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While established, capital-rich countries have long been supplying foreign direct investment (FDI) to the rest of the world, the share of capital flows from emerging economies is increasing rapidly, according to a study launched by the United Nations today.

In the present circumstances Côte d'Ivoire's elections will not be held, as constitutionally required, by the end of next month and the Security Council "may wish to consider taking firm action" against those who try to obstruct the implementation of the country's peace agreements, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.

The mortality rates for hundreds of thousands of children displaced by the conflict in northern Uganda is above the emergency threshold, with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) facing a 46 per cent shortfall in the more than $40 million it is seeking to deal with the crisis, according to the agency's latest update report.

As far as water vintage goes, age makes no difference, according to a "taste test" exhibit at the United Nations nuclear watchdog's General Conference in Vienna today. But what the taste buds fail to pick up on, nuclear technology discerns, helping countries to better manage their freshwater sources.

Units from the United Nations International Police Service have joined with the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the Liberian National Police to begin night patrols with a view to improving the security environment in four areas of Monrovia, the West African country’s capital.

More than 1.7 million of the neediest people in Niger have received free food and the most vulnerable are already receiving a second round following the drought and locust infestations that have impoverished the West African country, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today.

Workmen have started to dig the foundations for the first two of the 500 permanent schools that the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will either build or repair in the tsunami-devastated Aceh and North Sumatra areas of Indonesia in a $90 million project.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today urged non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to work towards creating more tolerant societies because increased intolerance is putting asylum principles at risk.

Amid a global climate of fear caused by terrorism, amplified by a mass media focused on violence, the United Nations cultural agency in a new report calls for stepped-up efforts to promote a culture of peace.

With an early end to the short rains in southern Ethiopia leaving many farmers without hope of a harvest, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is calling on the international community to continue funding for the impoverished country, where nearly 6 million people overall are threatened by food shortages.