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UN commission calls on Africa to commit to information and knowledge economy

26 April 2005
With information and communication technologies (ICT) spinning off new industries in Africa, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today called on the continent's governments to commit themselves to policies that create information and knowledge economies.

Despite shocks, Asia-Pacific economy is fastest-growing in the world, UN says

25 April 2005
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to produce the fastest growing economy in the world this year, but it has experienced such shocks as last December's Indian Ocean tsunami and high oil prices, while a flat United States dollar and a rapidly ageing population present challenges, the regional United Nations economic and social body said today.
Kim Hak-Su, ESCAP

Fast-growing Asia-Pacific economy somewhat undermined by external shocks – UN

22 April 2005
The economy of the Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the fastest growing in the world this year, but it has been undermined by last December's Indian Ocean tsunami, high oil prices, a weak United States dollar and health problems, the United Nations economic and social body for the area says in a new report.
Louise Arbour

Time for new UN rights body is now as status quo cannot continue, says top official

22 April 2005
Faced with major deficiencies, over-politicization and only selective reviews of countries' abuses, the United Nations Human Rights Commission wrapped up its annual session today with a ringing call for its replacement by a leaner, meaner body, as put forward in Secretary-General Kofi Annan's reform proposals.

UN rights commission adopts resolutions on cultural rights, racism

15 April 2005
With one week left in its sixty-first session, the United Nations top human rights body has approved a host of resolutions aimed at promoting and protecting economic, social and cultural rights, and denouncing all forms of racism.
Kofi Annan

Without reform of human rights body, UN credibility at stake, Annan says

7 April 2005
Speaking on the eleventh anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide and addressing the very human rights body he wants to replace, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today warned Member States that without reform of the United Nations human rights machinery, the credibility of the world body itself is at stake.