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The UN agency also called on all organizations financing boat construction to pay closer attention to the safety and quality of craft being built and to take steps to upgrade or replace sub-standard boats already in place.
04:13 Mar 29, 2006
A new international treaty on trademarks that its proponents say creates a dynamic regulatory framework for the rights of brand labels was adopted today in Singapore by member States of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WI
18:21 Mar 28, 2006
With urban populations in Asia, Africa and Latin America slated to double to nearly 4 billion, efforts must be stepped up to meet the far-reaching challenges this trend poses to providing safe water and sanitation, according to a report by the Uni
17:18 Mar 28, 2006
A guest-worker program would enable the United States to better secure its borders, but such a program should not reward people who enter the country illegally by granting them automatic legal status, according to President Bush.
17:18 Mar 28, 2006
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on March 28 in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden, who has been detained by the U.S. government.
16:40 Mar 28, 2006
The top United Nations legal expert is leading a mission of high-level UN officials to Burundi aimed at helping to set up a truth and reconciliation commission and a special tribunal for human rights abuses committed during the country's 12-year lo
16:27 Mar 28, 2006
The RNA is the only strong institution that can solve the security problem of Nepal. This was in the past, even today, and no doubt in the future to protect the people and their properties for the National Security of Nepal.
16:17 Mar 28, 2006
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have more work to do in making sure the money they spend improves good governance in the recipient countries and produces measurable results, a U.S. Treasury Department official says.
14:47 Mar 28, 2006
'Nothing I have witnessed is as potentially transformative of media and politics as the emergence of blogging - or rather, the emergence of the 'voice of the people through blogging,'' says journalist David Kline, who recently participated in a
14:47 Mar 28, 2006
President Bush called upon members of his Cabinet to reach out to their counterparts in Iraq, once a government is formed, in order to build relationships and help Iraqi officials establish a democracy.
13:48 Mar 28, 2006
A senior United Nations envoy today welcomed the call by Kosovo's Prime Minister to the province's Serbs to join efforts to build a multi-ethnic society - a step which would guarantee them their rightful place.
13:15 Mar 28, 2006
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) March 27 signed its eighth compact with a low-income country, committing more than $235 million over five years to reduce poverty in rural Armenia.
13:14 Mar 28, 2006
Access to HIV treatment in low- and middle-income countries has more than tripled to 1.3 million people in the past two years with the greatest progress in those regions most heavily affected by the epidemic but this welcome progress still falls sho
13:14 Mar 28, 2006
International teams of astronomers will bring a rare, four-minute total eclipse of the sun to people around the world March 29, with webcasts, podcasts and live video feeds provided by NASA.
12:34 Mar 28, 2006
Mr. Egeland's first port of call will be Uganda, where a 20-year-long rebellion by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has uprooted almost 2 million civilians amid accusations of grave human rights violations by the rebels, including the kidnap
12:21 Mar 28, 2006
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