Australia's Rudd appointed to UN panel
Australia's Kevin Rudd will serve with other former national leaders on a United Nations panel on global sustainability, the UN said in a statement on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, a
Ramesh on UN panel on global sustainability
The environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has been made part of high-level UN panel on global sustainability set up by the secretary-general, Mr Ban Ki-moon.
The 21-member panel has been tasked wi
UN drops 45 names from Al Qaeda, Taliban from blacklist
A UN panel has dropped 10 Taliban along with 35 Al Qaeda members and affiliates from its sanctions terror list after its first-ever review of blacklisted names, giving a boost to Afghan President, Mr