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New York: Senior United Nations officials today cited organized crime, pandemics and the effects of climate change as daunting challenges to the maintenance of international peace and security and called for regional and global multi-disciplinary cooperation to tackle the threats.

New York: A form of verse and prose storytelling from north-eastern China that has only five remaining masters was today placed on a United Nations List of Intangible Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

New York: A former Cambodian head of State during the rule of the notorious Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s told a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal today that the genocide trial he is facing is based on guesses, generalizations and bias.

New York: Yemen’s warring forces have agreed to a political transition settlement, the top United Nations envoy to the country announced today, calling the deal “an important milestone towards restoring peace and stability, maintaining national unity and territorial integrity, and laying the foundation for economic recovery.”

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Ms. Kristina Kostial visited Beirut during November 8-23, 2011 to conduct the annual discussions in the context of the Article IV consultation. The mission met with the Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Mikati, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Mohammad Safadi, the Governor of the Banque du Liban (BdL), Mr. Riad Salameh, the Head of the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Kanaan, and various members of Cabinet and administration officials, as well as representatives of the private sector, civil society, and academia.

New York: Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed today at a United Nations wildlife conference to step up their efforts to protect endangered species in their region, such as the Bukhara deer, the Bactrian camel and the Asiatic wild ass.

New Delhi: India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed agreements on security cooperation and transfer of sentenced persons in here on Wednesday.

KOLKATA; Led by the CPI(M), left parties in West Bengal are yet to devise a comprehensive anti-Government strategy, as the Trinamool-Congress Ministry enters the seventh month of its tenure.

KOLKATA: If Trinamool Congress (TMC) insiders are to be believed, their supremo Mamata Banerjee is just a wee bit surprised by the relentless political tirade directed against her party by the Congress these days.

New York: The second-in-command of the Khmer Rouge today told a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal, where he is facing trial for genocide and other charges, that he had been trying to protect Cambodia from aggression when the notorious regime ruled the country in the late 1970s.