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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has exhorted ministers from Central African nations to work towards adopting a legal instrument to combat illicit arms trafficking, a move that will help reduce violence and bring peace and security to countries in the sub-region.

New York: Two years after Cyclone Nargis left 2.4 million people in need of emergency food, housing and other forms of critical assistance, the United Nations aid coordinator in Myanmar said that just a quarter of the pledged funds have come in and the gap threatens the long-term revival of the area hit by the disaster.

New York: The effects of the humanitarian crisis sparked by the military offensive against insurgents in north-western Pakistan a year ago persist despite the return of most of the two million people who fled their homes because of the conflict, the United Nations refugee agency reported.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on every nation to become a party to the Rome Statute that set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), stressing the vital role played by the institution in ending impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

New York: The top United Nations official in Nepal has voiced concern that planned Maoist demonstrations tomorrow could result in violence as she warned that the country's peace process has reached a “difficult phase.”

New York: Immediate action is needed to avert an environmental disaster in western Ukraine where toxic materials from former mines could spread into the area and threaten the health of local communities, according to the report of a joint United Nations-European Union mission of experts.

A number of developing countries, at the meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures on 27 April 2010, reported on their preparations for the phase-out of export subsidies by end of 2015, including holding consultations with stakeholders. They were responding to questions posed by the United States.

Launched in 2009, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) is now fully operational thanks to the funding received from 23 countries that have invested in the EIF Trust Fund.

Over the past decade, Albania has maintained an ambitious programme of economic, legal and institutional reform, largely driven by WTO Membership and its desire to join the EU. In so doing, it has continued to engage in a remarkable process of transformation from a closed, centrally-planned economy to one that is liberal, market-oriented and private-sector driven, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of Albania.

New York: The latest review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will kick off in a much more positive atmosphere than the last gathering, thanks to recent moves by the United States and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals, among others, according to the top United Nations disarmament official.