November 16, 2024
President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be joining former U.S. Secretary at the 2014 annual meeting of the CGI
September 23, 2014President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be joining former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the 2014 annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative to extend Sri Lanka’s support to the Elephant Action Network that works toward preventing elephant poaching and ivory trafficking.
Newly-detected bird flu in Southeast Asia
September 23, 2014The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) yesterday (22) warned that a recently-emerged strain of avian influenza virus detected in poultry in Southeast Asia presents a new threat to animal health and livelihoods and must be closely monitored.
On the eve of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Climate Summit, UN climate envoy Mary Robinson and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of UN Women, are gathering with some 130 other women leaders to show their commitment to climate action.
Ban seeks ‘vision, concrete action’ from world leaders at UN climate summit
September 23, 2014True to his belief that tackling climate change requires “all hands on deck”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is gathering a new and unique mix of partners at United Nations Headquarters Tuesday – from Government, business, finance and civil society – for a summit aiming to raise ambition, mobilize resources, and generate action towards a universal climate deal.
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