U.N. study savages U.S., European economic policy

2011-09-06T08:30:17Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The pursuit of austerity measures and deficit cuts is pushing the world economy toward disaster in a misguided attempt to please global financial markets, the annual report of the United Nations economic thinktank OSLO (Reuters) - Recession drove industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions down 5.6 percent in 2009 but analysts said the plunge may be a brief, misleading sign of progress in slowing climate change.

Emissions by about 40 nations fell to the equivalent of 16.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2009 from 17.4 billion in 2008, and were a record ...

Recession cuts EU CO2 emissions by record 7.2 percent

2011-04-20T08:00:12Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Recession drove European Union greenhouse gas emissions down by a record 7.2 percent in 2009, putting the bloc ahead of schedule in making promised cuts, EU data showed on Wednesday.

"The strength of the 2009 recession affected all economic sectors in the EU," the

UN heightens double dip recession fears

2010-12-01T16:30:29Z

The United Nations warned Wednesday that world growth in the next two years will not be enough to recover jobs lost in the financial crisis and that key countries could be heading for a double-dip recession.

The United States, Japan and major European economies are all at risk of a new recession, sa...

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2010-11-03T03:31:12Z

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2010-11-03T03:20:42Z

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Obama: from someone's backyard to the global stage

2010-09-23T07:15:20Z

In a swift, surreal scene change, revealing competing pressures pulling at his presidency, Barack Obama Wednesday skipped from a humble suburban backyard to the citadel of world diplomacy at the UN.

The juxtaposition of domestic politics and foreign policy reflected the complexity of Obama's task in steering America from its deep...

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Industrialized nations' CO2 falls 2.2 pct in 2008

2010-04-21T09:00:06Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Industrialized nations' greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.2 percent in 2008, the steepest decline since the break-up of the Soviet Union as economies slowed, a Reuters compilation showed Wednesday.

Emissions are likely to have fallen more sharply in 2009 due to recession that analysts said was a bigger brake than...

World economy could see 'double dip recession': UN

2010-04-16T07:29:14Z

The world economy will bounce back in 2010 with growth of 2.4 percent but could slump back into recession if state stimulus spending is wound up too early, the United Nations said Wednesday.

The UN's preliminary report on the "World Economic Situation and Prospects 2010" cautioned that a "premature" removal of state support could trigger the second part of a "double dip recession" after last year's contraction.

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UN says global economy will bounce back in 2010

2010-04-16T08:43:47Z

UN forecasts world economy will bounce back in 2010 with global growth of 2.4 percent

The United Nations forecast Wednesday that the world economy will bounce back in 2010 with a global growth rate of 2.4 percent, but it warned that the recovery will be fragile.

In a preview of its annual economic forecast which will be released next month, the U.N. credited the massive fiscal stimulus measures by g...

U.N. seeks $7.1 billion for emergency relief in 2010

2010-04-16T08:47:51Z

* Largest UN aid appeal ever launched

* West asked not to cut aid because of crisis * Sum is less than 1 pct of rich-country financial bailouts

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations called on richer governments on Monday to provide a total of $7.1 billion in 2010 to fund urge...

Global Wages: 'Race to the Bottom' Narrative Too Simplistic

2010-10-22T12:50:38Z

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UN launches green economy initiative

2010-10-22T11:50:29Z

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World food prices stabilize, no drop in sight: WFP

2010-04-16T10:56:24Z

KAMPALA (Reuters) - World food prices have stabilized but will not return to levels seen before 2008 when commodity prices skyrocketed pushing up inflation in many emerging markets, the U.N. food agency said on Friday.

While those prices have since eased on world markets, food prices in many developing nations co...

U.N. reports record humanitarian aid shortfall

2010-04-16T11:13:47Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations on Tuesday revealed a record $4.8 billion funding gap for its 2009 aid projects as a result of strained foreign assistance, widespread economic trouble and a ten-fold increase in needs in Pakistan.

"This recession is driving up humanitarian needs," U.N. Emergency Relief Coo...

UN predicts 2009 economic decline of 2.6 percent

2010-04-16T12:05:48Z

UN forecasts global economy will shrink by 2.6 percent in 2009

The United Nations predicted Wednesday that the global economy will shrink 2.6 percent this year as a result of the world financial crisis — a considerably deeper downturn than the 0.5 percent contraction forecast in January.

In its midyear economic projections, the U.N. said developing countries have been disproportionately hard hit by ...

World Bank: Globe bracing for more poverty

2010-06-26T04:55:23Z

World Bank: Financial meltdown is impeding efforts to attain UN goals to ease poverty

The global economic crisis has stymied the international community's effort to halve extreme poverty by 2015 and meet other goals to reduce hunger, fight disease and get young children to school, the World Bank warned on Friday.

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UN chief says crisis could result in failed states

2010-04-16T15:50:47Z

UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that failing to act to halt the global economic crisis could lead to widespread social unrest and failed states, ahead of the G20 crisis summit here.

"What began as a financial crisis has become a global economic crisis," the UN secretary general wrote in an article in the Asia and the Pacific face a "marked risk" of social unrest as the global financial crisis bites, but the region continues to lead international prospects for recovery, a UN survey said Thursday.

The annual survey said that the region faces multiple layers of crisis ranging from financial breakdown, food and fuel price instability and climate change that could have wide-ranging effect...

Agencies calls for 50 pct fuel economy target by 2050

2010-04-16T16:13:51Z

Four international agencies on Wednesday urged the motor industry and governments to adopt global fuel economy targets that would cut automotive greenhouse emissions by half by 2050.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP), International Energy...

UN agency: economic crisis may cause unrest

2010-04-16T14:37:57Z

UN agency warns global economic crisis may cause social unrest

The global financial crisis is generating increasing social unrest, the head of the International Labor Organization warned Tuesday.

"I sense a huge popular frustration brewing," the U.N. agency's chief UN downgrades forecast for 2009, predicts zero world growth

The world economy is heading for zero growth in 2009 as a deepening recession in rich countries slows the sale of consumer goods and raw materials from developing nations, the United Nations said Tuesday.

The global body's trade and development office, UN agency says poverty dropped slightly in Latin America

A United Nations agency says poverty in Latin America stands at 33 percent, down from 34 percent a year earlier.

Tuesday's report by the Economic Com...

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2010-10-21T09:12:16Z

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World leaders seek unity to fight financial crisis

2010-06-12T11:19:26Z

At UN assembly, many world leaders seek global solution to curtail financial crisis

World leaders called for international action to combat the global financial crisis, urging cooperation even as the U.S. pressed ahead with unilateral action to stem a credit crunch that has engulfed global markets.

The focus on the dismal economic situation in the

Disastrous 'eco crunch' threatens planet

2010-10-21T10:12:24Z

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Ibero-America leaders set aside differences to tackle crisis

2010-06-11T22:05:53Z

Leaders from Spain, Portugal and Latin America on Thursday called for new measures to protect their countries from an economic meltdown and sought an emergency regional meeting under the framework of the United Nations.

The leaders at the 18th Ibero-American Summit, gathered he...

UN appeals for more than $60 million for Haiti

2010-04-16T12:41:53Z

UN appeals for more than $60 million to help Haiti recover from worst disaster in 100 years

The U.N. humanitarian chief appealed to donor countries Monday for more than $60 million to help Haiti recover from storms that killed hundreds of people and heavily damaged the Caribbean nation's agricultural base.

UN urges 'drastic' action to help banks and poor

2010-04-16T12:44:05Z

UN urges 'drastic' action to bolster banks, new lines of credit for developing nations

The U.N. chief warned Friday of global recession and a serious hit to emerging economies, calling for "drastic" measures to shore up banks and extend lines of credit to the world's poorest states.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the era of self-regulation am...

UN: Financial meltdown will cost 20M their jobs

2010-06-11T20:58:33Z

UN says financial meltdown will swell world jobless rolls by 20 million people

The global financial crisis will add at least 20 million people to the world's unemployed, bringing the total to 210 million by the end of next year, the U.N. labor agency said Monday.

That will be the first time in a decade of record keeping that the global total has been above 200 million people, said officials of the <...

Annan urges next US president to increase aid for Africa

2010-04-16T12:50:25Z

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan Monday urged the next US president to increase aid for Africa as the economic slowdown starts to bite.

"I urge both candidates to increase their support to Africa," Annan said at the announcement of the winner of a good governance pr...

Gordon Brown calls for end to 'age of irresponsibility' in UN speech

2010-04-16T13:11:04Z

Gordon Brown today called for an end to "the age of irresponsibility", apparently handing his Conservative critics a free chance to blame him for his role in creating a culture of greed as chancellor for the past decade.

The prime minister's remarks, in a speech to the United Nations general assembly calling for new systems of international regulation of the big glob...

Finance crisis no excuse for not fighting poverty: Geldof

2010-04-16T13:15:26Z

Irish rocker and activist Bob Geldof said Thursday he feared the current financial crisis would serve as an excuse for world powers to fail to meet their poverty-fighting targets.

A longtime campaigner for the developing world, Geldof told reporters on the sidelines of a UN meeting sizing up the world's record on combating hunger, disease and deprivation that commitments ...

Ivory Coast

2011-01-02T12:30:25Z

In this Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, photo, Jordanian peace keepers, patrol on the street in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Some people yell "U.N. out!" as the Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers pass by in their armored personnel carriers, but generally these soldiers don't understand French and so miss the comments yelled at them, although one man honk...

South Sudan Vote

2010-12-28T11:31:27Z

Southern Sudanese men store recently delivered ballot papers, inside a warehouse in Juba, southern Sudan on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. More than 7.3 million ballots have arrived in Southern Sudan for an independence referendum that is likely to create the world's newest country. U.N. official

APTOPIX Ivory Coast

2010-12-24T01:31:06Z

UN forces drive past a billboard for President Laurent Gbagbo in, Ivory Coast, Abidjan Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. The United Nations said Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed and dozens of others have gone missing or been tortured following Ivory Coast's disputed ...

Richardson Koreas

2010-12-23T18:31:25Z

In this Dec. 22, 2010 photo, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson answers questions about his recent trip to North Korea during an interview in his office in Santa Fe, N.M. A former U.S. ambassador to the ...

Switzerland Human Rights Council Ivory Coast

2010-12-23T07:00:28Z

Korean Kyung-Wha Kang, United Nations deputy high Commissioner for Human Rights speaks during the 14th special session on the situation in Ivory Coast of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

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