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New York: A prestigious United States college fund tonight awarded its first International Humanitarian of the Year Award to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for “his steadfast commitment to confronting global challenges and his ability to effectively mobilize world leaders to do the same.”

New York: The United Nations human rights office today welcomed reports that Libya will set up an independent commission of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding last Thursday’s killing of the country’s former leader Muammar al-Qadhafi.

Eschborn — Countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia need to reform their education and training systems in order to provide the right skills demanded by labor markets, says a new World Bank report, Skills, Not Just Diplomas: Managing Education for Results in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The report will be released on October 25th in Eschborn, Germany, at the 6th World Bank Europe and Central Asia Education Conference. Having skilled workers boosts innovation, competitiveness, labor productivity, and earnings, which are key to ignite and sustain inclusive economic growth in the region.

Cameroon - In response to a growing demand for strengthened capacity in price risk management for the cocoa industry, the World Bank’s Agricultural Risk Management Team (ARMT) is working in collaboration with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and its Cocoa Livelihoods Program to deliver price risk management training to the West Africa cocoa sector. The Cocoa Price Risk Management course will be held October 24-26, 2011 in Douala.

Washington – Most large-scale corruption cases involve using legal entities to conceal ownership and control of corrupt proceeds, and policymakers should take steps to improve transparency to reduce opportunities for wrongdoing, according to a study released today by the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative of the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

New York: The United Nations independent expert on the right to food cautioned today that smallholder farmers face the risk of exploitation under contract farming arrangements with processing or marketing companies, and recommended mechanisms that could ensure that such agreements are fairer.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved funds totaling USD 124.3 million for ground-breaking ‘Centers of Excellence’ in higher education in Mali, Uganda and Rwanda.

New York: International efforts to mitigate climate change are insufficient to meet the goal of keeping global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a United Nations report warned today, just a month before a major conference on the issue is held in Durban, South Africa.

New York: New laws are urgently needed in Paraguay to protect the rights of minorities, in particular women and indigenous people, a top United Nations human rights official has said, calling on the Government to scale up its efforts to stop discrimination and injustice towards these groups.

New York: As the world prepares to welcome its 7 billionth inhabitant next week, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to achieve a future for the entire human family that is free of nuclear weapons.