Women as emerging stakeholders in Poznan climate change negotiations
20 November - UNDP and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance, in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations and Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, commenced the first global effort to ensure that climate change funds target women and men equitably.

A need for improved HIV efforts in Southeast Asia
13 November - A country-by-country assessment of HIV and mobility in the 10 ASEAN member countries reveals that despite their contributions to national economies, migrants have little or no right to legal or social protection, and generally lack access to HIV/AIDS services and information.

Attack on UN in Somalia
30 October - The United Nations is mourning the loss of two colleagues killed in yesterday’s explosion at the UN compound in Hargeisa.