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Radiohead takes on human rights, sweatshops, and trafficking

Published April 30, 2008 From the Press 2 Comments
Tags: all i need, campaign, consumer culture, ed o'brien, end exploitation and trafficking, exit campaign, human rights, in rainbows, mtv, mtv exit campaign, mtvexit.org, music, music video, naomi klein, no logo, radiohead, thom yorke, waste

Source: Reuters | by Mike Collett-White

Pioneering British rock band Radiohead has lent one of its songs to an MTV campaign to raise awareness about sweatshop labour and human trafficking.
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Climate change and the impact on children

Published April 30, 2008 From the Press 1 Comment
Tags: 2015, carbon, child, children, children's fund, climate, climate change, droughts, economic damage, education, emissions, environment, environmental, famine, fllods, footprint, gases, gender, global warming, greenhouse, mdg, mdgs, millennium development goals, responsibility, storms, survival, targets, un, unicef, united nations, violence

Source: Reuters | by Jeremy Lovell

Millions of the world’s poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world, a United Nations report said on Tuesday, calling for urgent action.

The UNICEF report “Our Climate, Our Children, Our Responsibility” measured action on targets set in the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, aimed at halving child poverty by 2015. It found failure on counts from health to survival, education and gender equality.
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U.N. creates task force to tackle global food crisis

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Tags: agencies, agriculture, ban, ban ki-moon, bern, bretton woods, ceb, chief executive board, crisis, david navarro, emergency, energy prices, fao, food, food and agriculture organization, funds, global crisis, global food crisis, holmes, humanitarian, humanitarian affairs, ifad, international community, international fund for agricultural development, john holmes, navarro, programmes, secretary-general, un, un system, unitar, united nations

Source: United Nations

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced that he will lead a high-powered task force to coordinate the efforts of the United Nations system in addressing the global crisis arising from the surge in food prices.
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