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New York: The presence of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere last year reached its highest levels since pre-industrial times, a report released by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns today.

New York: The United Nations official leading efforts against sexual violence in conflict today called for greater support for survivors of sexual abuse in Sierra Leone, saying they needed access to justice and assistance to reintegrate into society.

New York: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today welcomed the capture of one of the sons of deposed Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi as well as the regime’s former chief of intelligence.

New York: The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) called today for the international community to step up its efforts to protect the pathways and networks of migratory species, which are being threatened by human activity, endangering the future of wildlife hubs.

The world’s food import bill is likely to make a record-breaking leap to unprecedented heights, while policies to stabilize prices might have backfired, the WTO Agriculture Committee heard on 17 November 2011.

New York: Large amounts of carbon dioxide emitted by chemicals used increasingly in air conditioners, refrigerators, fire-fighting equipment and insulation foams could undermine efforts to keep global temperature rise under two degrees Celsius this century, according to a report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

New York: Broad international support exists for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, although there are long-standing differences of opinion about it among the region’s countries, the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Macedonia, FYR) subscribed today to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS), bringing the number of subscribing countries to 69. Macedonia, FYR is the 10th country to graduate to the SDDS from the IMF’s General Data Dissemination System, which the country has participated in since February 4, 2004.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing emergency assistance of $3 million to help Thailand get back on its feet in the wake of the country’s worst flooding in more than half a century.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have agreed to work more closely on a range of projects to build capacity and promote public private partnerships across the Caucasus and Central Asia.