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New York: Security arrangements by Pakistan's federal and local authorities to protect assassinated Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were “fatally insufficient and ineffective” and subsequent investigations into her death were prejudiced and involved a whitewash, an independent United Nations inquiry reported.

New York: Mexico became the first country to launch a national version of the United Nations-led “Blue Heart” campaign against human trafficking, which is regarded as one of the most lucrative forms of illegal activity for criminal groups.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Marshall Mills visited Lomé during April 1-15, 2010 to conduct discussions for the fourth review of Togo's program under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).

New York: China needs to tackle climate change and environmental degradation or risks reversing the social and economic progress that has made it the second largest economy in the world, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report.

New York: Migrant workers from a majority of Central America and the Caribbean countries were able to send home more money to their families in the first months of 2010 than at the same time last year but remittances to Mexico continued to suffer from the global economic crisis, a United Nations agency has announced.

New York: The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General has called for greater investment to ensure the health and wellbeing of women, stressing that healthy women can lead to better families and societies, and help achieve the globally agreed development targets with a 2015 deadline.

KOLKATA: Indian policymakers would do well to monitor China's plans to divert the Brahmaputra river (Yarlung Tsangpo to the Chinese) at its source in the Tibetan mountains.

Do we need a third front and is it a viable alternative? Although the idea pops up again and again, the country has found that the third front governments do not last long mainly because of the inherent contradictions. There is once again talk of forming a third alternative by the non-Congress-non-BJP parties. The only difference this time is that is well ahead of any elections as the next Lok Sabha polls are scheduled four years from now in 2014.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Sri Lanka is getting a $50 million loan from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue with public finance management reforms aimed at paving the way for increased investment in underdeveloped areas, including those severely affected by conflict.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has boosted its technical assistance to scale up projects that provide the region's poor with better access to modern and reliable sources of clean energy.