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| Climate talks in Barcelona important: Boer | 03-NOV-09 |
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| Noting that climate talks in Barcelona were not meant to resolve tough political issues on finance and emission reduction targets, United Nations climate chief, Yvo de Boer, said the negotiations before the Copenhagen summit should be used to consolidate areas of consensus. |
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| Green technologies can be profitable, say global CEOs | 30-OCT-09 |
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| The public discourse on climate change has tended to frame the issue as a tradeoff between development and greening; as a choice between generating wealth and creating a less carbon-intensive environment. |
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| Doing business with United Nations | 13-OCT-09 |
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| The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) has witnessed a 15 per cent drop in the number of Indian vendors entering into contracts with the United Nations for supply of goods and services over the last four years, according to Paul Buades, director, UNPD. Addressing a seminar on ‘Doing business with United Nations’ organised by CII in Hyderabad on Monday, CII-AP Chapter chairman Y Harish Chandra Prasad said unlike in China, there was no handholding for Indian companies, particularly in the small and medium sector. |
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| 'The king of kings' holds forth at the United nations | 04-OCT-09 |
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| Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made history by visiting America to attend the UN General Assembly. After being introduced in the General Assembly Hall as the “leader of the revolution, the president of the African Union, the king of kings of Africa,” Gaddafi violated protocol by giving a rambling speech for 90 minutes, instead of the allotted 15. Gaddafi, who brought his own translator as his chef de mission, said he would speak in a dialect of Arabic that only his personal interpreter could understand. Finally, he spoke in Arabic and the chief of the UN’s Arabic translation services had to pitch in because, exhausted after his speech, his translator reportedly shouted: “I can’t take it anymore,” and collapsed. |
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| Global tax worth a look, says British PM | 22-SEP-09 |
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| With the G20 summit scheduled for next week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested that the introduction of a global tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks was "worth looking at". |
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| UN Climate Summit to give political momentum for negotiations | 09-SEP-09 |
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| The summit on climate change convened by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN headquarters in New York later this month is expected to give the much needed political momentum for negotiations on this crucial issue, a top UN official said. |
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| United Nations climate fund hits roadblock | 08-SEP-09 |
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| The issue of hiking contribution in the United Nations’ “Adaptation Fund” to tackle climate change hit a stumbling block at a recent meeting of the finance ministers of G-20 countries, after India raised objections to plan of the developed countries. |
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| World trade to slip by 11%; more trouble for exporters | 07-SEP-09 |
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| "In 2009, world trade is ... Set to shrink considerably, by 11 per cent in real terms and by more than 20 per cent in current dollars (terms)," United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report said today. |
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| G-20, WTO should report to UN: Lamy | 04-SEP-09 |
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| ‘New triangle of global governance’ needed, says Director-General. Taking the World Trade Organisation and G-20 beyond the realm of trade and economics,WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy today said it was important to have both the G-20 and international agencies such as WTO reporting to the ‘parliament’ of United Nations in the long term. |
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