United Nations

  • Aug 11, 2014
  • 7 min read

Gloom deepens as ECLAC cuts Latin America outlook

The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) now anticipates the...

Latin America
  • Aug 8, 2014
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Argentine ICJ move on US debt ruling will fail

Argentina filed an application yesterday to institute proceedings against the United States...

Argentina
  • Jul 23, 2014
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Iran nuclear talks extension poses risk to Rouhani

Tehran announced today that the P5+1 talks on its nuclear programme would restart in early...

Iran
  • Jul 16, 2014
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Syria crisis confounds international aid efforts

The UN Security Council passed Resolution 2165 on July 14 authorising the UN to deliver...

Syria
  • Jul 15, 2014
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UN Syria resolution bolsters international aid effort

The UN Security Council yesterday approved Resolution 2165, authorising humanitarian agencies to...

Syria
  • Jul 14, 2014
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Weakened Hamas will struggle to reverse Gaza fortunes

Israel's offensive on Gaza, 'Operation Protective Edge', entered its seventh day today with the...

Middle East
  • Jun 10, 2014
  • 7 min read

Brazil will weigh on Latin America FDI outlook

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2013 rose for the fourth...

Latin America
  • May 13, 2014
  • 6 min read

Post-2015 UN development goals face financing gap

Negotiations in New York suggest that the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will...

International