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New Delhi: Kashmir, once said to be the paradise on earth, has now become a place of suffering. The problem is yet to be appropriately diagnosed for a perfect solution. The opinions regarding diagnosis of the disease greatly differ and so is the case with possible remedies. Unrest and violence, insurgency and terrorism are but only manifested symptoms of the disease which many of us are thinking to be the problem. It is this, that as a whole, is known as the Kashmir Problem which includes the reasons that are responsible for this situation, the sufferings of the people as a result of such unrest and violence, and the challenges that we are facing in attaining once again the peace and the bliss that were supposed to have existed in the proverbial expression of the paradise on earth.

New Delhi: After the Union Government of India, under stiff opposition, was forced to let the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2010 expired, and the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010 withdrawn, the Cabinet has decided not to re-promulgate any fresh ordinance in this matter, but to bring an amended version of the legislation in the winter session of the Parliament.

New York: Eleven new countries have added their names to a growing United Nations-backed list of States that have pledged to halt child recruitment, support the release of children from armed groups and help reintegrate them into civilian life.

New York: A top United Nations official today hailed Malta's ratification of a global treaty banning the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography as a critical step towards protecting the rights of young people.

New York: The Timorese national police force today resumed primary responsibility for the fledgling nation's Immigration Department, Border Patrol Unit and Interpol Office from the United Nations as the gradual transfer of security functions continues.

New York: Flashing cameras and well-wishers' applause greeted 18 refugees when they touched down today in Tokyo, where they will begin new lives as part of Asia's first-ever resettlement programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported.

An IMF team visited St. George's during September 20-28 to conduct discussions on the first review of the government's economic program that is supported by the IMF's Extended Credit Facility (ECF) approved by the Fund's Executive Board on April 2, 2010. The focus of the mission was to assess performance under the program at end-June 2010 and review recent economic developments.

New York: Sierra Leone, often cited as a success story in United Nations efforts to consolidate peace in countries that have been ravaged by conflict, faces good opportunities but also major risks from upcoming elections and newly found mineral wealth, a senior UN official said today.

New York: Eritrea's Foreign Minister today told the General Assembly that the United Nations “continues to ignore” Ethiopia's failure to comply with the ruling of an international commission that delineated the border between the two countries after their 1998-2000 war.

New York: Zambia has backed the convening of a United Nations conference to discuss an international agreement to regulate trade in small arms and light weapons, saying uncontrolled trade in such arms threatened the country's security and social development.