NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – The United Nations Women’s Fund (UNIFEM) has announced that the outgoing Chilean President will work closely with the agency to speak out on behalf of Haitian women suffering from the massive earthquake that devastated the Caribbean country on 12 January. President Michelle Bachelet is set[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
UN Telecom Agency Makes Plans for Haiti’s Present and Future
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – Three weeks after the earthquake in Haiti, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations’ oldest agency, is still trying to re-establish reliable telephone and internet connections in the country, but also has long-term plans to help build state-of-the-art telecommunication networks there. “We are working[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor on FBI’s Scientific Work in Anthrax Case
A version of this letter was published in The Wall Street Journal on February 1, 2010. Letters to the Editor The Wall Street Journal 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036 Dear Editor: Monday’s opinion piece, “The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved,” was filled with inaccuracies and omitted several[Read More…]
Haiti: UN Helps Pregnant Women as Risk to Babies Rises After Quake
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) is providing medical kits to thousands of expectant mothers in Haiti in case they cannot get medical attention in time and give birth at home or on the streets where they are living after last month’s earthquake. A “clean[Read More…]
UN Secretary-General Ban Asks Former US President Clinton to Take Leadership Role in Haiti Quake Relief
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today asked former United States President Bill Clinton, already deeply involved in Haiti before last month’s devastating earthquake as the United Nations Special Envoy to the country, to assume a leadership role in coordinating international aid efforts, from emergency response to reconstruction,[Read More…]
Radio Provides a Vital Link to Families Amidst the Children’s Emergency in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–3 February 2010 – A cacophony of songs and voices drifts from the tented camp as thousands of handheld radios transmit entertainment and, more important, information. A UNICEF public service announcement on nutrition blares out of several radios tuned into Port-au-Prince’s Radio One. The station is just one of[Read More…]
C17 Conducts Third Humanitarian Relief Flight to Haiti
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2010. The Multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) has conducted its third humanitarian relief mission to Haiti on 2 February 2010, flown by SAC’s operational arm, the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Pápa Air Base in Hungary. The flight delivered supplies to Haiti in response to a massive earthquake[Read More…]
Ugandan Anti-Gay Legislation Threatens Human Rights, Reverses Gains in HIV/AIDS Fight, Rep. Berman Says
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2010. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning anti-gay legislation now making its way through the parliament in Uganda. “The proposed Ugandan bill not only threatens human rights, it also reverses so many of the[Read More…]
Dollar General Recalls Toy Guns Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 3, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Special Forces and Police SWAT Toy Gun Sets Units: About[Read More…]
Chicago FBI: TCF Bandit Strikes Again
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A serial bank robber dubbed the "TCF Bandit" struck again on Monday of this week. He is believed to have robbed the TCF Bank branch located at 5545 South Brainard in Countryside, of an undisclosed amount of money. As he has in previous robberies, he approached a teller[Read More…]
