United Nations

  • May 18, 2012
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FAO guidelines could reduce global land tenure risks

The Committee on World Food Security (CFA) organised by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization...

International
  • May 17, 2012
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Global economy braces for sluggish performance

The OECD and the International Labour Organization (ILO) today urged G20 leaders to put...

International
  • May 11, 2012
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Food security gains momentum in the global agenda

The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) today approved voluntary guidelines to govern the...

International
  • May 3, 2012
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Global food prices stabilise but markets are tight

Global food prices fell by 1.4% month-on-month in April, the UN Food and Agriculture...

International
  • Apr 27, 2012
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Yemen's fragile transition keeps civil war at bay

Islamist militants claimed responsibility for yesterday's attack on a gas pipeline in eastern...

Yemen
  • Apr 27, 2012
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Uneven Sudanese pressure will struggle to yield talks

A US-sponsored draft UN Security Council resolution threatens both Juba and Khartoum with...

Sudan
  • Apr 19, 2012
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Intervention thrives as development economics fades

Development economics flourished in the post-war period as a sub-discipline of academic economics...

International
  • Apr 17, 2012
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UN sanctions could prompt Pyongyang to retaliate

The United Nations Security Council yesterday adopted a presidential statement, backed by all 15...

North Korea