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The US-India Business Council (USIBC), seeking better commercial ties with India, has launched a week long Life Sciences Executive Mission to India to coincide with Bangalore INDIA BIO Feb 6-8. USIBC President Ron Somers is leading the mission, which will explore ways for US and Indian companies to enhance collaboration in innovation and biotech research and development, according to the [...]
At least 1,45,000 people live jampacked in the area that houses the famed 16th-17th century Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque, crowded into just over 2.6 square kilometres (258 hectares). Sunlight rarely filters through the web of narrow alleys covering the district, where pedestrians are forced to wade through piles of goods and hand-carts moving merchandise. Of the 13 original [...]
The depiction of the potential risks the world faces this year, in the Forum’s Global Risks 2012 report released last month, is overwhelmingly depressing. This report is a wake-up call to the both the movers and shakers on a global level to come up with productive ways to realign the expectations of an increasingly concerned global community. Expectedly, Davos, this [...]
In the breathless monitoring of the meltdown between Pakistan’s larger-than-life army and the pugnacious assertions of independence by its civilian government, two broad narratives have emerged. The conflict has been chronicled either as a litmus test for a nascent, often fragile democracy or it has been pitched as the story of a beleaguered government fighting demons from its past. Yet, there [...]
ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has at last resigned under tremendous pressure from various quarters. He had lost majority support in Italy’s parliament owing to his poor handling of the major financial crisis in his country, with his popularity rating plummeting to 22 per cent. His seductive smile was no longer of any use to the Italians, who wanted the [...]
Ruling out any action against Sunny Leone, who participated in the Indian reality television show, “Big Boss 5″, Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju Monday said that the porn star conducted herself in a “socially acceptable” manner in India and should not be treated a “social outcast”. “Sunny Leone was earning her livelihood in the US in [...]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon�s message on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the peace agreements in El Salvador, delivered today by Anders Kompass, Director, Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in San Salvador: I am delighted to convey my congratulations to the people of El Salvador as we [...]
NEW YORK, 13 January (Office of Legal Affairs) — Sri Asih Roza Nova of Indonesia has started the second phase of the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, at the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs. She started the second, practical phase of the Fellowship [...]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon�s remarks to the World Future Energy Summit opening, in Abu Dhabi, 16 January: Energy is central to everything we do � from powering our economies to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, from combating climate change to underpinning global security.� It is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity and preserving the environment. [...]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon�s message to the fifteenth ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), read by Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, in N�Djamena, 15 January: On the [...]
Security Council 6703rd Meeting (AM) In Briefing, Drought, Piracy Flagged As Emerging Threats amid Persistence of Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime The situation in West Africa had taken a turn �in the right direction�, the Secretary-General�s Special Representative in the subregion told the Security Council today, noting that a cessation of �open conflict� and tensions tied to institutional political unrest [...]
Written by Jason Glaser The video above focuses on the community of La Isla de Viudas (The Isle of Widows) outside of Chichigalpa, Nicaragua, but it is a powerful introduction to a much larger global issue. Sadly, the stories shared are in no way isolated or limited to this area. Throughout the sugarcane industry in Central America child labor is rampant, [...]
The Jaipur Rugs Company announced today that it will train some 10,000 people in northern India on advanced carpet weaving techniques and provide them with access to global markets by 2015 as part of the firm’s commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that encourages companies to fight poverty while boosting business opportunities in developing countries. [...]
Biographical Note United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Derek Plumbly of the United Kingdom as his Special Coordinator for Lebanon. He will succeed Michael Williams, also of the United Kingdom, who served in Lebanon from August 2008 to September 2011.� The Secretary-General is grateful for Mr. Williams� service to the United Nations. One of the United Kingdom�s most [...]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Baso Sangqu ( South Africa): The members of the Security Council were briefed on 10 January 2012 by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. The members of the Security Council expressed their condolences to the Government and people of Guinea-Bissau on the death [...]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the long-awaited release of political prisoners in Myanmar today.� This is the most significant release of political prisoners to date, and includes a number of key, prominent figures.� The Secretary-General commends the Myanmar leadership for this important development and hopes [...]
Biographical Note United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen of Denmark as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director (Management) of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), replacing Mari Simonen, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service and commitment to the Organization. With nearly 20 years of managerial experience, Ms. Albrectsen previously held [...]
Security Council 6702nd Meeting (AM & PM) Secretary-General, South Africa�s President, African Union Commissioner For Peace and Security, Nine Ministers Address Council at High-level Meeting Following a high-level meeting of the Security Council that underscored the imperative to assist countries and shattered communities to turn the page of violence and conflict � including in Africa where much of the attention [...]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon�s message on the second anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, delivered by Anthony Banbury, Assistant Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, in Port-au-Prince on 12 January: Two years ago today, Haiti confronted a national disaster that shook the country, and our own Organization, to the core.� Along with the people of Haiti themselves, we [...]
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon�s remarks to the Security Council on the United Nations-African Union Partnership in Peace and Security, in New York on 12 January: Let me begin by commending you, Mr. President, for organizing this very important meeting at the beginning of the new year, 2012.� And Mr. President, before I begin, I would like to welcome most [...]
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