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New York: Fresh from her visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which she described as the “rape capital of the world,” a senior United Nations official today urged the Security Council to make the prevention of sexual violence a top priority, and stressed the need to end impunity for the scourge.

New York: The global downturn has shed light on the need for Cambodian garment factories to both expand and diversify their markets to include those in Asia to reduce reliance on those in the United States and the European Union, according to a new report by the United Nations labour agency.

New York: The Security Council has put forward the possibility of establishing international tribunals to try pirates, as its members called for tougher legislation aimed at prosecuting and jailing suspects caught off the coast of Somalia.

New York: The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has cautioned that children in some countries are being over-exposed to radiation when undergoing computed tomography (CT) scans, increasing their risk of developing cancer.

New York: Religious leaders have a vital part to play in promoting dialogue between different cultures and societies at a time when globalization has left many people feeling discontented, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has told an international gathering of leaders.

New York: A cultural food fight between “gooey” peanut butter and jelly and “icky” hummus sandwiches leads to global acceptance - at least at the grade-school level - in a colourful picture book launched by Queen Rania of Jordan and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Eminent Advocate for children.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) hailed the decision by the Chinese Government to lift the country's travel ban for people living with HIV.

Director-General or the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy told the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) that G-20 Summit preparations must tackle trade financing problems “if we want low income countries not to be overly constrained in benefiting from the global recovery”.

Director-General of World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy said before the World Bank Development Committee on 25 April 2010 in Washington that “with sovereign debt reaching alarming proportions, trade offers a sustainable, non-debt creating source of growth and development”.

New York: Following a three-week pause due to parliamentary polls and holidays, Government-backed returns of people uprooted by decades of fighting to their home areas has resumed in northern Sri Lanka, a move welcomed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).