance.
  • Constraints Lack of access to State-run medical care, social benefits and legal employment for asylum-seekers and refugees remain major impediments to local integration. Xenophobia continues to be a concern, especially in some urban environments. Reception standards for asylum-seekers and refugees are inadequate. UNHCR's ability to fully address statelessness is dependent upon accession by the Government to the Statelessness Conventions.
emmaarrowood7

Italy - 0 views

www.who.int/en

WHO

shared by emmaarrowood7 on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Shana Thomas on 02 Nov 11
     
    basic facts
Adhish Khanna

Russia's view on the safety of nuclear power « The Mendeleyev Journal - 0 views

russianreport.wordpress.com/...on-the-safety-of-nuclear-power

Russia Saftey Nuclear Power

shared by Adhish Khanna on 29 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • ussian rescue teams were involved in clearing the debris after the earthquake. They are returning home now. We have increased supplies of fuel and have delivered humanitarian supplies. Many ordinary Russians are ready to help the Japanese people: they are collecting humanitarian aid and have offered to host the individuals who have lost their homes. I think that is a normal human response.
  • Additional requirements should probably be introduced, as well as restrictions for the construction of nuclear power plants in high-risk seismic zones.
  • It is probably more expedient to build new nuclear power plants, with cutting edge safety mechanisms, than to extend the lifetime of old ones.
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • The Fukushima disaster makes us think about expanding the mandate of international organisations responsible for nuclear power safety. Moreover, it should have different powers, appropriate to every given situation that would make it possible for each such organisation to address the problems within its scope of responsibility. It is also necessary to observe the principles of openness and absolute transparency.
  • The level of radiation, now and in the future, must be measured automatically and constantly communicated to various information websites, including www.russianatom.ru, a special website dedicated to this issue. In my opinion, this practice should be officially recommended by the IAEA as an international authority for all NPP operators.
  • Most importantly, we must work to increase public confidence in the development of the nuclear industry worldwide. It has great potential. 
  • Many countries have given essential assistance to Japan in the immediate aftermath of devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Russian personnel from the Centre for High-Risk Rescue Operations and the Emergency Situation Ministry’s Far East Regional Centre, along with rescuers from the Central Airborne Rescue Detachment and the Emergency Situations Ministry Department for Aviation and Air Rescue Technology have served in Japan following the crisis.
  • Many countries have given essential assistance to Japan in the immediate aftermath of devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Russian personnel from the Centre for High-Risk Rescue Operations and the Emergency Situation Ministry’s Far East Regional Centre, along with rescuers from the Central Airborne Rescue Detachment and the Emergency Situations Ministry Department for Aviation and Air Rescue Technology have served in Japan following the cri
Emily Stewart

World Heart Federation: Tobacco control in Colombia - 0 views

www.world-heart-federation.org/...tobacco-control-in-colombia

Colombia WHO tobacco

shared by Emily Stewart on 31 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Emily Stewart on 31 Oct 11
     
    Colombia's actions with regard to the tobacco problem. They've enacted an effective control policy to limit usage. Actions have included limits on advertising and working towards making the public sphere smoke-free.
Emily Stewart

Colombia needs refugee camps to deal with displacement: Bogota - 0 views

colombiareports.com/...ced-families-this-weekend.html

Colombia WHO

shared by Emily Stewart on 31 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Emily Stewart on 31 Oct 11
     
    Article about Colombia's situation with regard to displacement camps. They have no room to house any more--the problem is already affecting them.
Miah Murphy

The World Food Crisis: Sources and Solutions - 1 views

monthlyreview.org/...d-crisis-sources-and-solutions

world food crisis sources solutions

shared by Miah Murphy on 01 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • An acute food crisis has struck the world in 2008. This is on top of a longer-term crisis of agriculture and food that has already left billions hungry and malnourished. In order to understand the full, dire implications of what is happening today it is necessary to look at the interaction between these short-term and long-term crises. Both crises arise primarily from the for-profit production of food, fiber, and now biofuels, and the rift between food and people that this inevitably generates.
  • more than 6 billion people living in the world today
  • United Nations estimates that close to 1 billion suffer from chronic hunger
  • ...10 more annotations...
  • leaves out those suffering from vitamin and nutrient deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition
  • total number of food insecure people who are malnourished or lacking critical nutrients is probably closer to 3 billion—about half of humanity
  • approximately 18,000 children die daily as a direct or indirect consequence of malnutrition
  • over 35 million people lived in food-insecure households, including 13 million children
  • Due to a lack of food adults living in over 12 million households could not eat balanced meals and in over 7 million families someone had smaller portions or skipped meals
  • In close to 5 million families, children did not get enough to eat at some point during the year
  • In poor countries too, it is not unusual for large supplies of wasted and misallocated food to exist in the midst of widespread and persistent hunger
  • No ‘Right to Food’
    • Miah Murphy
      Miah Murphy on 01 Nov 11
       
      Section 1: Right to Food (Question 1)
  • Ending World Hunger
Shana Thomas

Italy + drought - 0 views

reliefweb.int/438728

WHO

shared by Shana Thomas on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
emmaarrowood7

TB in Italy - 0 views

www.google.com/url

WHO

shared by emmaarrowood7 on 02 Nov 11 - No Cached
jenniferchoe

Brazil - 1 views

www.state.gov/...35640.htm

g20 Brazil

shared by jenniferchoe on 27 Oct 11 - Cached
    • jenniferchoe
      jenniferchoe on 27 Oct 11
       
      Knowing the basics of brazilian government can help us. 
  • Brazil has the largest population in Latin America and ranks fifth in the world
  • khalilking on 27 Oct 11
     
    hey i got moved to brazil who, sooo since we have the same country, I think if we were in alliance might be beneficial to both of us. what do you say?
  • jenniferchoe on 30 Oct 11
     
    PROFILEGeography Area: 8,511,965 sq. km. (3,290,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than the U.S. Cities: Capital--Brasilia (pop. 2.5 million). Other cities--Sao Paulo (11.2 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.3 million), Belo Horizonte (2.4 million), Salvador (2.7 million), Fortaleza (2.4 million), Curitiba (1.7 million), Recife (1.5 million), Porto Alegre (1.4 million).
Rachel Murray

www.minzdravsoc.ru/health/36 - Translator - 0 views

www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx

russia WHO tobacco

shared by Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
    • Rachel Murray
      Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11
       
      this is the same thing the other website said word for word but this one is a bit more relaible....
Rachel Murray

Russia to help African Horn countries over drought - Lavrov: Voice of Russia - 0 views

english.ruvr.ru/...58261840.html

russia african horn WHO drought

shared by Rachel Murray on 30 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Russia will send a 1 million dollar humanitarian aid to Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan and Ethiopia to help these African Horn countries overcome the consequences of a severe drought,
  • Commenting on the relations between Russia and Djibouti, Mr. Lavrov said that the two countries see eye to eye on many international issues. (RIAN)
1 - 20 of 33 Next ›
Showing 20▼ items per page