VIENNA, 8 March 2013 – World industrial production registered a further slowdown in the fourth quarter of 2012, amid deepening economic recession in Europe and weaker growth in other industrialized countries, according to a report published today by the United Nations Industrial Development...

"The business case for corporate sustainability is gaining global recognition," said Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact. "But this is the time for business leaders to follow words with action and ensure that responsible practice becomes part of the corporate DNA."

For the last ten years the Convention of Independent Financial Advisors (CIFA) has been a catalyst for the protection of the rights of the investor. This responsibility has grown even more indispensible from the confusion, lack of trust and loss of hope caused by the economic and financial crises...

2012 is well underway, and the economic outlook of the global economy still supports the strain of a faltering Eurozone and a slow-to-recover United States. Last Monday, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagardedelivered a speech in Berlin entitled ‘Global...

NEW YORK - The Annual Civil Society Development Forum held by the Conference of NGOs (CoNGO), in Consultative Relationship with the Economic and Social Council of the UN was held over three days in Geneva, 29-30 June and 1 July. The theme was "Civil society's essential role in achieving education...

NEW YORK - Earlier this month, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the World Bank held a luncheon workshop in the Delegates' Dining Room highlighting the way that the partnership is mobilizing coordinated action against malaria worldwide.

ROATAN, HONDURAS – The UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organization) is the UN specialized agency in tourism. It contributes to the global agenda and plays a role in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially in terms of poverty eradication and sustainable...

NEW YORK – A vote of confidence in Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has opened the door for the struggling nation to implement a barrage of austerity measures designed to reduce the national debt and encourage an influx of investment money, or at least bailouts from solvent nations linked to...

NEW YORK - Coface, an international trade credit insurance corporation, held its annual review of the risk levels of specific countries and regions to an invited business audience in New York this week. South-South News partnered with Coface for this event, and interviewed a number of the key...

Ministers, delegates and representatives from the nine major groups had a difficult choice of events in which to participate today. The nine major groups of civil society, having been unhappy with the nature of the Ministerial Multi-stakeholder Dialogue yesterday (one NGO stated "it was a...

The final ministerial roundtable of the day dealt with mining and provided a continuation of the issues discussed at the Australian luncheon an hour earlier. "Creating an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Mining" was chaired by H.E. Mr. Zoltan Illes, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs,...