Tbilisi/Geneva - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres arrived in South Ossetia on Friday on a visit to ascertain the humanitarian situation in the area, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
The visit to South Ossetia concludes Guterres' four day visit to the region, which included meetings with government officials in the Georgian capital Tbilisi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow.
Geneva - The international Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday that after two days' waiting, its aid workers had now gained access to South Ossetia and were proceeding to the provincial capital Tskhinvali.
The ICRC also said that its president, Jakob Kellenberger, during a three-day trip to the crisis region, had been able to hold talks with both Georgian and Russian officials, during which he had pressed for Red Cross workers being given unhindered access.
Geneva/Harare - The Red Cross on Wednesday issued an emergency appeal to donors for 26.6 million dollars for food aid to Zimbabwe, saying millions in the politically and economically unstable country faced hunger.
The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Geneva the funds would help those already in need and avert an aggravation of the situation.
The number of people in need could rise to up to 5.1 million, almost half the population, by the end of the year, the IFRC noted.
Geneva, July 31 : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath today stated that the primary objective of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round was to put the development dimension of international trade on centre stage.
Addressing a press conference on the outcome of the recently concluded World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference at Geneva today, Nath said, “While India was prepared to be constructive and reasonable, it could simply not accept any solution that would pose a serious threat to the livelihoods of its subsistence farmers.”
Geneva - The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva were set to continue Tuesday despite a crisis between the United States on one side and India and China on the other.
The talks came to a stop early Monday after a row over a compromise achieved Friday for a conclusion of the seven-year-old Doha round.
The row escalated after India and China refused in particular to further open their agriculture markets, not wanting to entirely weaken the applicable mechanisms protecting their farmers.
Tbilisi/Geneva - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres arrived in South Ossetia on Friday on a visit to ascertain the humanitarian situation in the area, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Geneva - The international Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday that after two days' waiting, its aid workers had now gained access to South Ossetia and were proceeding to the provincial capital Tskhinvali.
Geneva/Harare - The Red Cross on Wednesday issued an emergency appeal to donors for 26.6 million dollars for food aid to Zimbabwe, saying millions in the politically and economically unstable country faced hunger.
Geneva - The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva were set to continue Tuesday despite a crisis between the United States on one side and India and China on the other. 
