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Van Rompuy aims for at least 2-percent average economic grow

BUCHAREST, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) must regain economic growth to keep up with the world\'s major economies, visiting President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Monday. \"Our objective must be to return to a sustainable economic growth with an average of at least 2 percent, in order to preserve the European social model and to keep up with the world\'s major economies,\" Van Rompuy told a press conference in Bucharest on Monday evening, after meeting...

Security Council reaffirms ＂strong support＂ for Haiti

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council voiced \"deep sympathy and condolences\" to quake-hit Haiti and reaffirmed \"strong support\" for the island country, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, Zhang Yesui, said here on Monday. Zhang, who holds the rotating Council presidency for January, made the statement to the press after the 15-nation Council was briefed by UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on his visit to Haiti and his latest assessment of...

UN chief proposes EU mission for quake relief, reconstructio

MADRID, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon proposed on Sunday the European Union should organize a special mission to Haiti to help with quake relief and reconstruction efforts, said Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandezde la Vega. Fernandez, whose country is the current holder of the EU presidency, was speaking to press after meeting with Ban and Haitian President Rene Preval in the Haiti capital of Port-au-Prince. Haiti, which shares the island of...

France says Security Council ＂will act very quickly and ver

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- French UN Ambassador Gerard Araud said here on Monday that the UN Security Council \"will act very quickly and very strongly\" in deploying extra forces to aid in Haiti\'s recovery and strengthen the UN Mission in Haiti, known as MINUSTAH. This statement came as Araud was speaking to reporters at the UN Headquarters in New York after the 15-nation Council was briefed by UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon on his Sunday visit to Haiti and his latest...

UN Security Council extends mandate of UNMIS for another yea

UNITED NATIONS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council Thursday voted unanimously to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in Sudan (UNMIS) for another year. The 15-member Security Council adopted the U.S.-drafted resolution to extend UNMIS, which expires on April 30, 2010 until April 30, 2011. The Security Council requested UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon to continue in reporting to the Security Council every three months on the mandate implementation,...

IMF says to conclue talks on aid to Greece in time to meet n

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accelerated its talks with Greece on financial support to the debt-ridden European country, which will conclude disucussions in time to meet Greece\'s needs, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here Sunday. Strauss-Kahn met with Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou earlier in the morning, on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington. \"The minister and I had a...

IMF chief warns world economy still in ＂dangerous place＂

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Xinhua) -- International Monetary Fund ( IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday warned the world economy is still in a \"dangerous place,\" and recovery, although faster than expected, is still fragile. \"The world is still a dangerous place and I would not like that too many people have in mind that the crisis is over,\" Strauss- Kahn said to reporters on the fringes of an annual spring summit of the IMF and World Bank. He identified risky...

UN chief readies multifaceted campaign to combat maternal mo

UNITED NATIONS, April 14 (Xinhua) -- With hundreds of thousands of women and girls dying in pregnancy or childbirth every year and 10 to 15 million more suffering long-lasting disabilities, the United Nations on Wednesday announced steps for a multi-pronged campaign to fight the scourge. Calling for urgent and strategic efforts, the Joint Action Plan urges all stakeholders, developed and developing countries, civil society actors, private businesses, philanthropic institutions and the...

UN chief to travel to Haiti to show solidarity with quake vi

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced here Friday that he will soon travel to Haiti, which was devastated by a massive earthquake earlier this week, to show solidarity with the people of the impoverished Caribbean nation. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to reporters at UN headquarters in New York, the United States, Jan. 15, 2010. The United Nations on Friday issued a flash...

UN chief arrives in quake-hit Port-au-Prince

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, and Edmond Mulet, the acting chief of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, visit the collapsed U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Sunday in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Caribbean nation Haiti, which was...