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WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved two new loans to the People's Republic of China to support two projects - $200 million for the Huai River Basin Flood Management and Drainage Improvement Project and $60 million for the Yunnan Urban Environment Project II.

WASHINGTON, DC - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors have approved a loan of US$100 million to the People's Republic of China to promote integrated forestry development in five provinces of China.

At the meeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on 5 July 2010, the European Union expressed concern over an internal government note in Argentina that it said restricted food imports, including from the EU.

New York: In an effort to help prevent dangerous contamination of food with melamine, a toxic chemical, the United Nations food standards body has set new limits for the amount of the substance that can be present in baby formula, other foods and animal feed without causing health problems.

New York: The weather pattern known as El Niño rapidly dissipated in early May, giving way to the development of cool, neutral to weak La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has reported.

New York: The top United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process has welcomed the recent measures announced by Israel to reportedly allow more consumer goods into Gaza, calling them important steps in the right direction.

New York: For the first time, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tajikistan have put forward sites for possible inscription on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

New York: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has chosen the Armenian city of Yerevan as the 2012 World Book Capital as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to promote books and reading.

New York: A new regional centre to help develop the renewable energy potential for West Africa has been opened in Cape Verde, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), which is supporting the facility, said.

New York: With more than 800,000 refugees estimated to require resettlement in third countries in the coming years, the United Nations refugee agency is calling for countries to allow in more people - who cannot return to their home nations - to begin new lives.