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New York: Landmines and explosive remnants of war continue to put thousands of communities in Afghanistan at risk of death or injury, but the problem can be solved with adequate funding of the de-mining effort, a senior United Nations official said today, lauding the world body’s partnership with global transport workers to make the country’s roads safer.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax purposes, hosted by the OECD, has released ten reports which evaluate jurisdictions’ commitment to tax transparency and examine whether information is made available and accessible to foreign tax authorities. These reports follow eight others released in September 2010.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged authorities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to resolve the issue of abducted Japanese citizens, saying the long-standing kidnappings were a matter of concern to the international community.

The Ministers in charge of trade negotiations for Brazil (Mr. Antonio Patriota), China (Mr. Chen Deming), India (Shri Anand Sharma), and South Africa (Mr. Rob Davies) met today in Davos (Switzerland), at the margins of the 41st Meeting of the World Economic Forum.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed the entry into force of a new law in Mexico on the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers that now gives the country a legal framework that complies with international standards in this area.

Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have commended the authorities for their effective policy actions, which helped Malta weather the global crisis relatively well. The economy is now showing signs of a robust cyclical upswing. The challenge ahead will be to achieve strong and sustainable growth. This will require strategic fiscal consolidation and prudent risk management. Continued progress with structural reforms will also be important to establish high value exports and to raise productivity and employment rates.

New Delhi: A function was organised on 28.01.2011 at Ennore Port to commemorate the achievement of aggregate cargo handling capacity of Indian Port Sector crossing One Billion tonnes. The occasion coincided with the inauguration of three major projects with a total capacity of 15 MTPA implemented at Ennore Port, namely the Common User Coal Terminal, Iron Ore Terminal and Car Terminal.

New Delhi: The Director General of Foreign Trade in the Department of Commerce has issued a Public Notice No. 21 (RE-2011)/2009-2014 dated January 10, 2011 mandating that all exports of pharmaceuticals and drugs from India would be made under a trace and track surveillance system.

New Delhi: Election Commission of India has agreed to send a technical team to Pakistan to demonstrate the Indian Electronic Voting machine (EVM) following a request made by the Pakistani Election Commission.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Sri Lanka will receive a $120 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to help expand and improve its power network to deal with rising customer demand and gaps in coverage which are hindering growth.