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Astrologers call it a jinx. As per their view, July, 2005, when the Prime Minister Manmohan signed the first agreement on nuclear deal with the US, was an inauspicious moment. After this, things have never been smooth for our nuclear dreams. India on its part has done every thing but it encounters new forms of arms twisting. Will we ever be able to sit at the promised nuclear high table?

New York: Despite Government efforts against human rights abuses in eastern Chad over the past two years, problems persist, including sexual and gender-based violence, recruitment of children by armed groups and jail conditions, according to a United Nations report released today.

Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have commended the Liberian authorities for their continued satisfactory implementation of the Fund-supported program. Directors noted that the authorities’ prudent macroeconomic policies, strengthened institutions, and debt relief had contributed to macroeconomic stability and laid the basis for faster economic growth. They stressed that, while the medium-term prospects are generally favorable, reflecting the expected boost in mineral exports, significant challenges stemming from volatile commodity prices and large development needs will need to be tackled to put the economy on a sustainable, high growth path.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Zambia to translate its laws and polices to protect women into reality and to combat negative practices which violate their rights.

New York: A draft free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and India could deprive millions of people in the developing world of life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, particularly the HIV-infected, an independent United Nations human rights expert warned today, calling for its urgent revision.

New York: Some 2,000 people, mostly women and children, from Côte d'Ivoire have entered neighbouring Liberia and Guinea amid the political deadlock precipitated by the dispute over the results of the Ivorian presidential elections, the United Nations refugee agency said today.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Vivek Arora visited Manila December 1 to 10 to conduct the 2010 Article IV Consultations.

New York: The next round of informal talks between the parties to the conflict over Western Sahara will take place from 16 to 18 December in New York, the United Nations announced today.

New York: The United Nations today announced a new regional project that will enable food producers in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua to boost food security by increasing production and getting produce to markets more rapidly.

New York: Health care-associated infections, an avoidable scourge estimated to affect hundreds of millions of people globally, are at least twice as high in the developing world as in high-income countries, according to the first review of its kind, co-authored by a United Nations health official.