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New York: Egypt has made progress on human rights since the revolution that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak earlier this year, a United Nations team reported, while noting a number of challenges that need to be tackled such as combating impunity and ensuring an inclusive dialogue during the transition period.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the seventh and final review of Serbia’s economic performance under the program supported by a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). Completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of SDR 319.595 million (about €353.5 million or US$509 million), although the authorities have indicated that they intend to purchase only SDR 46.7 million (about €51.6, US$74.4 million, or 10 percent of the country’s IMF quota), bringing total disbursements under the program to SDR 1.368 billion (about €1.5 billion or US$2.2 billion).

New York: Recent political and democratic gains in Iraq will seem hollow to the country’s people unless its leaders produce the benefits that they have promised, the top United Nations envoy to Iraq told the Security Council.

New York: African health ministers have adopted a United Nations-backed declaration calling for urgent action against non-communicable diseases, including heart conditions, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory problems, blood disorders, mental health, violence and injuries.

New York: A group of United Nations human rights experts today voiced serious concern about the recent wave of enforced disappearances reported to have taken place in China, calling on authorities in the Asian nation to release all those who have been forcibly disappeared.

New York: The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees will stage the first-ever marathon in Gaza next month as part of its annual efforts to provide residents of the Strip with recreational opportunities.

New York: The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict and a political movement in the Philippines today agreed to develop an action plan to ensure that no children are among the ranks of the military group known as the New People’s Army (NPA), or are involved in the armed conflict.

New York: Fighting in southern and central Somalia between Government forces and Al-Shabaab militants has displaced about 33,000 people in the past six weeks, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.

New York: The United Nations human rights office said today that its investigators have found more than 100 bodies over the past 24 hours in three different towns in strife-torn Côte d’Ivoire, with some of them appearing to be ethnic killings.

New Delhi: The fruits of growing prosperity of the economy are not being enjoyed equally by all citizens owing to gaps in our development efforts and governance practices, said the Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee at the inaugural session of the CII National Conference and Annual Session 2011 here today. The theme of the CII conference this year is “Securing the Future: Framework for Inclusive Growth”.