Huge challenges for world’s largest broadband market, wide gap in access

Asia and the Pacific are the world's largest broadband market. Some countries have high speed and affordable Internet access, the same cannot be said for most of the region's poorer nations, so big challenges are emerging for us there.
Asia-Pacific world’s largest broadband market, but wide gap in access

Olympic Athletes donated cloths in campaign for refugees backed by UN

Thousands of refugees in will receive cloths from a United Nations-backed campaign in which competitors donated their surplus sportswear.
Refugees win as result of UN-backed initiative on Olympic clothing campaign "Giving is Winning"

Meanwhile the United Nations already received $15 million from the international community in response to the UN appeal to assist the survivors of May’s devastating Wenchuan earthquake.
UN welcomes 15 million dollar in donations so far to China’s Wenchuan earthquake survivors

Georgië en Rusland in en over Zuid-Ossetië

Er is een kort inleidinkje over de ontwikkelingen in dit gebied met Georgië in zware gevechten verwikkeld met Rusland in Zuid-Ossetië. Het lijkt dat er een situatie kwam die consequenties heeft die nog niet helemaal zijn te overzien.

Temple of Preah Vihear in Cambodia on the World Heritage List of UNESCO

This time we travel to Cambodia, a country in South East Asia. Recently 27 new beautiful and amazing sites have been put on the UNESCO World Heritage List. One of the new WHL sites is the wonderful Temple of Preah Vihear in Cambodia.
Temple of Preah Vihear in Cambodia on the World Heritage List of UNESCO

Ban Ki-moon joins UN General Assembly’s call for Olympic “Ekecheiria”

UN General Ban Ki-moon Monday joined the General Assembly in calling on all those who are at war to observe the traditional two-week Olympic Truce “Ekecheiria”.
Ban Ki-moon joins UN General Assembly’s call for Olympic Truce during Beijing Games

Horn of Africa and Mount Songshan

This weekend on the lifestyle issue, the Horn of Africa needs 14 million in emergency aid. On the China site, the striking pilgrimage to mount Songshan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains in Taoism.

Nearly 50 new sites nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage List

The committee that considers requests for inscription on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage List will have 47 nominated sites to choose from when it meets for its annual session next month in Canada.
Nearly 50 new sites nominated to join the UNESCO World Heritage List