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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) are helping five Pacific countries manage their marine resources in the Coral Triangle.

New York: With the referendum on independence for Southern Sudan just weeks away, the United Nations refugee agency reported today that thousands of southerners living in the north are heading back by road, rail, barge and plane in both organized and spontaneous returns.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, signed a USD 1 billion dollar partnership Memorandum of Understanding for joint project funding in their Common Member Countries.

Mr. Alfred Schipke, Mission Chief for St. Lucia at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in a statement issued today that an understandings in principle have been reached on emergency financing of around US$8 million to help St. Lucia manage the aftermath of Hurricane Tomas that hit the island on October 30–31, 2010.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second program review and financing assurances review under Seychelles’ program supported by a three-year extended arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The completion of the second review allows the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 1.76 million (about US$2.7 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to an amount equivalent to SDR 9.24 million (about US$14.2 million).

New York:Faced with a marked decrease in exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia, the United Nations has teamed up with Government and religious leaders to promote a practice that is proven to protect newborns and infants from disease, illness and impaired development.

New York: A United Nations-backed conference concluded in Morocco today with the adoption of a declaration calling for further action to safeguard children in the Arab world and their rights, including measures to protect them from violence and to end child labour and early marriage.

New York: Local communities in Myanmar have shown remarkable resilience in coping with the destruction caused by Cyclone Giri, which killed at least 45 people and affected 260,000 others two months ago, with substantial food, healthcare and emergency shelters distributed, according to a new United Nations assessment.

Life expectancy is improving in Asia-Pacific, infant mortality falling and health spending rising, says OECD.

New York: The manufacture, trafficking and consumption of synthetic drugs in Myanmar is worsening, with methamphetamine and other amphetamine-type stimulants smuggled from the country affecting neighbouring States and other parts of East and South-East Asia, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) says in a new report.