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New York: A cultural food fight between “gooey” peanut butter and jelly and “icky” hummus sandwiches leads to global acceptance - at least at the grade-school level - in a colourful picture book launched by Queen Rania of Jordan and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Eminent Advocate for children.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) hailed the decision by the Chinese Government to lift the country's travel ban for people living with HIV.

Director-General or the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy told the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) that G-20 Summit preparations must tackle trade financing problems “if we want low income countries not to be overly constrained in benefiting from the global recovery”.

Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy said before the World Bank Development Committee on 25 April 2010 in Washington that “with sovereign debt reaching alarming proportions, trade offers a sustainable, non-debt creating source of growth and development”.

New York: Following a three-week pause due to parliamentary polls and holidays, Government-backed returns of people uprooted by decades of fighting to their home areas has resumed in northern Sri Lanka, a move welcomed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of Finland have signed an agreement to provide the Fund with up to €1.3 billion (about US$1.7 billion).

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will jointly host a High-Level Conference on the International Monetary System in Zurich on May 11, 2010.

New Delhi: As announced by the Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee in her Budget Speech 2010-11, the Ministry of Railways has decided to enhance the element of concession to caner patients in 3-AC and Sleeper class from existing 75 per cent to 100 per cent. The element of concession for escort in 3-AC and Sleeper remains unchanged i.e. 75 per cent. It has become effective from 20th April, 2010.

The Planning Commission has set up a High Level Expert Committee to suggest measures for efficient management of public expenditure. The Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Dr. C. Rangarajan will chair the 18-Member Expert Committee which will suggest an action plan for abolition of the classification of expenditure into plan and non-plan.

NEW YORK CITY - Indigenous Peoples worldwide continue to be among the poorest of the poor and continue to suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other groups, according to a new World Bank study: Indigenous Peoples, Poverty, and Development.