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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Top officials from four Mongolian banks has signed key trade finance agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that will help companies in Mongolia to conduct more international trade.

New York: The United Nations has launched the first common system of calculating the amount of greenhouse gases produced in a given city and by specific sector or time, allowing cities to compare their performances and analyse differences.

New York: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will continue to support the work of national human rights institutions and their efforts to ensure that international human rights laws are incorporated into domestic legislation, the agency's head has said.

New York: Investment reforms and international cooperation are among the ingredients necessary to procure the finances needed to push ahead with development in poorer countries, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.

While the recession has been severe, Switzerland has weathered the global downturn relatively well. In spite of its openness and large financial sector, Switzerland has been less affected by the crisis and the decline in world trade than most of its neighbors. Supportive policies, strong balance sheets, the lack of a boom-bust real estate and credit cycle, and a muted reaction of employment to growth, have enabled domestic demand to cushion the extent of the downturn.

New York: Women farmers are often the chief executives of their rural areas and supporting their economic development is crucial for economic growth and poverty reduction, a senior United Nations official has said ahead of an international conference on women's empowerment.

New York: Afghans overtook Iraqis as the nationality with the largest number of asylum applicants in 2009, according to a report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

New York: The United Nations will select two international experts to serve in Afghanistan's election complaints commission ahead of legislative polls scheduled in September, the newly-appointed head of the UN mission in the country has said.

New York: The United Nations is working with Iraqi officials to make State-owned businesses more market-oriented and less reliant on the Government.

New York: For the first time since it adopted the 1951 Refugee Convention almost two decades ago, the Republic of Korea (ROK) has granted a recognized refugee citizenship, in a move hailed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).