UN Wire: Species disappearing at alarming rate, UN warns; WHO calls for cheaper drugs

UN Wire
May 24, 2007
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TODAY'S HEADLINES

TOP STORY
* Species disappearing at alarming rate, UN warns
QUOTE OF THE DAY
* Ahmed Djoghlaf, head of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Read the full story.
BLOG ROUNDUP
* blog
UN RADIO
* radio
UNITED NATIONS
* Security Council may vote on Hariri court next week
* UNHCR closes office in Morocco after violent protests
* Security Council clears oil-for-food money for Iraq
DEVELOPMENT HEALTH AND POVERTY
* WHO calls for cheaper drugs, more availability
* World Bank members seek openness in selection of Wolfowitz successor
* Poll: Aid groups fettered in Darfur
DEVELOPMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
* Asian countries plan to strengthen animal protection
* Climate change threatens source of resistant crop genes
* Japan's Abe calls for global action on emissions
HUMAN RIGHTS
* UN human rights team starts examining Darfur
PEACE AND SECURITY
* Lebanon issues ultimatum over violence
* IAEA: Iran moving forward on nuclear program
* Opinion: Bosnia reform should be tied to Dayton
* Palestinian parties move to restore cease-fire with Israel
UN FOUNDATION AND BETTER WORLD CAMPAIGN
* Timothy E. Wirth statement on Equator Prize 2007 winners

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