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New York: The United Nations food and agriculture agency said it is helping 36,000 farmers in Lesotho boost food production in the southern Africa country where the soaring prices of seeds, fertilizer and tools have greatly reduced producers' capacity to grow food.

New York: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched a cash-for-work initiative to help poor Iraqis earn money to provide food for their families.

New York: A delegation from the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) begins a three-day visit to Guinea to consult with judicial authorities and seek an update on local investigations into last year's bloody suppression by the military of opposition protests in which 156 civilians were killed.

New York: More than 60 nations in Asia and the Pacific have underscored the urgent need for 'green' strategies to spur economic growth in the region, wrapping up a weeklong United Nations gathering.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Mr. James Gordon, Senior Advisor in the Asia and Pacific Department, visited Tokyo during May 10-19 to conduct the annual Article IV discussions with Japan. The team met with senior officials from the government, the Bank of Japan (BoJ), and private sector representatives to discuss recent economic developments and the policy challenges ahead. The IMF's First Deputy Managing Director, Mr. John Lipsky, joined the mission for the final policy discussions.

KOLKATA: How difficult, complex and thorny is the path to the settlement of the Naga problem was brought out in sharp relief earlier this month when the two police forces of Manipur and Nagaland stood almost eyeball to eyeball on the inter-State border on the issue of NSCN(I-M) general secretary T. Muivah's intended visit to Manipur.

Back for a second term in May 2009 with a bang, UPA-II has now completed its first year in office with few accomplishments for a drum-beat while its failures are writ large notably in critical areas like prices and internal security. The Congress-led motley coalition, in which two smaller regional allies call the shots, and a lack of cohesion with Ministers speaking out of tune, here and abroad, are doing damage to the collective image of the Manmohan Singh Government. It had already to face a trial of strength over a rare cut motion on the budget which was finally approved.

New York: The world's 16 remaining territories that still do not govern themselves must have complete freedom in deciding their future status, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a forum on decolonization.

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the initiative by Brazil and Turkey regarding nuclear fuel for an Iranian reactor could be a positive step, and underscored the need for bolstered transparency to help resolve concerns over Tehran's nuclear programme.

New York: The new head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for greater efforts to ease the plight of nearly 60 million “forgotten children” who are out of school, with only five years remaining to achieve the globally agreed target of ensuring universal primary education.