United Nations

Development: Seven Nations Threatened by Hunger and Food Shortages

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 9 (IPS) - The Rome-based World Food Programme (WFP) has identified seven countries threatened by severe food shortages this year: Sudan, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Angola, Afghanistan, North Korea and Colombia.

UN to Set Up Data Centre on Biosafety

Agence France Presse MONTPELLIER, France, Dec 15 (AFP) - A UN conference on biosafety ended here Friday with a preliminary agreement to set up a data centre to pool knowledge and information about genetically modified organisms.

Differing WTO, UNCTAD Perceptions

The Hindu

Report: Human Rights Can Be Good for Business

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Globalization has created undeniable wealth and millions of jobs but the current system leaves little room for human rights and other social values, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday.

WTO, UNEP Call for Improved Cooperation, Establishment of ""Early Warning Mechanism""

GENEVA--The heads of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Environment Program have issued a joint call for improved cooperation between the two bodies, including the establishment of an "early warning mechanism" to head off disputes involving conflicting obligations under multilateral trade and environment agreements.

NGOs Invited to Meet With US Government on Biosafety Protocol

U.S. Government Meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations to discuss the First Meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol (ICCP)

Global System Under Fire at UN

UN Wire In a weeklong debate of the UN General Assembly Economic and Financial Committee, developing countries repeatedly slammed the current international economic system, charging that it maintains widespread poverty and debt.

WTO Director General Hits Back at U.N. For Critical Human Rights Report

Inside US Trade -

Trade: TRIPs Regime at Odds with Human Rights Law, Says UN Body

SUNS #4728 Tuesday 29 August 2000, south-north development monitor SUNS

United Nations: US Riled by Economic Sanctions Report

Geneva, Aug 18 (IPS/Gustavo Capdevila) -- Efforts made to limit the powers of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Human Rights have not produced the effects desired by some, and instead have led to resolutions critical of economic embargoes, prompting an angry reaction from the United States.