Tough times ahead for shipping industry owing to economic crisis, reports UN agency
08 December 2009 – Around 80 per cent of global trade is transported by sea but challenging times are ahead for the shipping industry, which is faced with a surge in the supply of vessels and tumbling freight rates amid the economic crisis, says a report released today by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Ban names Ibrahim Gambari as new head of joint UN-AU force in Darfur
02 December 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon seeks to appoint veteran Nigerian diplomat Ibrahim Gambari, who has most recently served as his top envoy to Myanmar, as the new head of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur, it was announced today.
UN agency approves groundbreaking treaty to wipe out illegal fishing
25 November 2009 – A landmark treaty that aims to shut down ports to illegal fishing vessels has been approved by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the United Nations agency announced today.
Angola seeks UN aid to repatriate 60,000 nationals from DR Congo
18 November 2009 – Angola has requested the re-activation of a tripartite mechanism with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the United Nations refugee agency to repatriate some 60,000 Angolans still in DRC in the wake of the mutual expulsion of scores of thousands of each other’s nationals by the neighbouring States.
