Global Compact brings business leaders together ahead of Rio +20 Sub-Saharan Africa can only grow if it solves hunger crisis – UNDP UN independent expert calls for human rights approach to address Mexico drug problem A "born artist" celebrates her Haitian heritage at UN concert honouring slave trade victims Concert and exhibition on slave trade at UN Africa sustains growth despite global uncertainty UN supports African Union effort to stop LRA Experts say tax on financial transactions would help fight poverty and inequality Foreign direct investment boosts growth Guatemala invites the world to welcome a new era in December 2012 Combating violence against indigenous women and girls Child bride sentence handed down in Afghanistan Over 100 UN monitors in Syria; 300 expected by end of May Conflict takes toll on children in Yemen UN Mission in Iraq concerned about Syrian crisis Representatives from Asia-Pacific participate in UN indigenous forum Bombings in Syria that kill more than 50 condemned by Special Envoy Asia-Pacific remains engine for global economic growth