"The media and the UN share an interest in getting information about what is happening in our world to the public," says Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information. "But journalists are often inundated with stories, all competing for their -- and the public's -- attention. Our aim is to make it easier for them to see that important issues do not fade from the headlines."Holy uphill battle, Batman.
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1) Liberia's struggle to rebuild after a savage, 14-year civil war left it near anarchy.
2) The worldwide exodus of 200 million migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, who fled their native countries in search of peace or a better living.
3) The war in the Democratic Republic of Congo that killed 4 million people over the past five years, making it the deadliest world conflict since World War II.
4) The tens of thousands of Nepalese children being abducted and recruited by the country's Maoist rebel movement.
5) Southern Somalia sitting on the brink of a famine brought on by civil war and a persistent drought, with the potential to kill 12,000 people monthly.
6) The world's 9.2 million refugees remaining in exile for an average 17 years -- nearly twice as long as in 1993.
7) A shortage of aid, despite an international outpouring, that can sustain the long-term survival of victims of last year's South Asian earthquake.
8) The more than 1 million children jailed or imprisoned around the world, the majority of whom are discriminated minorities from poor families.
9) The scarcity of fresh water being just as likely to engender cooperation between two countries as it is to engender conflict, contrary to conventional wisdom.
10) Côte d'Ivoire, plagued by poverty and leaders stirring up ethnic hatred, approaching a Rwanda-like genocide.
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