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New York: East Asia's economically viable coastal habitats and ecosystems are under threat from pollution, alien invasive species and other factors which could impact the region's poverty levels unless urgent action is taken, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a new report.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided today to restore Zimbabwe's voting and related rights, and its eligibility to use resources from the IMF's General Resources Account (GRA), following a request from Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti.

New York: Nearly 20,000 people have been uprooted from their homes in the Somali capital by renewed clashes between the forces of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and opposition groups since the start of February, the United Nations refugee agency has reported.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today approved a three-year, SDR 52.05 million (about US$79.4 million) arrangement for Malawi under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to support the authorities' economic program for the period 2010-2012.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency has called on all African Union (AU) member countries to follow Uganda's example and ratify the first legally binding international treaty to provide legal protection and aid to millions of people displaced within their own countries by conflicts and natural calamities.

Following a period of modest economic growth, St. Lucia was severely impacted by the global downturn. Real GDP contracted sharply in 2009 after expanding on average by about 3 percent during the previous 5 years, when tourism became a more prominent sector and resulted in Foreign Direct Investment-related (FDI) construction. Inflation is estimated at one percent in December 2009 (from 7 percent in 2008), reflecting a decline in international food and fuel prices, as well as weaker domestic demand.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), as Trustee of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), has signed a borrowing agreement with the Bank of Spain, through which Spain will provide the Trust with SDR 405 million (about US$617 million) in new loan resources for low-income countries.

New York: Developing countries with energy intensive industries will benefit from a United Nations-backed project launched to draw up a technological blueprint for capturing and storing global warming gas emissions, a crucial step in averting dangerous climate change.

New York: The International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked for additional information as it decides whether or not to go forward with an investigation into the deadly post-election violence clashes which rocked Kenya in December 2007 and January 2008.

New York: Addressing impunity for human rights violations is one of the top challenges facing the Central African Republic (CAR), as it enters the final stretch before elections, a senior United Nations official has said.