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New York: With wildfires worldwide affecting an area larger than India each year, and up to 95 per cent of them caused by humans, it is essential that local communities be mobilized to control the scourge, according to a United Nations handbook.

New York: Increasing violence has cut off aid deliveries to the mountainous area of Darfur and the living situation for the estimated 100,000 people there will worsen as the dry season comes to an end, the top United Nations humanitarian official in Sudan warned.

New York: The UN General Assembly held a day-long debate on disarmament with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling on the world to reverse its spending on weapons as compared with development.

New York: United Nations Goodwill Ambassador and award-winning actress Angelia Jolie is calling for more international attention and assistance for thousands of Somalis trapped in the country's capital of Mogadishu by some of the deadliest violence to date.

New York: The upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan must be an improvement over last year's presidential polls, the top United Nations envoy there told the new head of the country's national electoral body, urging that the process be as transparent as possible.

New York: Two orders by the Israeli military relating to movement in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) may breach the fourth Geneva Convention and violate the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), an independent United Nations human rights expert has said.

At the request of the parties in the dispute “US — Zeroing (EC) (Article 22.6 — EC)” (DS294), the Arbitrator has agreed to start its meeting with the parties on 20 May 2010 with a session open to public viewing at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Paulo Drummond visited Guinea-Bissau during April 15-18, 2010. The mission met with President Malam Bacaí Sanhá, Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, President of the National Assembly Raimundo Pereira, Minister of Finance José Mario Vaz, Minister of Economy Helena Embaló, as well as development partners.

New York: A top United Nations official has pointed to “encouraging” efforts to improve human rights by the six nations that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council, while also noting ongoing concerns in areas such as women's rights and freedom of expression, association and assembly.

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Mr. Christopher Lane visited Liberia April 5-19 to conduct discussions for the fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility. The mission met with President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Minister of Finance, Augustine Ngafuan; Central Bank of Liberia Executive Governor, Joseph Mills Jones; other senior officials; representatives of the commercial and banking sectors, and development partners.