“Farmers must not be disempowered labourers on their own land,” – UN right to food expert
[24 October 2011] New York – “For too long farmers have been forced to eke out a living from subsistence agriculture or, once they've fallen in debt, to cede their land and labour to work in exploitative conditions on plantations. Our failure to help small-scale farmers to access markets – and to live decently from farming – is a key cause of hunger,”
United Nations General Assembly - 4 views
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United Nations: General Assembly - this is a explanation of what the General Assembly does.
Drug trafficking - 4 views
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Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this research.
World Trade Organization - 3 views
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Good source to research the World Trade Organization.
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http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/whatis_e.htm Here is another good website.
http://www.who.int/gho/countries/bra.pdf - 3 views
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Much below average
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Basic facts and whatnot on Brazil
BBC News - China to control shadow banking and private lending - 3 views
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For people in who will be in the G20 - Shadow Banking is one of your topics.
The United Nations: It's Your World - YouTube - 3 views
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Good video we can use to explain to new members of what the United Nations is. and what it's use is. (overall), not as much about the single committees but about it's goal as a whole.
Olivier De Schutter | United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food - 3 views
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Note for Lexi
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WHO | About WHO - 2 views
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Here is a website showing what the WHO is all about.
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization - 2 views
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This is an explanation of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and it's history. Focus on the Libya area of the conflict, because that is your topic.
Russian Federation Summary 2010 - 1 views
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Human Rights Council in Russia
Embassy of Russia to the USA, Washington - 1 views
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The Russian Constitution
Brazil income inequality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brazil has been tackling problems of income inequality despite high rates of growth. Its GDP (gross domestic product) growth in 2010 was 7.5%[1] yet its GINI coefficient, a measure of its inequality was reported at 0.543 in 2009.[2] In the recent decades, there has been a decline in inequality for the country as a whole (Fig 1).
General Info - 1 views
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Just general info that you can find on countries.
UPDATE 1-Russia close to decision on WTO deal with Georgia | Reuters - 1 views
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Brief Description of one topic for anyone in the WTO
WTO | Brazil - Member information - 1 views
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Brazil's Profile for WTO
The World Food Crisis: Sources and Solutions - 1 views
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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.
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more than 6 billion people living in the world today
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United Nations estimates that close to 1 billion suffer from chronic hunger
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CIA - The World Factbook - 1 views
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dominated by private companies
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high unemployment
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The international financial crisis worsened conditions in Italy's labor market, with unemployment rising from 6.2% in 2007 to 8.4% in 2010
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Facts on Italian Economy
Embassy of Russia to the USA, Washington - 1 views
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Description of the government structure in Russia
