New York, Oct 17 (JEN): This can be the first generation to witness a world without extreme poverty, where all people – not only the powerful and the privileged – can participate and con ...

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): The United Nations Support Office for the African Union Mission in Somalia (UNSOA) will need to be “significantly” strengthened, the Under-Secretary-General for F ...

New York, Oct 15 (JEN): The 2015 Review of Maritime Transport, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), underscored the role of maritime transport in hel ...

New York, Oct 14 (JEN): Commemorating in Tehran the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General has highlighted the contributions Iran has made to the global comm ...

New York, Oct 13 (JEN): Introducing his proposed $5.5 billion budget for the work of the United Nations over the next two years, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that it encom ...

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): Global youth unemployment rates have stabilized somewhat but remain well above pre-financial crisis levels, according to a new report released by the International Lab ...

The stage is perfectly set for India to take the baton of African growth, in the wake of deepening economic crisis in China, says Sujeet Sarkar, an international advisor in governance

New York, Oct 7 (JEN): According to the 2015 Trade and Development Report, launched on Tuesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), urgent measures must be tak ...

New York, Oct 6 (JEN): The World Bank announced on Monday that extreme poverty is likely to fall to below 10 per cent this year, “giving fresh evidence that a quarter-century-long sustaine ...