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MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of $309.89 million for a new 750 megawatt (MW) power plant in Viet Nam that will provide critically needed electricity to the country’s energy-starved south.

New York: The top United Nations humanitarian, development and human rights officials today called on countries meeting in Geneva not to adopt a protocol currently under debate that weakens the existing global ban on cluster bombs.

The Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have noted that St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ economy has been adversely affected by two natural disasters in the last twelve months, on top of the impacts of the global slowdown and higher commodity prices. As a result, real GDP has contracted and public sector debt has risen. Directors welcomed the authorities’ commitment to prudent macroeconomic policies and encouraged them to press ahead with efforts to enhance the economy’s resilience to shocks and foster sustainable growth.

New York: A senior United Nations relief official today voiced concern over the plight of hundreds of thousands of people uprooted from their homes by conflict in the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, saying that many are also enduring the effects of natural disasters, including floods.

BAKU, AZERBAIJAN – Ministers from the 10-country Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program today endorsed CAREC 2020, a framework for intensified regional cooperation that promises to build on the program's first decade of achievement.

New York: A new United Nations study released today provides policy-makers with technical and economically feasible guidelines on how to cut down greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions so governments can meet their environmental targets by 2020.

New York: The participation of small States in Rio+20, next year’s United Nations conference on sustainable development, is vital, given many are already experiencing the effects of climate change, General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser said today.

New York: There is a long way to go before the rights of Afghan women are fully protected, says a United Nations report released today, noting that the Government has not yet succeeded in applying a two-year-old landmark law to the vast majority of cases of violence against women.

New York: Children’s well-being has improved dramatically thanks to increased global political will and efficient supportive programmes and policies, according to a report released today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Save the Children UK, but it also warns that benefits need to reach the most disadvantaged children for gains to be sustainable.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headed by Mr. Harry Snoek visited Guinea during November 10–22, 2011 to review developments, to conduct the discussions for the 2011 Article IV consultation, and to seek to reach understandings with the Guinean authorities on a macroeconomic and financial program that could be supported by the IMF under its Extended Credit Facility.