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Geneva, Switzerland - Two thematic debates marked the end of the 2009 UN Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review in Geneva on July 9.

Geneva, Switzerland - Ethical values are needed to overcome the current global economic crisis as well as to eradicate hunger and promote the real development of all the world's peoples, Pope Benedict XVI said in his new encyclical released July 7. While the Pope was speaking, diplomats and ministers of health from around the world were in Geneva to offer their viewpoints on the global crisis.Can moral values be part of the answer?

Geneva, Switzerland - Jamaica's report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and news about telemedicine in Africa highlighted the second day of the UN Economic and Social Council Annual Ministerial Review in Geneva.

Geneva, Switzerland - The first day of the UN Economic and Social Council High Level Segment meeting taking place in Geneva July 6-9 was highly informative and reported on many health-related issues. There was also room for emotion. But one will mostly remember the moral call for action of both Ban Ki-moon and Margaret Chan. Laurent Ladouce, who attended the meetings as a delegate of UPF, offers a report on the highlights of the day.