United Nations
LATIN AMERICA: Sustained growth helps cut poverty rate
According to the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean, regional GDP growth...
Latin AmericaINTERNATIONAL: UN Security Council faces divisions
Issues characterising UN developments next year can be divided into two groups: those affecting...
InternationalPROSPECTS 2007: Unresolved conflicts dog the Balkans
The Balkans region is likely to be sharply differentiated in 2007 between those countries whose...
BalkansTHAILAND/NORTH KOREA: Gold trade under scrutiny
Thailand today defended its import of gold from North Korea, denying that the purchase violated...
North KoreaLIBERIA: Extractive sector remains challenging
The UN Security Council on December 20 renewed sanctions on the import of diamonds from and the...
LiberiaIRAN/UN: New nuclear draft stands better chance
The United Kingdom, France and Germany yesterday circulated at the Security Council their latest...
IranSERBIA/UN: Radicals hail Seselj ending hunger strike
Radical Party Deputy Chairman Tomislav Nikolic said yesterday that Vojislav Seselj was taking...
SerbiaUN/SOMALIA: UN call for peacekeepers rankles Islamists
The UN Security Council yesterday unanimously approved a US-sponsored resolution authorising the...
Somalia