| Analysis: Principles or pragmatism? Negotiating access in Syria |
 | GENEVA، 8/6/2012 (IRIN) - A Syrian government response plan, agreed with the UN after six weeks of negotiations, satisfies minimum humanitarian principles of neutrality and impartiality but falls short of the unhindered access the international humanitarian community was calling for, according to aid workers. full report |
| Analysis: Aid work conundrum in unpredictable Yemen |
 | SANA'A، 12/6/2012 (IRIN) - In the sweltering port city of Aden, about 300km south of Yemen’s capital Sana’a, two dozen international NGOs are struggling to meet mounting humanitarian demands caused by a war raging in neighbouring Abyan Governorate where government troops have for a month fought to crush a local Al Qaeda ally, Ansar Al Shariah. full report |
| RIO+20: Sticky issues and hope |
 | RIO DE JANEIRO، 14/6/2012 (IRIN) - “The pace is too slow” and “there is a lack of urgency”, grumbled a negotiator as preparatory talks on the final political outcome document limped back to motion on 13 June at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, also known Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. full report |
| EGYPT: Poverty, culture undermine cervical cancer treatment |
 | CAIRO، 14/6/2012 (IRIN) - On 30 April the Egyptian government launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of cervical cancer and offer free immunization to 15,000 unmarried women on the assumption that they would not have had any sexual contact. full report |