Open defecation - the riskiest sanitation practice - is on the decline worldwide

Airports, airlines and duty-free operators call upon WHO Member States to agree a strong Protocol on illicit trade in tobacco products during negotiations being held in Geneva from 14-21 March.

GENEVA/NEW YORK -- The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the proclamation by the UN General Assembly of the first "Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020" which seeks to halt the increasing trends in road traffic deaths and injuries worldwide.

Geneva/Tel Aviv/Damascus (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today started transferring apples through the Kuneitra crossing point between the occupied Golan and Syria proper.

The Fiji Government has misrepresented its human rights record in a report to the United Nations, Amnesty International said today.

The issuing of visas which prevent NGOs from working among Palestinians has been condemned by TEAR Fund NZ.

One week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, relief efforts of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, including those of the ICRC, are gathering pace.

Significant amounts of emergency aid have arrived in quake-struck Port-au-Prince. The challenge now is to get it to survivors as quickly as possible.

Auckland, Jan 14 NZPA - A New Zealander whose husband was killed and two daughters are missing after a massive earthquake feared to have killed 100,000 people in the Caribbean nation Haiti yesterday is now in the Dominican Republic.

Auckland, Jan 14 NZPA - Foreign Minister Murray McCully says it's difficult knowing there is a limited amount the Government can do for Haiti, the Caribbean nation where three New Zealanders are feared to be among the estimated 100,000 killed by a massive earthquake.