UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson told a meeting of the Security Council today (30 August) that both the Government and the opposition have chosen the path of armed confrontation, with no immediate prospect of an end to the fighting and resolution of the conflict. UNTV
The global acute malnutrition rate for children under 5 in nine of the Sahel regions ofChadis above the World Health Organization's emergency threshold of 15 per cent, according to a new survey. UNICEF
The International Monetary Fund said today (30 August) that a mission to Greece is expected to return next week to continue the review of the program. IMF
The United Nations (UN) Security Council today (30 August) voted to condemn any attempt to threatenLebanon. UNTV
French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Fabius, said today (30 August) that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his clan "must be held accountable for their crimes before the International Criminal Court." UNTV
Global food prices soared by 10 percent in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United States and Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank Group's latest Food Price Watch report. WORLD BANK/IMF /FILE