The United Nations today reported that food prices fell for the third month in a row in December last year, balancing out sharp increases registered earlier in 2012, which had previously sparked fears of a food crisis. FILE UNICEF / IFAD / ILO / IAEA
The UN Security Council opened its doors last weekend for French director Bertrand Tavernier to shoot a scene on the diplomatic wrangling preceding the Iraq war for his upcoming feature film “Quai D’Orsay”, starring Thierry Lermitte as former French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin. UNTV
In the three years since a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January 2010, the World Bank has worked to improve critical infrastructure and strengthen the government’s ability to deliver a better life for its people. WORLD BANK
The World Health Organization (WHO) today (10 January) opened for signing a treaty aimed at curtailing the illegal trade in tobacco and tobacco products, including the smuggling of untaxed cigarettes. CH UNTV