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New York: Security concerns and human rights topped a United Nations-backed discussion among the religious and ethnic communities of the northern Iraqi governorate of Ninewa.

New York: An independent United Nations human rights expert has called urged Brazil to strengthen efforts to close loopholes perpetuating the practice of slavery, including forced labour in the vast South American nation's rural areas.

A leading US think tank Heritage Foundation has opposed the latest stance of the Obama administration in overlooking the implications of the China-Pakistan nuclear reactor deal on the security in the South Asia, especially relating to India. An eminent South Asia expert Lisa Curtis and her colleague Nicholas Humisevitcz of the Foundation have urged the US Government to block the China-Pakistan nuclear reactor deal and instead seek to leverage the conventional military aid already in pipeline for Pakistan and encourage a nuclear restraint free regime between India and Pakistan.

NEW DELHI: India is increasing its engagement with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by calibrating its policies to suit the guidelines for membership of this august body dominated by the developed countries but the stage is not yet set for becoming a regular member of the 30 member OECD.

Never before was the need for a strengthened and unified African voice on key economic policies so crucial than when the financial and economic crisis hit.

Abidjan - The 45th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 36th Meetings of the African Development Fund (ADF) wound up on Friday, 28 May 2010 in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, after two days of intense deliberations and landmark decisions, including the approval of a 200% sixth general capital increase for Africa's premier development finance institution.

An IMF mission conducted discussions on the 2010 Article IV consultation with Honduras during May 17-27. The mission met with President Porfirio Lobo, the government's economic team, as well as private sector and civil society representatives. Discussions focused on the economic outlook for 2010 and the macroeconomic policy response of the government. There was agreement that the global crisis that erupted in late 2008 together with the uncertain political situation in Honduras in 2009 had a strong adverse impact on the economy and further deteriorated the fiscal and external accounts.

New York: The latest review meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) wrapped up by reaffirming the resolve of the five Member States with nuclear weapons to eliminate their arsenals and calling for a United Nations-sponsored conference in 2012 to establish a nuclear-free Middle East.

New York: Three United Nations human rights experts has called on the Pakistani Government to take every step to ensure the safety of religious minorities after the killing of at least 70 members of the Ahmadiyyah community, noting that numerous early warning signs had not been properly heeded.

New York: The top United Nations humanitarian official has called on the international community to provide more funding to prevent the crisis in southern Sudan, a region already beset by food insecurity, displacements and inter-tribal violence, from spiralling into real disaster.