View Articles

What started on September 17 as a limited protest centred on the New York Stock Exchange and the banks located on Wall Street, has now spread to more than 150 cities in 80 countries, including the industrialised countries of the Global North and the developing countries of the Global South. The “Occupy Wall Street” (OWS) mobilisation is attracting spirited support from young and old, men and women, wage-earners and the unemployed.

So, there are no knights in shining armour. It all started with the Congress under attack for its suspected complicity in the scams and unwillingness to enact a strong Lokpal law. But, if a civil society group took the lead in articulating the public disquiet on this account, the reason was that the record of the principle opposition party, the BJP, was not lily-white either.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – In its drive to increase transparency and accountability, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will expand and speed up the release of information to the public as part of key changes to its Public Communications Policy.

A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Mr. Amine Mati, visited Nouakchott during October 11-24, 2011 in connection with the third review of the 2010-2012 three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility. During its time in Mauritania, the mission traveled to Zouèrate and Nouadhibou where it visited mining, port, and fishery facilities.

New York: Two top United Nations economic bodies held their first ever joint meeting today to discuss the serious risks to developing countries and economies in transition stemming from the sovereign debt crisis currently affecting some developed countries.

New York: Corruption is a serious impediment to reducing poverty and achieving development goals, the head of the United Nations agency anti-crime agency said today, adding that this year’s uprisings in the Arab world highlighted the anger within societies at this scourge.

New York: The deadly earthquake that has struck Turkey’s southeast highlights the importance of providing incentives for the construction of safe buildings and establishing preventive and response measures in the world’s most dangerous quake zones, a senior United Nations official said today.

New York: Human rights defenders continue to be harassed, attacked, killed and ‘disappeared’ around the world more than a decade after the adoption of an international declaration meant to protect them, a United Nations expert warned today.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency has facilitated the return of the first group of Ivorian refugees who have opted for voluntary repatriation from Liberia where they sought safety during the bloody unrest that rocked Côte d’Ivoire after presidential elections last November.

New York: Twenty-one countries were today elected to serve on the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six principal organs of the United Nations and the main body tasked with furthering economic and social cooperation and development worldwide.