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New York: The United Nations today underscored the importance of preserving the world’s audiovisual heritage, stressing the vulnerability of sound and film or video recordings to destruction and the need to pay greater attention to ensuring that they are properly saved for future generations.

New York: Over $1 billion was disbursed today to eight successful claimants by the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses because of Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

New Delhi: The three-day 54-nation Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit Meeting (CHOGM) beginning from Friday in Perth, Australia is likely to be a test for the success of India’s diplomacy.

Recently the meeting of the National Development Council was held in Delhi but not much publicity was given. There was a time when NDC meetings were given a lot of space in newspapers and the speeches of the chief ministers got display not only in their respective states but also in the national dailies.

New York: The United Nations and its diplomatic partners in the search for peace in the Middle East met separately today with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Jerusalem, with both sides agreeing to come forward with comprehensive proposals on territory and security within three months.

New York: Governments need to increase their support for drug research that will lead to new accessible drugs and vaccines in Africa, a United Nations-backed conference in Ethiopia heard this week.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission headed by Mr. Joël Toujas-Bernaté visited Algiers during October 13–25, 2011 to hold discussions in the context of the annual Article IV consultations.. The consultation will conclude with the preparation of a staff report to be taken up by the IMF Executive Board in early 2012.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can play a crucial role in supporting countries in transition as they work to build and strengthen their fledgling institutions with the assistance of the United Nations.

New York: One billion of the world’s poorest people stand to benefit from a partnership launched today by the United Nations and top pharmaceutical companies to speed up the royalty-free development of drugs, vaccines and diagnostics to treat neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis.

The European Union, at the meeting of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) Committee on 24 October 2011, indicated it will refocus its efforts on a sectoral agreement on information technology products from the Doha Round to the ITA Committee. Russia announced its plans to join the Agreement.