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New York: The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are undergoing a revolution that is “comprehensive and necessary” after years of accumulated suffering by millions of people across the region, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez told the General Assembly today as he urged other States around the world to follow the path of socialism.

New York: The Security Council today affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by United States President Barack Obama.

New York: The drought crisis in war-torn Somalia is turning increasingly acute and spreading to regions previously spared, with half the country's 7 million people in need of aid, an increasing risk of deaths, and insufficient international donor response, a senior United Nations official said today.

New York: The major international financial and economic arrangements are unfair and have not kept pace with a changing world, South Africa's President told the United Nations today, calling for the reform of key institutions so that poorer countries have a greater say in how they are run.

New York: The consumption of drugs should be made illegal to break the increasingly close links with production, trafficking and organized crime, Colombia's President told the General Assembly today as he warned about the dangers posed by the illicit drug industry.

The stakes are high for the Congress in the Assembly elections to Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. The party is ruling in all the three states and this will be the first test after the 2009 Lok Sabha elections which will give an indication whether the Congress will maintain its upward trend.

New York: French President Nicolas Sarkozy issued a warning at the General Assembly today that time is running out to reform global governance for politics, economics and the environment to address crises on multiple fronts.

New York: Farmers need to increase global food production by some 70 per cent in the coming decades to feed an additional 2.3 billion people by 2050, warned a paper published by the United Nations food agency today, which calls for urgent investment in agriculture.

New York: Some 390,000 people in Tajikistan, about 9 per cent of the rural population, face severe food shortages due to both chronic vulnerability and the impact of this spring's floods, the United Nations reported today.

NEW DELHI :India is approaching the G-20 Summit at Pittsburgh on September 24 and 25, 2009 with optimism and confidence since the Indian economy is showing signs of recovery from slow growth witnessed in 2008-09 as a result of the impact of global recession. Indian Government, through prudent fiscal and monetary policies during the last one year, was able to lessen the impact of the global crisis on the Indian economy. This has given Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh enough confidence to argue at the Summit for real changes in the international financial system to reflect the post-crisis balance of economic power.