United Nations

  • May 13, 2014
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Post-2015 UN development goals face financing gap

Negotiations in New York suggest that the new SDGs will incorporate commitments in areas such as...

International
  • Apr 30, 2014
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Lower Latin American growth to hit anti-poverty effort

Regional growth will reach 2.7% this year, according to the UN Economic Commission for Latin...

Latin America
  • Apr 17, 2014
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EU-US loopholes undercut 'conflict minerals' controls

This week the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia invalidated part of the 2010...

EU
  • Apr 11, 2014
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Rising crime will shape Latin American policy agenda

Latin America accounted for 36% of world homicides in 2012, according to a UN report published...

Latin America
  • Mar 31, 2014
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China will buck UN pressure on Philippines' sea claims

Manila yesterday submitted a case to a PCA panel under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea...

China
  • Mar 19, 2014
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Bachelet's decision signals Chile foreign policy shift

Chile will not withdraw from the Pact of Bogota, Foreign Minister Heraldo Munoz announced today.

Chile
  • Mar 18, 2014
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Shielding Pyongyang shows Beijing's priorities

China's spokesman at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday rejected an independent UN...

China
  • Feb 27, 2014
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International pressure is key to Yemen's transition

The UN Security Council yesterday voted unanimously in favour of a resolution authorising...

Yemen