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New York: The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that the agency is delivering food aid to half a million people affected by the massive floods in Sri Lanka, while planning for longer-term support to help those affected recover from the disaster.

Kigali – The African Legal Support Facility (ASLF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) will jointly launch a capacity building project in international commercial law on the 11 and 12 February in Kigali, Rwanda. The importance of leveraging the rule of law to serve economic development, better governance and improved business climate on the continent will be addressed.

New York: North and South Sudan have made “significant” progress on a wide range of follow-up arrangements between the two States following the southern region’s vote for independence, the top United Nations envoy in the country said today.

New York: The United Nations envoy tasked with mediating talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the dispute over the latter’s name today wrapped up two days of discussions in New York with representatives from both sides.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the second review of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) economic performance under a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The completion of the review enables the disbursement of SDR 49.493 million (about US$77 million), which would bring total disbursements under the program to SDR 148.479 million (about US$232 million).

New York: Strong growth from China, the Republic of Korea and Japan has helped to boost the number of patent applications filed worldwide last year, following the drop witnessed in 2009, the United Nations agency tasked with promoting the protection of intellectual property said today.

New York: With earthquakes, heat waves, floods and snowstorms affecting 208 million people, killing nearly 300,000, and costing $110 billion in losses last year alone, the General Assembly today debated mitigation steps such as building safer schools, hospitals and cities to reduce the terrible toll.

The Negotiating Group on Rules, on 4 February 2011, started its review of the WTO transparency mechanism for regional trade agreements (RTAs) by considering two proposals: one from the United States for the consideration of all RTAs in a single WTO Committee, and one from Ecuador for procedural adjustments to the mechanism.

Bengaluru: The US Administration is playing an unprecedented role in one of the world’s premier and Asia’s biggest aerospace exhibition, Aero India-2011 which got off to a flying start here at Yelahanka Air Force Stadium on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences said that rational and sustainable utilization of natural resources and their protection from toxic releases is vital for sustainable socio-economic development. Speaking at the International Conference on “Recent Trends in Developing Bioremediation Strategies for Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) & other Chlorinated Contaminants” here today, he said, “Currently around 30,000 industries in India generate hazardous waste of the order of 6 Million Tonnes per annum.'