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Post-2015 development agenda must focus on ending poverty

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said a new Post-2015 development agenda must focus on poverty ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...

Springsteen to be honored as musicares Person of the Year

U.S. rocker Bruce Springsteen has been named MusiCares` 2013 Person of the Year in recognition of his artistic ...

Indonesia wins global recognition for MDG implementation

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon earlier this year requested Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to co-chair ...

Timbaland, Avicii and Agnes Monica To Perform At UN Global Youth Forum

-     WHO:     Concert event will include appearances ...

UN Kicks Off Global Youth Forum in Bali, Indonesia

- United Nations — Today 2,000 young people representing over 126 nations joined forces with global artists, ...

Violence as Mexico's Pena Nieto sworn in as president

Mexico's new President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged Saturday to reduce the poverty and violence plaguing his country ...

"Hunger Games" sticks with director Lawrence for sequels

Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct the final two installments of the hit movie "The Hunger Games," movie studio ...

100 mln to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate

More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product ...

World Water Week Opens With Call for Global Action to Reduce Food Waste

-     Global leaders assembled today at the opening session of the 2012 World Water Week in ...

US calls on Iran to release "all political prisoners"

The United States called on Iran to "release all political prisoners" Wednesday, expressing concern for a Kurdish ...

Landmark Summit Puts Women at Heart of Global Health Agenda

- Voluntary family planning services will reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world's poorest ...

New food crisis looms in Somalia - aid agency

A deadly combination of conflict, poor rainfall and a predicted late harvest threatens to push hundreds of thousands ...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon pledges full support to Qatar for establishing the Global Dry Land

-     -- Panel of global leaders gather in Qatar National Pavilion at Rio+20 UN Conference on ...

Yudhoyono, Ban Ki-moon discuss cooperation in post-2015 MDGs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met on the sidelines of the G20 ...