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New York: United Nations officials today urged the international community to take action against mounting threats posed by climate change on the world’s urban areas, warning that climate-related events could force up to 200 million people worldwide to flee their homes by 2050.

New York: A United Nations-backed initiative designed to accelerate efforts to attain social development and eradicate extreme poverty in rural Africa today launched its second phase, aiming to improve the living standards of an estimated half a million people across the continent.

New York: The twin forces of democracy and the rule of law can help advance progress on disarmament and positively impact the work of the United Nations committee that deals with the issue, a top United Nations official said today.

New York: The International Criminal Court (ICC) today authorized its prosecutor to probe alleged abuses committed during the recent post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire – the seventh investigation in Africa and the first in a State that is not party to the treaty that set up the Court.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an 18-month Stand-By Arrangement for an amount equivalent to SDR 935.4 million (about US$1.5 billion or €1.1 billion) for the Republic of Serbia. However, the Serbian authorities intend to treat the arrangement as precautionary, and not to draw on Fund resources unless the need arises.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the third review of the program with El Salvador supported by the three-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved in March 2010.

At a conference in Tokyo on October 3 jointly organized by the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department and Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, close to 60 senior government officials and leading academics from 11 countries discussed public health reform in Asia. The conference was generously supported by the Japanese government.

New Delhi: The draft National Policy of Electronics, 2011 has envisaged creation of a globally competitive electronics systems and design manufacturing (ESDM) industry including nano-electronics in the country, to meet both domestic demand and exports.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help Viet Nam upgrade roads in remote northern provinces to reduce the area’s isolation and deliver new economic opportunities to some of the country’s poorest people.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending $200 million to improve the water supply and other urban services in Guwahati and Dibrugarh―two major cities in the Indian state of Assam.