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New York: A group of independent United Nations experts has expressed their serious concern over a new immigration law enacted in the state of Arizona, questioning whether the legislation is compatible with international human rights treaties which the United States has signed on to.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank's (WB) Board of Directors approved a US$700 million loan for Mexico to establish policies to strengthen Mexico's Upper Secondary Education Reform Program, which is carried out by the Secretary of Public Education.

Washington DC - Despite the global financial crisis and the resulting economic downturn, the past year has witnessed unprecedented demand from developing countries for World Bank Group support in their efforts to address development and climate change as interlinked challenges, according to a new report. The Progress Report on the Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change documents the Bank Group's growing response to these demands.

Washington - The World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub signed an agreement with the Ambassador of Kuwait in Washington H.E. Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al Jaber Al-Sabah to transfer US$50 million to the World Bank-administered multi-donor Trust Fund to support the ongoing Palestinian Reform and Development Program (PRDP). This amount is in addition to the $80 million that the State of Kuwait generously provided to the PRDP trust fund in August 2008.

WASHINGTON — Brazil became the first country to contribute to the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF) set up to support the Caribbean nation's reconstruction in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of January 12th. During a ceremony at the World Bank, Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazil's Secretary-General of the Ministry of External Relations, signed US$55 million over to the fund.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank has released a new five-year plan to help poor countries reduce their high fertility rates and prevent the widespread deaths of their mothers and children. In endorsing its Reproductive Health Action Plan 2010-2015, the Bank warned that family planning and other reproductive health programs that are vital to poor women had fallen off the development radars of many low-income countries, donor governments, and aid agencies.

New York: President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has assured top United Nations officials of his resolve to promote the emergence an AIDS-free generation, ensure safer motherhood and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in his own country and beyond.

New York: The lead United Nations agency on information and communication technology (ICT) issues has reported that more than 80 per cent of countries have met the global target of creating national e-strategies by this year.

New York: The United Nations and Iraq have embarked on a programme to enhance the country's governance, social services and economic growth over the next five years.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency issued new guidelines, calling on governments to enhance their protection of people escaping the “unfolding international tragedy” in Somalia.