QUESTIONS RAISED CONCERNING IMPACT OF PRIVATE REMITTANCES

 

ON DEVELOPMENT AT UNITED NATIONS SYMPOSIUM ON MIGRATION

 

Total Remittances Sent Home to Developing

Countries by Workers Abroad Totalled $173 Billion in 2005

EXPERT MEETING ON MIGRATION PART OF TREND TOWARDS

 

GLOBAL DIALOGUE, UNITED NATIONS ENVOY SAYS

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Economic growth up in least developed countries,

 

but poverty rates not improving overall

 

Poor Country Conundrum Reflected in Annual United Nations Progress Report

GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ICT, DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES MEMBERS

OF STEERING COMMITTEE, STRATEGY COUNCIL

GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR ICT AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE CHAIRED BY CRAIG BARRETT of INTEL

Inaugural Meeting to Be Held in Kuala Lumpur, 19 – 20 June

GOOD GOVERNANCE IMPROVING IN 50 POOREST COUNTRIES,

 

SAYS UNITED NATIONS REPORT LAUNCHED IN NEW YORK

 

Most Vulnerable Countries Leading in Democratic

Innovation, Despite Extreme Obstacles, But Critical Challenges Remain

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CO-HOST FORUM

ON ROLE OF PRIVATE SECTOR IN INTERNATIONAL AID, DEVELOPMENT

GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR Information technologies AND DEVELOPMENT TO BE LAUNCHED

 

NEW YORK, 17 April (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has approved the launch of a Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Development.

IMPORTANCE OF SPORT IN REACHING DEVELOPMENT GOALS STRESSED

AT UN CEREMONY FEATURING TOP ATHLETES

Participants Include Secretary-General,

General Assembly President, Roger Federer, Telga Loroupe

‘Beyond the Millennium Declaration:  Embracing Democracy and Good Governance’

 

theme of Athens conference, 9 - 11 March