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The Secretary-General met today with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), H.E. Mr. Lamberto Zannier.
They discussed ways to further boost UN-OSCE cooperation, including on preventive diplomacy and mediation. They also discussed the Western...
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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released a report Wednesday showcasing the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in enabling private sector development. Finland emerged at the top of a list that ordered countries by the portion of domestic...
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Urban dwellers could collectively save $90 million per year by capturing rainwater from city rooftops and in turn help fight climate change, says a recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
Eight cities across the US from Atlanta to Washington were analyzed looking at the...
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Opening the KPMG- Global Sustainable Business Growth Summit today, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, told hundreds of the world's top CEOs and senior business leaders from major corporations and policymakers to embrace business sustainability ideals, saying that, "We need corporate sustainability...
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Robert Zoellick, the President of the World Bank, has announced that he will step down from power when his five year term expires on June 5. Mr. Zoellick has led the bank since his appointment in 2007, when he the reins from former president Paul Wolfowitz.
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US President Barack Obama welcomed Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to the White House today, holding brief talks in the Oval Office on issues ranging from trade to human rights. Xi is widely believed to be the next President of the powerful Asian nation, as current Chinese President Hu Jintao...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today encouraged more businesses to embrace the principle of sustainability in their strategies, noting that with the most of the world’s ecosystems in decline, widening social inequality and climate change, global prosperity, productivity and stability was at stake.
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In a century dominated by technological leaps, few instruments had as profound an effect on the twentieth century as did radio. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, recognized the amazing power of radio on Monday, with the first ever World Radio Day.
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The United Nations human rights chief today appealed to Member States to act now to protect the Syrian people as the Government’s violent crackdown on peaceful protests continues unabated and the number of dead and injured continues to rise.
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The New Economics Foundation (nef), a UK-based "think-and-do tank" which aims at working for a "new model of wealth creation, based on equality, diversity and economic stability", has issued a new report revealing, "Overfishing is costing huge loss of jobs and profits." The cost of overfishing is...