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International Year of Youth: "Our Year - Our Voice"
United Nations General Assembly declared the International Year of Youth starting with August 12, 2010

Chisinau, 12 August 2010 - This years commemoration of International Youth Day also marks the launch of the International Year of Youth, which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/134. Through the theme: "Dialogue and mutual understanding, the Year aims to promote the ideals of peace, respect for human rights and solidarity across generations, cultures, religions and civilizations, as well as to recognize that young people represent an important human resource for development, positive social change and technological innovations. Equally, the ideas, energy and visions of youth are essential for continuous development of society they live. (Full text is available in Romanian only)

UNFPA assists flooded areas with delivery kits for maternities

Chisinau, 10 August 2010 - Packages of supplies to support the health and hygiene of displaced people, particularly pregnant women and newborns, delivery kits, essential medicines and equipment for maternities, were donated to the Ministry of Health on behalf of UNFPA, UN Population Fund in Moldova, in response to recent floods that affected several districts from the northern, central and southern parts of the country. (Full text is available in Romanian only)

85 percent of Moldovan babies are breastfed in the first six months of life but not exclusively, as recommended by WHO and UNICEF

Chisinau, 1 August 2010 -According to the Ministry of Health statistics, 85 percent of babies up to six months are breastfed and babies up to three months are breastfed a bigger proportion - 93 %. But only 45% of children are exclusively breastfed during the first six months of life, according to the latest Demographic and Health survey. (Full text is available in Romanian only)

End of year documentary - Year in Review 2009 (Eng)

Op-Ed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former US Vice-President Al Gore (Eng) (Rus)

"The Environmental Food crises: Environment's role in averting future food crises -a UNEP rapid response assessment"
The 2008 food crisis - which plunged millions back into hunger - may foreshadow an even bigger crisis in the years to come.
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"Global Employment Trends" (GET) 2009
This annual report examines what we know already about the impact of the crisis on jobs and what we could expect from several possible scenarios of the way it might evolve in the year ahead. More...