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New York: Top United Nations officials today stressed the need to make the right to development a reality for everyone, everywhere, and to ensure that it brings about a real difference in the daily lives of billions around the world who continue to live in want and in fear.

New York: China must play a leading role in reducing the impact of natural hazards, a senior United Nations official said today, adding that private sector partnerships can significantly help to increase businesses’ ability to deal with and recover from disasters.

New York: The United Nations has deplored the loss of life that occurred during election-related violence in the Liberian capital yesterday, and called on everyone to exercise restraint and ensure that peace is maintained.

New York: The United Nations envoy to Côte d’Ivoire today appealed to all actors to do their best to ensure that the upcoming legislative elections are as transparent and inclusive as possible.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed a joint declaration by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia to expedite the search for solutions for 74,000 remaining refugees from the Balkans conflict of the 1990s.

New Delhi: A strong Japan in the context of China’s recent rise would be in India’s interests, according to a former Indian envoy to Japan.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern about the situation of political prisoners on hunger strike in Myanmar and about the health of Buddhist monk U Gambira, who needs urgent medical care.

New York: The brutal crackdown on dissent in Syria continues unabated despite the signing of an Arab League peace plan last week, the United Nations human rights office reported today, adding that the death toll has now surpassed 3,500.

New Delhi: With the US strategy in Afghanistan hitting serious roadblocks with its sharply deteriorating relations with Pakistan, a trilateral mechanism between the US, Australia and India can help prevent the Taliban from regaining control, suggest three prominent global think tanks in joint paper.

LUCKNOW: Former chief minister and leader of Jan Kranti Party Kalyan Singh is also set to damage BJP in 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. Kalyan Singh has rejected all offers to rejoin BJP facing leadership crisis in the state and announced that he would aggressively campaign against BJP and it top leadership. Significantly enough Kalyan Singh had ruled any alliance with BJP or any other party pre, during or post polls.