1. Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority  - Namibia

   1. CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINTS STATISTICS APRIL-JUNE 2014
   2. NAMFISA CEO Launches Quarterly Statistical Bulletin and Regulatory Reform Newsletter

2. National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA)  - Estados Unidos de América

   1. NASBA Announces 2014 Accounting Education Research Grant Recipients — Association awards funding totaling $31,000 to university faculty and postdoctoral researchers. NASHVILLE, TENN., (AUGUST 5, 2014)

3. National Bank of Romania  - Rumania

   1. NBR Governor Mugur Isarescu presentation - Quarterly Inflation Report, August 2014
   2. Press Release of the Board of the National Bank of Romania
   3. NBR's International Reserves, July 2014
   4. Numismatic issue dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Elena Vacarescu's birth

4. National Bank of Ukraine  - Ucrania

   1. National Bank repeals the requirement obliging banks to keep a portion of the mandatory reserves on a special account
   2. There are no macroeconomic grounds for considerable exchange rate fluctuations
   3. Valeriia Gontareva: World Bank allocated USD 500 million for the rehabilitation of Ukraine’s banking system
   4. International reserves dynamics in July 2014
   5. Valeriia Gontareva: National Bank's interventions satisfied 60% of the bids for the purchase of foreign exchange and helped ease excessive tension in the market
   6. Valeriia Gontareva: National Bank of Ukraine is set to mitigate excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market
   7. Almost 4,000 borrowers engaged in active military service requested banks to review the terms of loan agreements

5. National Board of Accountants and Auditors (NBAA)  - Tanzania

   1. Invitation for application of Senior Auditor post in audit firm.
   2. Seminar on International Financial Reporting Standards at Dodoma Hotel – Dodoma 15th – 16th August, 2014!!!
   3. Training workshop on application of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) at Morogoro Hotel – Morogoro!!!
   4. The NBAA revised CPD Calendar from the month of August to December 2014!!!  
   5. The new Accounting Technician (ATEC)  Syllabus to be tested effectively from November, 2014
   6. The new Professional Syllabus to be tested effectively from November, 2014

6. New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) - Nueva Zelanda

   1. Future[inc] launches in New Zealand — Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand CEO, Lee White, commented on the the publication, which discusses policy recommendations
   2. Robust debate needed on superannuation and tax policies — Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand’s Developing a plan for New Zealand’s continued prosperity details a series of policy recommendations ahead of the general election next month.
   3. Chartered Accountants lead debate on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting — Key points: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand hosted their annual Public Sector Symposium at the National Press Club in Canberra on Tuesday, 29 July 2014
   4. State News Tas State Manager report - August 2014 — As we move forward with the creation of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, members, candidates and other stakeholders should be seeing the new organisation take shape, and recognising tangible examples of change.
   5. State News Vic State Manager report - August 2014 — As we move forward with the creation of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, members, candidates and other stakeholders should be seeing the new organisation take shape, and recognising tangible examples of change.
   6. State News NSW State Manager report - August 2014 — Nominations for NSW Regional Council Nominations are now open for available Regional Council positions; and members are invited to nominate for NSW Regional Council.
   7. Building increased member support in Asia — Key points We have pledged to provide greater support and value for members living and working in Asia We are aiming to open offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur by late 2014

7. Ordre des Experts Comptables - Francia

   1. Exemple de lettre de mission d’accompagnement de l’expert-comptable à la création d’entreprise (nouveau format)
   2. Mission loi de sécurisation : Sécurisation des dérogations à la durée minimale des temps partiel
   3. TVA et autoliquidation dans le secteur du bâtiment

8. Organismo Italiano di contabilità (OIC)  - Italia

   1. Commenti OIC sull’EFRAG draft comment letter su IASB’s quality control procedures
   2. 18OIC 29 – Cambiamenti di principi contabili, cambiamenti di stime contabili, correzione di errori, eventi e operazioni straordinarie, fatti...
   3. 19OIC 31 – Fondi per rischi e oneri e Trattamento di Fine Rapporto
   4. 17OIC 28 – Patrimonio netto
   5. 16OIC 26 – Operazioni, attività e passività in valuta estera
   6. 15OIC 25 – Imposte sul reddito — L’OIC 25 ha lo scopo di definire i criteri per la rilevazione, classificazione e valutazione delle imposte sul reddito e quelle ad esse assimilabili (IRAP), nonché le informazioni da presentare nella nota integrativa. Il presente principio contabile è destinato alle società che redigono i bilanci d’esercizio in base alle disposizioni del Codice Civile.
   7. 14OIC 23 – Lavori in corso su ordinazione — L’OIC 23 ha lo scopo di definire i criteri per la rilevazione, classificazione e valutazione dei lavori in corso su ordinazione nonché le informazioni da presentare nella nota integrativa. Il presente principio contabile è destinato alle società che redigono i bilanci d’esercizio in base alle disposizioni del Codice Civile.
   8. 13OIC 22 – Conti d’ordine — L’OIC 22 ha lo scopo di disciplinare i criteri per la rilevazione, classificazione e valutazione dei conti d’ordine, nonché le informazioni da presentare nella nota integrativa. Il presente principio contabile è destinato alle società che redigono i bilanci d’esercizio in base alle disposizioni del Codice Civile.
   9. 10OIC 19 – Debiti — L’OIC 19 ha lo scopo di definire i criteri per la rilevazione, classificazione e valutazione dei debiti, nonché le informazioni da presentare nella nota integrativa. Il presente principio contabile è destinato alle società che redigono i bilanci d’esercizio in base alle disposizioni del Codice Civile.
   10. 09OIC 18 – Ratei e risconti — L’OIC 18 ha lo scopo di disciplinare i criteri per la rilevazione, classificazione e valutazione dei ratei e risconti, nonché le informazioni da presentare nella nota integrativa. Il presente principio contabile è destinato alle società che redigono i bilanci d’esercizio in base alle disposizioni del Codice Civile.

9. Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA)  - Internacional

   1. Secretario General lamenta fallecimiento de ex Presidente del Congreso de Perú — Envió además sus condolencias a la familia, el Gobierno y pueblo peruano.
   2. OEA y Bolivia firman acuerdo para Misión de Observación de las Elecciones Generales de octubre — El Secretario General, José Miguel Insulza, designó al ex presidente de Guatemala Álvaro Colom para liderar la Misión.
   3. Nuevo Representante Permanente de Haití presentó cartas credenciales — El Embajador Bocchit Edmond afirmó que Haití “será siempre un país amigo de la OEA” y ratificó el compromiso de su país con la Organización.
   4. OEA y Guatemala firman carta de entendimiento para promover el uso del etanol — Permitirá la ejecución de un proyecto cuyo objetivo es disminuir el uso de combustibles fósiles y la emisión de gases contaminantes.
   5. Secretario General reitera respaldo al proceso de paz al Presidente de Colombia — El líder de la OEA se encuentra en Bogotá para participar en la investidura del primer mandatario, Juan Manuel Santos.
   6. Consejo Permanente recibe informe sobre preparativos para el VIII Foro de Competitividad
   7. Jefa de MINUSTAH se reúne en la OEA con el Grupo de Amigos de Haití
   8. OEA y OWASP firman acuerdo sobre Seguridad Cibernética
   9. OEA, Cámara de Comercio de Estados Unidos y Trinidad y Tobago dialogan sobre próximo Foro de Competitividad
   10. OEA y CARICOM firman acuerdo sobre cooperación en seguridad
   11. Secretario General participó en inauguración de Curso de Derecho Internacional en Brasil
   12. Lider la OEA recibe Medalla de la Victoria del Ministerio de Defensa de Brasil

10. Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC)  - Internacional

    1. Azevêdo: Support of private sector is crucial for future of multilateral trading system — Director-General Roberto Azevêdo, in his speech at the opening session of Entrepreneur Week in Mexico City on 11 August 2014, said: “By locking-in countries’ obligations on trade practices, the WTO safeguards important business interests and increases the stability businesses need to flourish.” He thanked Mexico for being a strong supporter of the WTO and urged small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs to support Mexico’s engagement in the multilateral trading system.
    2. La India presenta un anuncio de apelación en la diferencia relativa a los productos de acero — El 8 de agosto de 2014 la India presentó un anuncio de apelación relacionado con el informe del Grupo Especial en el asunto “Estados Unidos — Medidas compensatorias sobre determinados productos planos de acero al carbono laminado en caliente procedentes de la India” (DS436).
    3. El empleo, la protección de los consumidores y África en el Orden del día del Foro Público de la OMC de 2014 — El Foro Público de la OMC celebrará 71 sesiones en total. Organizado del 1 al 3 de octubre y titulado “Por qué el comercio nos concierne a todos”, el Foro estará centrado en la dimensión humana del comercio , ofreciendo a los participantes la oportunidad de debatir las repercusiones del comercio en el empleo y en los consumidores y el comercio en África.
    4. El Órgano de Apelación emite sus informes sobre las diferencias relativas a las tierras raras — El 7 de agosto de 2014 el Órgano de Apelación de la OMC emitió sus informes en el asunto “China — Medidas relacionadas con la exportación de tierras raras, volframio (tungsteno) y molibdeno“(DS431/DS432/DS433).
    5. La OMC publica los datos sobre el comercio correspondientes a 2013 — El 5 de agosto de 2014 la OMC actualizó su base de datos estadísticos, que contiene ahora información sobre las exportaciones e importaciones mundiales de mercancías y el comercio de servicios comerciales en 2013. Los datos se presentan por países, por regiones y por productos/servicios.
    6. Azevêdo: los Miembros no han podido salvar las diferencias existentes en lo que respecta a la facilitación del comercio — El 31 de julio de 2014, el Director General Roberto Azevêdo informó a los Embajadores ante la OMC de que, pese a las intensas consultas celebradas, “no hemos podido encontrar una solución que nos permita salvar las diferencias” acerca de la adopción del protocolo relativo al Acuerdo sobre Facilitación del Comercio. Instó a los Miembros “a reflexionar largo y tendido sobre las consecuencias de este contratiempo”.
    7. India files notice of appeal in steel products dispute — On 8 August 2014, India filed a notice of appeal regarding the panel report in “United States – Countervailing Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India” (DS436).
    8. WTO puts jobs, consumer protection and Africa on agenda of 2014 Public Forum — A total of 71 sessions will take place at the 2014 WTO Public Forum. Entitled “Why Trade Matters to Everyone”, the three-day Forum will focus from 1 to 3 October on the human story behind trade, giving participants an opportunity to discuss the impact of trade on jobs and consumers and trade in Africa.
    9. Appellate Body issues reports on rare earth disputes — On 7 August 2014, the WTO Appellate Body issued its reports in the case “China – Measures related to the exportation of rare earths, tungsten, and molybdenum (DS431/DS432/DS433)”.
    10. WTO releases 2013 trade data — The WTO updated its Statistics Database on 5 August 2014. This now includes data for 2013 on global exports and imports of merchandise and on trade in commercial services. The data are available by country, region and commodity/service.
    11. Azevêdo: Members unable to bridge the gap on trade facilitation — Director-General Roberto Azevêdo reported to WTO ambassadors on 31 July 2014 that despite intensive consultations, “we have not been able to find a solution that would allow us to bridge the gap” on the adoption of the protocol on the Trade Facilitation Agreement. He urged members “to reflect long and hard on the ramifications of this setback”.

11. Organization for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) - Internacional

    1. Composite Leading Indicators (CLI), OECD, August 2014 — Composite leading indicators continue to point to stable growth momentum in the OECD area
    2. Global Forum releases new compliance ratings on tax transparency for 10 jurisdictions — The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published today 13 new peer review reports demonstrating progress toward implementation of the international standard for exchange of information on request. The Global Forum also issued compliance ratings for 10 jurisdictions.
    3. Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 29 July 2014 — OECD annual inflation stable at 2.1% in June 2014

12. Organization of Latin American and Caribbean Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS)

    1. El CCC Informa sobre los Cursos Virtuales 2014
    2. La revista OLACEFS solicita contribuciones a las EFS miembros de la OLACEFS

13. Presidencia de la República - Colombia – Noticias

    1. Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos sobre la restructuración de la Presidencia de la República
    2. Presidente Santos revela reestructuración de la Presidencia de la República
    3. El Jefe de Estado anuncia ejes estratégicos para respaldar los desafíos del sector productivo
    4. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la Reunión Anual de la Comisión Nacional de Competitividad
    5. Presidente Santos lanza política de competitividad 2014-2018
    6. Aplazamiento de venta de Isagen no afectará para nada megaobras de 4G: Presidente Santos
    7. Prorrogan hasta por un año la venta de Isagén
    8. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en el evento de la Semana de la Juventud: Los jóvenes preguntan, de MinTIC
    9. Presidente Santos considera importante fortalecer las políticas de la juventud
    10. Presidente reitera llamado a enfrentar unidos los efectos del Fenómeno de El Niño
    11. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al presentar el Gabinete para su segundo período
    12. Presidente Santos presentó Gabinete de Ministros para la paz total, la equidad y la educación
    13. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la entrega del Pabellón Nacional a los atletas que intervendrán en los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud en China
    14. Presidente Santos celebra triunfos internacionales de los deportistas colombianos
    15. Mensaje del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos con motivo del Día Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo
    16. Nos esforzaremos por consolidar la política pública integral indígena de la manera más responsable: Presidente Santos
    17. Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al término del Consejo de Gobierno en Riohacha
    18. Presidente hace llamado al diálogo ante eventual paro en La Guajira
    19. Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en el lanzamiento del Programa Cadenas de Producción Propios en Juriakath, departamento de La Guajira
    20. Presidente Santos invita a los colombianos a trabajar juntos para mitigar efectos del Fenómeno de El Niño
    21. ‘Mi sueño es convertir a La Guajira en una despensa de Colombia’: Presidente Santos
    22. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos durante su visita a Nazaret, corregimiento de Uribia, La Guajira
    23. Próxima semana Venezuela abrirá frontera para ingreso de alimentos a la Alta Guajira
    24. Presidente anuncia la perforación de 100 pozos como solución permanente al problema de agua en la Alta Guajira
    25. Presidente Santos reitera compromisos con La Guajira
    26. Presidente del Consejo Europeo reiteró el apoyo de la Unión Europea a la paz de Colombia
    27. Seguridad ciudadana continuará siendo prioridad en nuestro gobierno, afirmó el Jefe de Estado
    28. La paz en Colombia puede ser la buena noticia que necesita la humanidad, afirmó el Presidente Santos en su discurso de posesión
    29. Haremos todo lo que esté a nuestro alcance para transformar a Colombia por medio de la educación, afirmó el Presidente Santos
    30. En el nuevo periodo vamos a crear otros 2 millones y medio de puestos de trabajo, anunció el Presidente Santos
    31. A Colombia en paz, con equidad y educada… ¡No la frena nadie!: Presidente Santos
    32. ‘Actos de paz es lo que Colombia pide hoy’: Presidente Santos
    33. ‘Voy a emplear todas mis energías en cumplir con ese mandato de paz que me dieron los colombianos’: Presidente Santos
    34. Presidente Santos se posesionó como Jefe de Estado y de Gobierno para el periodo constitucional 2014 – 2018
    35. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en su posesión para el período presidencial 2014-2018
    36. Presidente de Ecuador felicita los colombianos por este paso hacia el encuentro con la paz
    37. Hoy nace InfoPresidencia, aplicación de la Presidencia de la República para estar más cerca de los colombianos
    38. La paz de Colombia es también la paz para la región: Rey Don Juan Carlos
    39. La paz de Colombia, es también la paz para la región: Rey Don Juan Carlos
    40. Palabras del Presidente de la República de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, en la cena ofrecida a los Jefes de Estado y delegaciones acreditadas para la ceremonia de su posesión para el periodo 2014-2018
    41. ‘Colombia pasa por un momento extraordinario de su historia’: Presidente Santos
    42. Lista la ceremonia de posesión del Presidente Santos
    43. Secretario General de la OEA reitera respaldo internacional al proceso de paz
    44. Presidente del Consejo de la Unión Europea asiste a posesión del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos
    45. Comenzó llegada a Bogotá de las primeras delegaciones que asistirán a la ceremonia de posesión del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos
    46. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la celebración del aniversario número 195 del Ejército Nacional
    47. Presidente Santos reitera que el futuro de las Fuerzas Militares no está en discusión con las Farc
    48. Presidente Santos ratifica a Juan Carlos Pinzón como Ministro de Defensa
    49. Presidente Santos celebra triunfo de Colombia en olimpiadas de las Fuerzas de Comando 2014
    50. ‘Nuestras Fuerzas Armadas están dando resultados’: Presidente Santos
    51. Instructivo de prensa para la Ceremonia de Transmisión de Mando Presidencial
    52. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la presentación de la propuesta ‘Acuerdo por lo Superior 2034’
    53. Este Gobierno es el que más recursos ha gestionado para la educación superior pública, afirma el Presidente Santos
    54. Con la nueva propuesta para educación superior, haremos realidad que Colombia sea el país más educado de la región: Presidente Santos
    55. Comunicado de la delegación del Gobierno de Colombia en la Mesa de Conversaciones de La Habana
    56. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al recibir la credencial como Presidente de la República para el período 2014-2018
    57. Presidente Santos felicita a organización electoral por transparencia en las elecciones pasadas
    58. ‘Vamos a mantener el rumbo del país y no dejaremos que se desvíe’: Presidente Santos
    59. Estamos pasando por el mejor momento económico de nuestra historia: Presidente Santos
    60. El Presidente Santos declaró que Colombia está cada vez más integrada al mundo
    61. ‘Estamos construyendo una gran política agropecuaria y el Pacto Agrario con y para los campesinos’: Presidente Santos
    62. Presidente Santos sostuvo que nuevos códigos y estatutos expedidos son una gran reforma que facilita el acceso a la justicia
    63. ‘Tenemos una verdadera revolución en materia de infraestructura’: Presidente Santos
    64. Hoy tenemos las mejores Fuerzas Militares y Policía de nuestra historia, declaró el Presidente Santos
    65. ‘Este es un gobierno progresista y reformista’, afirma el Presidente Santos
    66. Este Gobierno aumentó en un 92 por ciento el presupuesto para la cultura
    67. ‘El mundo está viendo a Colombia con unos ojos mucho más positivos’: Presidente Santos
    68. ‘Hemos sacado de la pobreza 2.5 millones de colombianos’: Presidente Santos
    69. Estamos conectando a todo el país a Internet, resaltó el Presidente Santos en entrega de resultados 2010-2014
    70. Estamos salvando y mejorando el sistema de salud, señaló el Jefe de Estado en la Rendición de Cuentas
    71. El país tiene que entender que el cambio climático llegó para quedarse: Presidente Santos
    72. ‘Más y mejor educación es sembrar paz’: Presidente Santos
    73. En este momento el gran reto es la paz, subrayó el Presidente Juan Manuel Santos
    74. Le cumplimos al país, afirma el Presidente Santos
    75. Introducción del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la jornada de Rendición de Cuentas
    76. ‘Hemos hecho una revolución en vivienda’: Santos
    77. Intervención del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la clausura de Héroes Fest 2014
    78. Steve Wozniak admira los avances en materia de conectividad en Colombia
    79. Presidente Santos afirma que con la innovación también se está construyendo paz
    80. Steve Wozniak destaca la pasión del Presidente Santos por la educación
    81. Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos al término de su reunión con el Mandatario de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro
    82. Presidente Santos agradece a Gobierno venezolano el restablecimiento de comercio de alimentos para indígenas wayuu
    83. Hoy pedimos a las Farc muestras contundentes de querer la paz: Presidente Santos
    84. Presidente Santos anunció la firma de un acuerdo de transporte de carga internacional con Venezuela
    85. Definimos mecanismos de pago para fortalecer el comercio binacional, anuncia el Presidente Santos
    86. Vamos a combatir las mafias del contrabando con toda la contundencia: Presidente Santos
    87. La Guajira ha recibido más de 883.200 litros de agua potable
    88. Palabras del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos en la instalación del Encuentro Presidencial Colombia-Venezuela
    89. ‘Vamos a hacer una coordinación más eficaz para contrarrestar criminalidad en la frontera’: Presidente Santos
    90. Presidente Santos instala encuentro presidencial Colombia – Venezuela
    91. La paz de Colombia nunca estuvo tan cerca como ahora, dice el Presidente Maduro
    92. Presidente Santos agradece esfuerzos de Venezuela en el proceso de paz
    93. En marcha plan de choque para enfrentar temporada seca en el departamento del Magdalena
    94. 'Este proceso no pretende resolver todos los problemas del país’: Sergio Jaramillo
    95. Hemos ganado la batalla al desempleo en este primer cuatrienio: Presidente Santos
    96. Declaración del Presidente Juan Manuel Santos sobre desempleo y nombramientos de altos funcionarios
    97. Instructivo de prensa para el cubrimiento del encuentro de los presidentes Juan Manuel Santos y Nicolás Maduro
    98. Presidente Santos designó ministros del Interior y Agricultura, y Directora del Icbf

14. PricewaterhouseCoopers  - Internacional

    1. PwC Named a Leader in Worldwide Strategy Consulting Services in IDC MarketScape Report — Recognized for value-creating innovation, PwC, Strategy & combination delivers insightful, differentiated strategy. PwC was named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Strategy Consulting Service
    2. Africa: Growth is on the horizon but where should you look? — CEOs around the world are increasingly recognising the untapped potential of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is driven by Africa's unparalleled demographic edge as, by 2040, it is expected to have the
    3. Investors say they want more clarity on adjusted performance measures — 95% of investment professionals would like management teams to provide clearer descriptions of the items they have adjusted when calculating their ‘underlying performance’ measure, as well as why...

15. Reports on the Observance of Standards & Codes (ROSC)  - Internacional

    1. The Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policies on Bank Soundness Working Paper No. 14/152  
    2. Sudan: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, June 26, 2014
    3. How Solid Is Economic Growth in the East African Community? Working Paper No. 14/150  
    4. Global Imbalances and External Adjustment after the Crisis Working Paper No. 14/151  
    5. The Kyrgyz Republic: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Country Report  
    6. Do the Type of Sukuk and Choice of Shari'a Scholar Matter? Working Paper No. 14/147  
    7. Public Investment as an Engine of Growth Working Paper No. 14/148  
    8. IMF Commodity Prices Update, August 2014
    9. Islamic Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Status and Prospects Working Paper No. 14/149  
    10. IMF Financial Activities -- Update August 7, 2014
    11. IMF Survey: New Fiscal Transparency Code to Improve Policies and Accountability
    12. IMF Policy Paper: Review of the IMF's Communications Strategy
    13. IMF Executive Board Discusses the IMF's Communication Strategy
    14. Credit Quality in Developing Economies: Remittances to the Rescue? Working Paper No. 14/144  
    15. Capital Flow Deflection Working Paper No. 14/145  
    16. IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with the Philippines
    17. Philippines: Selected Issues Country Report No. 14/246  
    18. Philippines: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release Country Report No. 14/245  
    19. Friedman Redux: External Adjustment and Exchange Rate Flexibility Working Paper No. 14/146  
    20. Ghana: Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu
    21. Guinea: Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility, and Financing Assurances Review-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea Country Report No. 14/244  
    22. Avoiding a Hard Landing in China, Markus Rodlauder Podcast  
    23. IMF Policy Paper: Proposed Modification of the Policy on Provision of Consulting Services by the External Audit Firm
    24. IMF Policy Paper: Update on the Fiscal Transparency Initiative
    25. Guinea: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, July 18, 2014
    26. IMF Survey: Good Administration of Oil and Mining Revenues is Vital
    27. Cyprus: Transcript of a Conference Call on the Concluding Statement of the 2014 Article IV Consultation
    28. Tonga: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tonga Country Report No. 14/240  
    29. Tonga: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation
    30. Is Japan’s Population Aging Deflationary? Working Paper No. 14/139  
    31. Unstash the Cash! Corporate Governance Reform in Japan Working Paper No. 14/140  
    32. Balance Sheet Repair and Corporate Investment in Japan Working Paper No. 14/141  
    33. Health Spending in Japan: Macro-Fiscal Implications and Reform Options Working Paper No. 14/142  
    34. Africa Rising: Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Working Paper No. 14/143  
    35. Morocco: Request for An Arrangement Under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line and Cancellation of the Current Arrangement-Staff Report; Press Release and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco Country Report No. 14/241
    36. Republic of Kazakhstan: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation
    37. Republic of Kazakhstan: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report Country Report No. 14/242  
    38. Republic of Kazakhstan: Selected Issues Country Report No. 14/243  
    39. IMF Policy Paper: List of IMF Member Countries With Delays inCompletion of Article IV Consultations or Mandatory Financial Stability Assessments Over 18 Months
    40. IMF Financial Activities -- Update July 31, 2014
    41. Republic of Madagascar: Letter of Intent, Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, and Technical Memorandum of Understanding, June 3, 2014
    42. Japan’s Corporate Income Tax: Facts, Issues and Reform Options Working Paper No. 14/138  
    43. Transcript: ESR/Spillover Conference Call
    44. Portugal to Engage in Post-Program Monitoring with the IMF
    45. Transcript of a Conference Call on China Article IV Staff Report
    46. Chad: IMF Executive Board Approves New US$122.4 Million ECF Arrangement
    47. IMF Policy Paper: Quota Formula -- Data Update and Further Considerations
    48. Guinea: IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review Under ECF Arrangement and Approves US$28.1 Million Disbursement
    49. IMF Video: IMF 2014 Review of the Japanese Economy
    50. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: IMF Executive Board Approves US$6.4 Million Disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility And the Rapid Financing Instrument
    51. IMF Survey: China Would Benefit from Slower but Safer Growth
    52. IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with Japan
    53. Lebanon: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation
    54. Lebanon: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Lebanon Country Report No. 13/237
    55. Lebanon: Selected Issues Country Report No. 14/238
    56. IMF Survey: Japan's Bumpy Growth Path Puts Premium on Structural Reforms
    57. Promoting Responsible Energy Pricing, By Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
    58. Fiscal Policy to Address Energy's Environmental Impacts IMF Survey  
    59. How Fiscal Policy Can Address Energy's Environmental Impacts, Ian Parry Podcast
    60. IMF Video: IMF Moving Forward on Energy Tax Reform
    61. La fuerza laboral de Estados Unidos: ¿Dónde se han ido los trabajadores? — Publicado en Diálogo a Fondo
    62. Demasiado en juego: Pongamos en marcha las reformas de los precios de la energía — Publicado en Di&aacutelogo a Fondo
    63. Promover una tarifación responsable de la energía — Christine Lagarde, Directora Gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional
    64. La política fiscal debe abordar los efectos ambientales de la energía — Boletín del FMI

16. Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA)  - Reino de Arabia Saudita

    1. news20140805 — Description: On the occasion of Mr. Abdulaziz bin Saleh bin Othman Al Furaih’s appointment as the vice-governor of Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Title: Mr. Abdulaziz Bin Saleh Al-Furaih,Appointed as SAMA’s Vice-Governor

17. Secretaría Distrital de Hacienda (Bogotá)  - Colombia

    1. Ahora, su certificado de descuentos y retenciones en la web de la Secretaría de Hacienda
    2. Miércoles 6 de agosto no se prestará servicio
    3. Con 112 mil nuevos ocupados, el desempleo en Bogotá cae a 8,7 por ciento

18. Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC)  - Estados Unidos de América

    1. SEC Charges N.Y.-Based Brokerage Firm With Overcharging Customers in $18 Million Scheme —
    2. SEC Charges Atlanta-Based Accountant With Insider Trading on Confidential Information From Client —
    3. Robert Keyes, Senior Officer in New York Regional Office, to Retire After Nearly 22 Years of Federal Service —
    4. SEC Charges Kansas for Understating Municipal Bond Exposure to Unfunded Pension Liability —
    5. SEC Charges Bahamas-Based Brokerage Firm and President With Facilitating Fraudulent Scheme by Hedge Fund Manager —
    6. SEC Announces Charges Against N.Y.-Based Brokerage Firm and Founder Despite Attempts to Mislead Examiners —
    7. SEC Names Thomas M. Piccone to Lead National Exam Program in Denver Office —
    8. SEC Charges Former CEO of ConvergEx Subsidiary in Scheme to Deceive Customers About Trading Fees —
    9. SEC Charges Four Promoters with Manipulating Marijuana-Related Stocks and Other Microcap Companies —
    10. SEC Announces Oil-and-Gas Fraud Charges Against Houston-Based Company and CEO —
    11. SEC Obtains Nearly $70 Million Judgment Against Richmond, Va.-Based Firms and CEO Found Liable for Defrauding Investors —
    12. SEC Enforcement Division Modifies Municipalities Disclosure Initiative —
    13. SEC Charges Virginia-Based Broker With Stealing Funds From Elderly Customers —
    14. SEC Announces Award for Whistleblower Who Reported Fraud to SEC After Company Failed to Address Issue Internally —
    15. Architect of Variable Annuities Scheme Agrees to Pay $850,000, Admit Wrongdoing, and Be Barred From Securities Industry —
    16. SEC Charges Company CEO and Former CFO With Hiding Internal Controls Deficiencies and Violating Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements —
    17. SEC Names Alberto Arevalo as Associate Director in the Office of International Affairs —

19. Slovenian Institute of Auditors  - Eslovenia

    1. Na spletnih straneh MGRT je objavljen predlog sprememb ZGD-1. Pripombe se sprejemajo do 16.08.2014

20. Society of Actuaries (SOA)  - Estados Unidos de América

    1. The Modeling Section—more than 250 members strong and growing—join now
    2. Congratulations to the new ASAs and CERAs for July
    3. Investment Boot Camp for Pension Actuaries—Chicago, IL, Sept. 23 and Toronto, ON, Oct. 14
    4. Valuation Actuary Symposium—New York, Aug. 25-26
    5. Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Symposium—Chicago, IL, Sept. 29-Oct. 1

21. Society of Actuaries in Ireland  - Irlanda

    1. EIOPA publishes the Underlying Assumptions in the standard formula for the SCR calculation — The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published the Underlying Assumptions in the standard formula for the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) calculation. The paper aims to support supervisors and undertakings in application of the Solvency II Preparatory Guidelines on forward looking assessment of own risks (FLAOR).  read more
    2. Reinsurance in Ireland: Development and Issues — The Central Bank of Ireland has published the article  “Reinsurance in Ireland: Development and Issues”  from the Central Bank’s Quarterly Bulletin for Q3 2014. read more

22. South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)  - Sudáfrica

    1. Globalisation: necessitating the need for a universal financial reporting lexicon - financial experts — Johannesburg 14 August 2014 - Is it possible to create a global language of financial reporting that can be applied on a globally consistent basis in every country of the world, developed and emerging economies alike? Is a single set of global standards achievable?
    2. SA Companies affected by new financial reporting standards on financial instruments — The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) notes that profitability, liquidity, key financial ratios and headline earnings of most companies will be affected by the new financial reporting standard on financial instruments (IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments).

23. South Asian Federation of Accountants  - Internacional

    1. ICAP Public Financial Management Conference-28-29 Aug 2014

24. Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio  - Colombia

    1. Resolución 48348 Ago 11, 2014. Por la cual se modifica un formulario del Título XI de la Circular Única de la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio
    2. IV Foro Internacional de Protección al Consumidor Publicidad y Derecho
    3. Pereira rindió Homenaje Cívico al Superintendente de Industria y Comercio, Pablo Felipe Robledo Del Castillo
    4. Cyzone lanza campaña de seguridad para el producto XPRESS YOUR BODY
    5. Artesanos de Filandia (Quindío) protegerán su Cestería de Bejuco
    6. Así va la cátedra SIC en la Universidad Libre
    7. SICEDUCA en la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
    8. SICEDUCA en UT SCEQUIN EMCALI
    9. La SIC en la Gran Feria Nacional de Servicio al Ciudadano
    10. SICEDUCA con la Universidad Nacional de Colombia
    11. SICEDUCA y la Red Nacional de Protección al Consumidor en Bolivar
    12. Superintendente de Industria y Comercio participará en la VIII jornada de Derecho Económico: “20 años de las leyes 142 y 143: éxitos y retos”
    13. Memorias del 2do Congreso Internacional de Protección de Datos
    14. La SIC con los fabricantes de calzado
    15. SICEDUCA en Universidad Libre de Cartagena
    16. Superindustria formula Pliego de Cargos contra 5 empresas por cartelización empresarial para aumentar los precios de los pañales desechables para bebé
    17. Denuncie a los carteles
    18. Superindustria y la Oficina Japonesa de Patentes (JPO) firman convenio de Procedimiento acelerado de Estudio de Solicitudes de Patente (PPH)
    19. Inscripciones abiertas para el Tercer Conversatorio de Propiedad Industrial 2014
    20. Sistema de Información de Certificados de Conformidad
    21. Con visita a Refinería de Cartagena (REFICAR) Superindustria cierra “SIC Móvil” en esta ciudad

25. Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria (Supersolidaria)  - Colombia

    1. Jornada de Supervisión Neiva
    2. Jornada de Supervisión Descentralizada en Puerto Inírida

26. Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro  - Colombia

    1. El municipio de Algarrobo (Magdalena) contará con notaría propia. Supernotariado anuncia creación de un círculo notarial en el municipio de Algarrobo (Magdalena)
    2. El municipio de Santa Rosa del Sur (Bolívar) contará con notaría propia. Supernotariado anuncia creación de un círculo notarial en el municipio de Santa Rosa del Sur, (Bolívar)
    3. Mañana en la Ceja (Antioquia). Supernotariado inaugura nueva sede de instrumentos públicos de la Ceja, Antioquia
    4. Ni se casan, ni se divorcian. Disminuyeron matrimonios y divorcios en primer semestre de 2014
    5. Supernotariado apoyará a Secrehacienda Municipal
    6. Se levanta el cese de actividades. Directivas de SNR llegan a acuerdos con Sindicatos de la SNR
    7. Este sábado 9 de agosto en Caloto – Cauca Supernotariado realiza Jornada Gratuita de Asesoría en Formalización de la Propiedad
    8. Este viernes 8 de agosto en Miranda – Cauca Supernotariado Realiza Jornada Gratuita de Asesoría en Formalización de la Propiedad
    9. Caracol Radio/Viernes 8 de Agosto de 2014 Supernotariado y ETB llegan a acuerdo para no afectar notarías
    10. Llega la biometría a las notarías
    11. Supernotariado garantiza normal prestación del servicio público registral
    12. ETB Funciona normalmente: Superintendente de Notariado
    13. Supernotariado desmiente acusaciones de Contraloría por baldíos
    14. Supernotariado desmiente a Contraloría sobre supuestas omisiones detectadas en oficinas de San Vicente y Florencia
    15. Este miércoles 6 de agosto en Florida – Valle del Cauca. Supernotariado realiza Jornada Gratuita de Asesoría en Formalización de la Propiedad
    16. Supernotariado desmiente acusación de la Contraloría por supuesta omisión en caso de irregularidades detectadas en San Vicente del Caguán
    17. Este martes 5 de agosto en Pradera – Valle del Cauca. Supernotariado realiza jornada gratuita de asesoría en formalización de la propiedad
    18. Hoy en Ginebra – Valle del Cauca. Supernotariado realiza jornada gratuita de asesoría en formalización de la propiedad
    19. 'La restitución no es quitarle tierra a nadie'
    20. Lérida CDO no ha solicitado cancelación de escrituras de edificio Space Superintendencia de Notariado confirma que la constructora no ha elevado solicitudes legales sobre esas propiedades.
    21. Ante Consejo Asesor de Fondo Cuenta para el Notariado. Supernotariado presentó oficialmente a representantes de notarios de tercera categoría
    22. Asamblea Departamental de Antioquia. Conceden Orden al Mérito Cívico y Empresarial “Mariscal Jorge Robledo” a Superintendente de Notariado y Registro
    23. Ante anuncio de cese de actividades en Oficinas de Instrumentos Públicos Supernotariado anuncia normalidad en la prestación del Servicio Público Registral en las 193 oficinas del país

27. Superintendencia de Puertos y Transporte  - Colombia

    1. Ministerio de Transporte y la Superintendencia expiden Circular Bogotá, Agosto 01 de 2014. Dirigido a las Autoridades territoriales de transporte y tránsito, empresas de transporte público de pasajeros en todas las modalidades y propietarios de vehículos de servicio público.
    2. En firme fallo de Supertransporte con el cual interviene a dos operadores de Transmilenio

28. Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios  - Colombia

    1. En jornada académica, Superservicios analizará éxitos y retos de las leyes 142 y 143 de servicios públicos
    2. CIRCULAR EXTERNA N° 20141000000034 del 25 de julio de 2014
    3. Informe RAI 06 JULIO 2014.

29. Superintendencia de Sociedades  - Colombia

    1. Decision-Secretaria-Estado-Massachusetts-(EEUU)-abrir-investigacion-Emgoldex-confirma-medidas-tomadas —
    2. Audiencia-Dispatelex-Ltda — Título: Audiencia Dispatelex Ltda Contenido de la página:

30. Superintendencia de Vigilancia y Seguridad Privada  - Colombia

    1. ATENCIÓN AL PÚBLICO CIC A PARTIR DEL 11 DE AGOSTO DE 2014
    2. Plan de Acción para servicios del Grupo 2 NIIF

31. Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia  - Colombia

    1. Resolución 1367 de Agosto 11. Adopta la medida de toma de posesión inmediata de los bienes, haberes y negocios de FINANCIERA CAMBIAMOS S.A. COMPAÑÍA DE FINANCIAMIENTO.
    2. Resolución 1357 de Agosto 08. Liquida el valor de la contribución que por el año 2014 deben pagar las entidades y valores inscritos en el Registro Nacional de Valores y Emisores y en el Registro Nacional de Agentes del Mercado de Valores. Anexo.
    3. Resolución 1306 de Julio 31. Autoriza la constitución de un establecimiento bancario denominado BANCO MUNDO MUJER S.A.
    4. Carta Circular 77 de Agosto 15. Informa la rentabilidad mínima obligatoria de los portafolios de corto y largo plazo de los fondos de cesantía y de los tipos de fondos de pensiones obligatorias conservador, especial de retiro programado, moderado y de mayor riesgo. Anexo.
    5. Carta Circular 76 de Agosto 13. Publica la rentabilidad, comisión de administración y seguro previsional de los Fondos de Pensiones Obligatorias y de los Portafolios de Corto y Largo Plazo de los Fondos de Cesantía
    6. Carta Circular 75 de Agosto 12. Divulga la DTF pensional aplicable a los bonos pensionales de que trata el Decreto 1299 de 1994.
    7. Carta Circular 74 de Agosto 11. Informa el cociente ingreso por comisión de administración de recursos del Fondo Nacional de Pensiones de las Entidades Territoriales, FONPET cuando la administración de los mismos bajo un mismo contrato es inferior a tres años.
    8. Carta Circular 73 de Agosto 06. Informa el Índice de Bursatilidad Accionaria para julio de 2014.
    9. Superfinanciera ordena la toma de posesión de la Financiera Cambiamos S.A Compañía de Financiamiento
    10. Colombia avanza en la implementación de estándares de regulación y supervisión para el mercado de microseguros
    11. Superfinanciera imparte instrucciones para fortalecer procesos de contratación de seguros asociados a créditos con garantía hipotecaria o contratos de leasing habitacional

32. Superintendencia Nacional de Salud  - Colombia

    1. Supersalud rendirá cuentas a los colombianos sobre su gestión en 2013 este viernes 15 de Agosto
    2. Información importante sobre entidades que cargaron oportunamente la información de Circular Única

33. Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority  - Suecia

    1. Före detta Acta-bolag mister tillstånd — Norska Finanstilsynet har återkallat det före detta Acta-bolaget Navigea Securities tillstånd att bedriva värdepappersverksamhet. Beslutet påverkar verksamheten i det svenska bolaget Navexa Securities.
    2. Tillfälligt fel på FI:s telefonväxel — Just nu kan det vara svårt att komma fram på FI:s växelnummer. Däremot fungerar direktnummer. Det går också att nå oss via mejl. Arbete pågår av vår telefonoperatör för att lösa problemet.
    3. Nya regler om tillsynskrav och kapitalbuffertar — Föreskrifterna omfattar bland annat konsoliderad situation, kapitalbas, kapitalbaskrav, stora exponeringar, likviditet, rapportering, offentliggörande av information och kapitalbuffertar.
    4. Sven-Erik Österberg ny ordförande i FI — Sven-Erik Österberg blir ny ledamot i FI:s styrelse från den 1 augusti. Från årsskiftet tar Sven-Erik Österberg över som ordförande i FI:s styrelse efter Bengt Westerberg.
    5. Skandiabanken får anmärkning och straffavgift på tio miljoner kronor — Skandiabanken har brustit i investeringsrådgivning genom anknutna ombud, den har inte följt regler för provisioner och intressekonflikter. Därför får banken anmärkning och straffavgift på tio miljoner kronor.
    6. Nya regler om styrning, riskhantering och kontroll — De nya föreskrifterna innehåller krav på oberoende kontrollfunktioner, interna regler, rutiner och processer för att säkra en god styrning, riskhantering och kontroll i företagen.
    7. Risker i det finansiella systemet 2013 — Hushållens höga skuldsättning och bankernas beroende av de finansiella marknaderna är risker som lyfts fram FI:s årliga riskrapport. Storbankerna bör på sikt vara återhållsamma med utdelningar eftersom deras marginaler utöver buffertkraven är små. Webbsändning av presskonferens

34. Swiss GAAP RPC  - Suiza

    1. Medienmitteilung - Vernehmlassung zu SWISS GAAP FER 21 Rechnungslegung für gemeinnützige NPO

35. Swiss Institute of Certified Accountants and Tax Consultants  - Suiza

    1. 05.08.2014 Swiss GAAP FER: Vernehmlassung zu Swiss GAAP FER 21 ...
    2. 04.08.2014 Prüfungshinweis PH 50 – Besonderheiten bei der Absch...

36. The CPA Journal  - Estados Unidos de América

    1. Communication Skills at Different Career Levels
    2. Differences in Learning Styles
    3. New Approaches to Online Accounting Education
    4. Editorial: Becoming Better Bosses and Mentors

37. TÜRMOB Türkiye Serbest Muhasebeci Mali Müşavirler ve Yeminli Mali Müşavirler Odaları Birliği Turkía

    1. İşten Ayrılış Bildirgesi Düzenlenen Sigortalılar İçin Genel Sağlık Sigortası Bilgilendirme Yazıları

38. United Nations (UN)  - Internacional

    1. Adopting resolution, Security Council approves sanctions against militants in Iraq, Syria — Expressing its &#8220gravest concern&#8221 that parts of Iraq and Syria are now under the control of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front, the United Nations Security Council today placed six individuals affiliated with the terrorist groups on its Al-Qaida sanctions list and threatened measures against those who finance, recruit or supply weapons to them.
    2. UN expert calls for immediate release of political detainees in Sudan — A United Nations human rights expert today denounced the arrest and sentencing of political activists in Sudan, reiterating his call on the Government to free all the political detainees to enable an inclusive national dialogue.
    3. Ebola: cases, deaths ‘vastly underestimated,’ says UN health agency — Health workers at Ebola outbreak sites are seeing evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths “vastly underestimate” the magnitude of the crisis as they work around the clock to stop the disease from spreading, according to the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
    4. Senior UN officials commend decision of Iraq&#39s al-Maliki to back his successor — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his envoy in Iraq welcomed Nouri al-Maliki&#39s decision to step aside as Prime Minister and urged national political leaders to build consensus on how to address security threats and other challenges facing the country.
    5. South Sudan: UN mission condemns Bentiu clashes, takes swift action to protect people — The United Nations mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has condemned this morning’s outbreak of violence in Bentiu which caused hundreds of people to seek shelter at the nearest airport.
    6. UN, humanitarian partners launch health plan in crisis-torn eastern Ukraine — Conflict in eastern Ukraine, mainly in the areas in and around the cities of Donetsk and Luhansk, has affected nearly four million people, including 156,000 internally displaced people, many of whom lack access to healthcare, a United Nations health official said today as he appealed for funds to help address the situation.
    7. Ban appoints Spanish national as head of UN support mission in Libya — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Mr. Bernardino León of Spain as his Special Representative for Libya.
    8. As Gaza ceasefire holds, UN humanitarian partners deliver life-saving aid, assess damage — With the latest ceasefire in Gaza holding, United Nations humanitarian partners are delivering life-saving aid and surveying damaged areas to figure out what is urgently needed on the ground.
    9. Ebola: UN health agency seeks to allay fears about air travel — The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today sought to allay fears amid reports that airlines are suspending flights over the Ebola outbreak by sending out a social media messages with assurances that &#8220unlike infections like influenza and tuberculosis, Ebola is not airborne.&#8221
    10. UN-backed disaster resilience campaign tops 2,000 participating cities — With the addition of Aguas da Prata, Brazil, two thousand cities worldwide are now enrolled in a United Nations global campaign engaging as many local governments as possible to take on the challenge of integrating disaster risk management into their development processes.
    11. UN declares Iraq ‘Level 3 Emergency’ to trigger more resources, speed up aid delivery — The United Nations has designated its highest level emergency for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, citing the scale and complexity of the situation, which is impacting tens of thousands of people that have been forcibly displaced by the armed group, Islamic State (IS).
    12. In phone call with President, Ban expresses ‘increasing concern’ about Ukraine crisis — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has spoken with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reiterating his urgent call to redouble political and diplomatic efforts towards a peaceful resolution in the crisis-torn country.
    13. DR Congo: UN envoy condemns murder of family in eastern town — A senior United Nations official today condemned the murder of six members of the same family in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and urged those living in the town of Mutarule to practice restraint to avoid further escalation.
    14. Ban appoints Irish national as new deputy envoy for Guinea-Bissau — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland as his Deputy Special Representative for Guinea-Bissau.
    15. Security Council encouraged by appointment of Iraqi Prime Minister-elect — As Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi continues to form a new Government, the United Nations Security Council today urged all political parties and their supporters to remain calm and respect the country’s Constitution.
    16. Ebola: UN health agency says more than 1 million people affected by outbreak — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today convened a United Nations system-wide coordination meeting in response to the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which is now affecting more than 1 million people in the so-called “hot zone of disease transmission” on the borders of the three countries most impacted by the disease.
    17. ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN — Two senior United Nations officials today condemned in the strongest terms the “barbaric acts” of sexual violence and “savage rapes” the armed group Islamic State (IS) has perpetrated on minorities in areas under its control.
    18. On landmark Somalia visit, Security Council pledges support toward political reforms — Members of the United Nations Security Council arrived in Mogadishu this morning on a landmark visit to Somalia to review progress made by the Federal Government and to demonstrate their continued support for the country’s efforts to ensure a sustainable peace.
    19. Climate change adaptation can help promote sub-Saharan African livelihoods – UN report — Investing in ways to adapt to climate change will promote the livelihood of 65 per cent of Africans, the United Nations environmental agency reported, warning also that failing to address the phenomenon could reverse decades of development progress on the continent.
    20. UN rights experts concerned by last-minute derailment of visit to The Gambia — The Gambia postponed a visit at the last minute by two United Nations independent experts, a move they find “extremely worrying” and which casts doubt on the West African country’s commitment to human rights.
    21. Gaza hospitals, health facilities need urgent donor support: UN agency — Hospitals and health facilities in Gaza are in dire need of support from the international donor community, a senior representative of the United Nations health agency today said following a visit to the Gaza Strip and Ramallah to survey the infrastructure there.
    22. In South Sudan, Security Council warns sanctions possible against &#39spoilers&#39 — On a visit to South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council today reiterated that it is ready to impose sanctions against anyone who undermines the ongoing peace talks to stop the conflict which has uprooted some 1.5 million people and placed more than 7 million at risk of hunger and disease.
    23. UN Refugee Agency alarmed as Sri Lanka deports families seeking asylum — The United Nations refugee agency today expressed alarm that recent deportations of asylum-seekers from Sri Lanka back to Pakistan were growing in size and scope despite international calls to stop sending them back to a place where their lives could be in danger.
    24. Amid spread of ‘hatred and brutality,’ Ban urges countries to do more to help Iraqi civilians — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged Iraqi security forces against intervening in the country’s political process where heightened tensions, coupled with the current security threat from the armed group, the Islamic State, could lead the country into even deeper crisis.
    25. Ebola: WHO-convened ethics panel endorses use of experimental drugs — A 12-member ethics panel convened by the United Nations health agency today reached “unanimous consensus” that it is ethical to treat Ebola patients with experimental drugs to counter the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak of the virus in history.
    26. Libya: UN Mission condemns ongoing fighting despite repeated calls for ceasefire — The United Nations mission assisting Libya today condemned the battles in the capital, Tripoli, which continue despite repeated international calls for an immediate ceasefire and appeals to refrain from the use of force to resolve political differences.
    27. UN Rights Council notes one member unavailable to serve on Gaza Commission — The United Nations Human Rights Council today took note that one of the appointed commissioners is unavailable to serve on the Gaza Commission of Inquiry due to her prior professional commitments.
    28. Northern Iraq: UN rights experts urge action to avoid mass atrocity, potential genocide — A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed grave concern at the imminent danger of massacre faced by the Yazidi population forced to flee Sinjar in northern Iraq and other minority communities currently exposed to attacks by members of the armed group, Islamic State (IS).
    29. Celebrating Youth Day, UN stresses importance of good mental health — Each year 20 per cent of the world&#39s young people experience a mental health condition, the United Nations reported in a new publication launched to coincide with International Youth Day which this year shines a spotlight on the importance of mental health.
    30. As latest ceasefire holds in Gaza, Ban urges both sides to address root causes of conflict — The most recent ceasefire in Gaza appears to be holding but unless the underlying causes of the conflict are addressed, another round of violence and vengeance is almost guaranteed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today warned.
    31. Inter-communal violence, banditry in Darfur threaten civilians – African Union-UN envoy — While fighting between Government forces and armed movements ebbed considerably during the past months, inter-communal violence and acts of banditry continue to be a challenge for the people of Darfur, the African Union-United Nations envoy on the region said today.
    32. First UN female force commander takes reigns in Cyprus — Major General Kristin Lund today officially assumed her duties as Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus where the top UN official, Lisa Buttenheim, is also a woman. That UN operation is now the first in the world to have a dual female leadership.
    33. World Humanitarian Day: More people than ever need help — Spotlighting humanitarians who often take great risks to help communities in need, World Humanitarian Day 2014 will feature events ranging from a 5K run/walk in Mogadishu, a wreath-laying ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey, a radio talk show with disaster management experts in Papua New Guinea, and the launch of a postage stamp honouring the late United Nations humanitarian veteran Sergio Vieira de Mello.
    34. Ebola: UN health agency convenes ethical review of experimental drugs — The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today convened a meeting of ethicists and scientists to discuss on the use of experimental medicines in treating Ebola, three days after the agency declared the current outbreak of the disease in West Africa an international public health emergency.
    35. Following Argentina ‘Grandmother’ reunion, UN experts urge support for families of disappeared — A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged Governments around the world to fully support the families of disappeared people and organizations working on their behalf in the search for their loved ones.
    36. Iraq: UN officials urge respect for constitution as Prime Minister-designate named — Amidst ongoing insecurity in northern Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his representative in the country expressed support today for President Fouad Masoum’s office, as politicians are working towards creating a new Government, and warned that heightened political tensions could lead Iraq into even deeper crisis.
    37. UN Rights Council appoints members of commission to investigate purported Gaza violations — The United Nations Human Rights Council announced today the appointment of three members to its independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and particularly in the Gaza Strip since the conflict began on 13 June.
    38. Middle East: UN chief welcomes temporary ceasefire, urges longer-term agreement — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today&#39s announcement by Egypt that the Israelis and the Palestinians have accepted another 72 hours&#39 unconditional humanitarian ceasefire and urged all concerned to avoid steps that would lead to a resumption of violence.
    39. UN chief urges Iraq political leaders to form new government — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on all Iraqi political parties to work towards the formation of a new government that would be able to confront the threat from the armed group, the Islamic State (IS).
    40. UN agency chief warns that northern Iraq is facing &#39cultural cleansing&#39 — As United Nations humanitarian agencies and partners are extending aid to hundreds of thousands of families on the run in northern Iraq from armed militants, a senior UN official is calling for an immediate stop to what she termed an &#8220emerging cultural cleansing.&#8221
    41. On International Day, Ban says indigenous peoples can be &#39powerful agents of progress&#39 — Marking the International Day of the World&#39s Indigenous Peoples today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said indigenous peoples have a central interest in development and can act as &#8220powerful agents of progress.&#8221
    42. Afghan presidential candidates agree to political deal, UN mission confirms — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today said that it welcomes a political agreement reached between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and looks forward to their pledged progress on moving ahead to form a national unity government.
    43. UN rights office praises identification of 114th Argentinian &#39Grandson of Plaza de Mayo&#39 — The United Nations human rights office today called on authorities around the world to redouble their efforts to find people missing due to enforced disappearances following reports that an Argentine grandmother discovered the identity of a grandson born during the military dictatorship in the country 37 years ago.
    44. UN agency provides assistance for hundreds fleeing town near Lebanon’s border with Syria — As violence escalates in Lebanon, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and its partners are distributing humanitarian supplies in the north-eastern Bekaa Valley to both Lebanese and Syrian refugees who had fled the town of Arsal, close to the Syrian border.
    45. Military solution in South Sudan ‘unacceptable’, says Security Council, urging rivals to pursue dialogue — Expressing “grave alarm and concern” about the deteriorating security situation and looming humanitarian catastrophe and South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council today urged President Salva Kiir and political rival Riek Machar to engage fully and inclusively in ongoing peace talks, and uphold their commitment to establish a transitional government.
    46. Ahead of International Day, UN spotlights rights of indigenous peoples — Kicking off its observance of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the United Nations today highlighted the importance of advancing the rights those people s and communities to bridge the development gap.
    47. Clashes in north-western Central African Republic cause renewed displacement – UN — Fighting from 30 to 31 July in Batangafo, Central African Republic (CAR) has caused renewed displacement, according to Jens Laerke of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
    48. Civilian conditions in Libya ‘steadily deteriorating,’ warns UN rights office — The United Nations human rights office today expressed deep concern over the situation in Libya, where a conflict between multiple armed groups has been raging primarily in Benghazi and Tripoli.
    49. Ukraine: UN alarmed by intensifying clashes, mounting casualties in country’s east — A senior United Nations human rights official today declared the situation in Eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming” with intensifying fighting, mounting casualties and serious damage to infrastructure.
    50. Northern Iraq: UN voices concern about civilians’ safety, need for humanitarian aid — Gravely concerned for the physical safety of civilians in northern Iraq and the humanitarian situation in areas now controlled by the group, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the United Nations human rights office today called on the international community and the Governments of Iraq and the Kurdistan region to protect people affected by the fighting.
    51. Gaza: as hostilities resume, Ban urges ‘swift’ return to ceasefire, negotiations — Amid renewed hostilities in Gaza, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called firmly on the parties to the conflict not to resort to further military action but “swiftly find a way back to respect of the humanitarian ceasefire and continue negotiations in Cairo.”
    52. UN experts condemn wave of arrest, sentencing of activists in Iran — A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today voiced grave concern over the escalating trend of arresting and sentencing people exercising their rights of freedom of expression and opinion, peaceful assembly and association.
    53. ‘World must act now’ to avert repeat of devastating famine in Somalia – UN expert — A United Nations human rights expert today urged the international community to “act now” to avert a humanitarian disaster in Somalia, where a widening hunger crisis has sparked fears of a repeat of the 2011 famine that devastated the war-ravaged country.
    54. UN declares Ebola outbreak global ‘international public health emergency’ — The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today declared the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa an international public health emergency, saying: “our collective health security” depends on urgent support for containment in the affected countries.
    55. UN calls for urgent response to help thousands in northern Iraq displaced by militants&#39 advance — As Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists continue to overrun areas of northern Iraq, the United Nations has begun coordinating humanitarian assistance for displaced vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities, while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the international community to support Iraq and help the Government alleviate the suffering of all those impacted by the spiralling violence.
    56. UN Asia-Pacific forum calls for inclusive, job-generating growth to bridge region’s income gap — With 743 million people in Asia and the Pacific still desperately poor, it is essential that growth be sustainable, inclusive and job-generating, declared the head of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) as it kicked off its Ministerial Segment in Bangkok today.
    57. Darfur: African Union-UN envoy urges Security Council to support Sudanese dialogue — The challenge for the international community remains how best to impress upon all the parties involved in the Darfur conflict that a military solution and the status quo are untenable, the African Union-United Nations envoy on the region said today, urging the Security Council to play a more proactive role in supporting the holding of a successful national dialogue in Sudan.
    58. UNESCO chief deplores killing of Russian journalist, urges full investigation — The head of the UN agency mandated to defend press freedom today condemned the death of journalist Timur Kuashev in Russia and called for a thorough investigation.
    59. DR Congo: despite improved security, situation remains ‘fragile,’ UN envoys warn — Two senior UN officials warned today that although the security situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has vastly improved since this time last year, it remains fragile and the gains are “not irreversible.”
    60. UN-backed tribunal sentences Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison — A United Nations-backed court has found the two most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced them to life in prison.
    61. UN flags at half-mast to honour staff killed in Gaza conflict — The United Nations flag is flying at half-mast today at the world body&#39s New York Headquarters in memory of the UN staff members killed since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza on 8 July, and in solidarity with the families and friends of those injured.
    62. World food prices hit six-month low, UN agency reports — Global food prices fell for a fourth consecutive month in July, a sharp decline for grains, oilseeds and dairy products outweighing strong meat and sugar prices, the United Nations agriculture agency reported.
    63. Ahead of constitutional deadline, UN envoy calls on Iraq to form new government — The top United Nations official in Iraq today urged the country’s political leadership to set aside its difference and work together to form an inclusive government that could overcome “the grave challenges” faced.
    64. Burundi: UN envoy says 2015 elections will be ‘litmus test’ for democratic processes, stability — While noting Burundi’s efforts to ensure an inclusive political climate ahead of elections in 2015, the United Nations envoy for the country warned today that the socio-political situation there remains characterized by “deep-rooted divergences and persisting mistrust between the Government and opposition parties, and between and within opposition formations as well.”
    65. Asia-Pacific developing countries see ‘subdued’ growth for third straight year – UN report — Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are experiencing yet another year of subdued economic growth, marking the third successive year of growth below 6 per cent, according to the annual flagship publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
    66. South Sudan on brink of a ‘humanitarian catastrophe,’ warns senior UN peacekeeping official — A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today warned that after just three years of independence, South Sudan is now on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and a protracted internal conflict.
    67. Briefing UN Assembly, Ban urges political talks to end ‘senseless cycle of suffering’ in Gaza — As the temporary ceasefire continues to hold in Gaza, senior United Nations officials today urged Israelis and Palestinians to return to the negotiating table, and called on the 193 Member States to respond to calls for emergency humanitarian funding.
    68. Ebola: emergency UN meeting underway as death toll surpasses 900 — The UN health agency today began an emergency meeting of international medical and health experts in Geneva to review the current Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa amid reports that new cases and deaths continue to be reported in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
    69. Japan’s stance on ‘comfort women’ issue violates victims’ rights – UN official — The United Nations human rights chief today expressed profound regret that Japan has not provided effective redress to victims of wartime sexual slavery leading back to the end of the Second World War.
    70. Tragic past of Hiroshima atomic bombing must inspire future free of nuclear weapons – Ban — Remembering all those who died in the bombing of Hiroshima and, later, Nagasaki, some 69 years ago, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that the atrocious memories of that tragedy must inspire new generations to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons.
    71. Afghanistan: UN envoy extends condolences after deadly attack — A “tragedy” is how the top United Nations official in Afghanistan summed up an attack on international forces today outside of Kabul in which a man wearing an Afghan military uniform reportedly gunned down at least 15 troops, including a high-ranking officer.
    72. Last group of Congolese refugees return to their homes in DR Congo – UN — A final group of Congolese refugees have returned to their homes in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) under a voluntary repatriation programme by the United Nations refugee agency.
    73. UN agency ‘deeply concerned’ about safety of refugees in embattled Libya — As violence escalates in Libya, the United Nations today said it was deeply concerned for the safety of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers who are currently stranded in areas heavily damaged by the continuous fighting.
    74. Desperate Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram arriving on deserted island in Chad, UN warns — The United Nations refugee agency today sounded the alarm on behalf of the nearly 1,000 people who recently arrived in the uninhabited Chadian island of Choua after fleeing attacks by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria.
    75. Iraq: UN expresses ‘extreme concern’ as Sinjar violence reportedly claims lives of 40 children — The United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) expressed “extreme concern” today over reports that some 40 children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority group died as a result of the violence being carried out in the Sinjar region by militants belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other armed groups.
    76. UN peacekeepers in South Sudan headed to site of deadly attacks on aid workers — A unit of United Nations peacekeepers is heading to South Sudan’s Maban County after at least five South Sudanese humanitarian workers were killed earlier today by a community-based self defence militia calling itself the Mabanese Defence Forces.
    77. Ebola: UN health agency to convene emergency meeting on deadly disease — The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that it will convene a meeting of its emergency committee starting tomorrow to determine whether the current Ebola viral disease outbreak in West Africa is a public health emergency of international concern.
    78. Tens of thousands of besieged Syrians receive food aid for first time, UN reports — More people in besieged and difficult-to-reach areas of Syria are getting food due to a Security Council resolution approved last month that allows delivery trucks to more easily cross borders and conflict lines, the United Nations emergency food agency today confirmed.
    79. Ukraine: UN urges central registration system amid rising internal displacement — With thousands fleeing the intensifying violence in eastern Ukraine, senior United Nations officials today urged the Government to establish a central registration system which would help coordinate relief efforts for the already 117,000 internally displaced people (IDPs).
    80. UN rights office urges probe of alleged torture of ‘Red Shirt’ activist — The United Nations human rights office today called for an independent investigation into the alleged torture of Kritsuda Khunasen, a Thai student activist who was working for a key member of the “Red Shirts” group when she was detained and held in custody for nearly a month.
    81. As Gaza ceasefire begins, UN Chief urges parties to commence peace talks in Cairo — Following the announcement yesterday of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all parties to commence talks in Cairo for a durable peace.
    82. Touring ‘Hamlet’ troupe marks Shakespeare’s birth, Security Council’s new presidency — Encompassing political intrigue, obsession and violence, William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Hamlet’ is being re-enacted today at the United Nations headquarters in New York by a roving troupe from the renowned Globe Theatre Company from London.
    83. South Sudan: After killing of aid worker in Bunj, UN calls for militias to be reined in — The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today strongly condemned the killing of a humanitarian worker, as peace talks to end fighting in the world’s newest country resumed in Addis Ababa.
    84. Ban urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to observe ceasefire agreement — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his opposition to the renewed fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus, urging the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides to respect a ceasefire agreement.
    85. UNESCO chief denounces killing of Mexican journalist, urges investigation — The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today denounced the killing of a Mexican television journalist in his hometown of Guadalupe, in the north-central part of the country.
    86. UN aids response efforts in Nepal, India after monsoons trigger landslides — With more than 200 people dead or missing, the United Nations and its partners are supporting the Governments of India and Nepal in search-and-rescue operations, and to care for thousands of people displaced by landslides triggered by monsoon rain.
    87. UN promotes ‘effective’ breastfeeding, aims to cut on breast-milk substitutes — The United Nations children’s agency today said it is working with governments, the private sector and local communities to make it easier for women to breastfeed their infants, and to end false marketing of breast milk substitutes.
    88. Temporary ceasefire allows UN to restock water, food, following another school attack — Amid a seven-hour ceasefire announced by Israel in Gaza, the United Nations and aid partners are restocking supplies in schools and other buildings being used as temporary shelters for the nearly 270,000 displaced people throughout the Gaza Strip.
    89. Afghanistan: UN urges respect for continuing audit as process resumes in Kabul — The process to check thousands of ballot boxes in the Afghan presidential election run-off is now underway after several delays, the United Nations mission in the country confirmed, calling for local commitment to complete the audit without any more postponements.
    90. Lebanon: UN condemns fighting in northeastern border town with Syria — The top United Nations relief official in Lebanon today strongly condemned attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces and the ongoing fighting in and around the city of Arsal, in the northeastern part of the country near its border with Syria.
    91. Doctors, nurses and health staff urgently needed to combat ebola – UN health agency — The United Nations health agency today appealed for urgently needed contributions to combat the deadly Ebola disease in West Africa, saying hundreds of doctors, nurses, health staff and materials are needed in the region “as fast as possible.”
    92. As new parliament opens in Libya, UN mission renews calls for ceasefire — The Libyan parliament convened for the first time today, a move welcomed by the United Nations mission assisting the country which said it hopes that the politicians can lead the north African nation away from continuing bloody battles in Tripoli and Benghazi.
    93. Annual UN Asia-Pacific policy forum spotlights &#39regional connectivity for shared prosperity&#39 — Asia-Pacific countries will gather in Bangkok this week for the annual policy session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), focusing on the role of regional connectivity in supporting economic growth and development.
    94. Gaza: Ban condemns latest deadly attack near UN school as &#39moral outrage and criminal act&#39 — Amidst an &#39appalling&#39 escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip since the collapse of a brief 1 August ceasefire, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the killing today of at least 10 Palestinian civilians in shelling outside of a United Nations school in Rafah which had been sheltering thousands of civilians.
    95. UN warns of &#39humanitarian tragedy&#39 as militants seize town in northern Iraq — The capture of the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and other armed groups has displaced as many as 200,000 people and triggered a "humanitarian tragedy", senior United Nations officials warned today.
    96. After strong quake hits southern China, Ban says UN ready to assist in any relief effort — Saddened by the loss of life, the damage to homes and infrastructure in southern China as a result of the earthquake that struck Yunnan province today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged that the United Nations stands ready to help respond to any humanitarian needs created by the disaster.
    97. UN warns of &#39rapidly unfolding&#39 health disaster in Gaza — Weeks of intense fighting has left medical services and facilities in the Gaza Strip &#8220on the verge of collapse,&#8221 according to senior United Nations officials in the region who today warned that a health disaster of widespread proportions is rapidly unfolding as the conflict grinds on.
    98. Myanmar: UN welcomes release of child soldiers, commitment to get them educated — Myanmar released dozens of children and young adults from its armed forces, known as the Tatmadaw, the United Nations today confirmed, welcoming also efforts to get the people away from guns and into classrooms.
    99. UN welcomes Afghanistan’s recommitment to end recruitment of child soldiers — Afghanistan took another step forward in protecting children from being recruited into and used by national security forces, a move welcomed today by the United Nations.
    100. UN welcomes Afghanistan&#39s recommitment to end recruitment of child soldiers — Afghanistan took another step forward in protecting children from being recruited into and used by national security forces, a move welcomed today by the United Nations.
    101. Despite peace talks, ongoing clashes in Central African Republic take heavy toll on civilians – UN — United Nations humanitarian staff working in crisis-torn Central African Republic (CAR) reported today that despite peace talks, civilians continue to be caught in crossfire in ongoing fighting.
    102. Annulment of Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law hailed by UN officials — United Nations officials have welcomed the decision of the Constitutional Court of Uganda to annul the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act, hailing it as a victory for the rule of law and social justice.
    103. Simple, smart, cost-effective, breastfeeding provides benefits that last a lifetime – UN — The best thing a mother can do for her newborn is breastfeed – which does more than help children survive, it helps them to thrive with benefits that last a lifetime, said the United Nations today, kicking off World Breastfeeding Week.
    104. FEATURE: As climate talks heat up, experts debate if natural gas, fracking will turn ‘brown’ economies ‘green’ — The world faces a looming energy problem. There’s not enough of it. It also faces a looming climate change problem. Too much of it. Could natural gas and fracking technology be part of the solution to both challenges?
    105. In West Africa, top UN health official unveils $100 million Ebola response plan — West Africa is confronted with a “fast-moving…unprecedented outbreak” of the deadly Ebola disease accompanied by “unprecedented challenges,” but the head of the United Nations health agency today told Presidents of countries affected by the most lethal strain of the virus that “when well-managed, an Ebola outbreak can be stopped.”
    106. Iraq: UN envoy urges greater civilian protection as fighting continues to take heavy toll — The top United Nations envoy to Iraq today called for greater efforts to protect civilians amid the ongoing fighting, as the latest casualty figures show that nearly 1,200 civilians were killed in the month of July, while another 1,500 were injured.
    107. Ban ‘shocked’ at collapse of Gaza ceasefire, urges maximum restraint by all parties — Strongly condemning the reported violation by Hamas of the mutually agreed humanitarian ceasefire which commenced this morning in the Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also expressed deep concern about renewed Israeli attacks on the tiny enclave, which have reportedly killed more than 70 Palestinians.
    108. Afghanistan: UN welcomes arrival of observers for audit of run-off election results — The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomed today’s deployment of international observers and UN experts ahead of the resumption Saturday of the comprehensive audit of the results of the Presidential election run-off held on 14 June.
    109. At UN-backed summit, least developed countries urge enhanced partnerships, aid commitments — At the closing today of a conference in Cotonou, Benin, ministers, senior Government officials and United Nations representatives called on donor countries to fulfil their commitments and go even further, by allocating at least 50 percent of their overseas development assistance (ODA) and “aid for trade” disbursement, to the world’s least developed countries (LDCs).
    110. UN, civil aviation partners set up task force to reduce risks of flying over conflict zones — In the wake of the recent downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, the United Nations and its partners have set up a task force to reduce the risks of civilian planes flying over conflict areas and ensure that the “right information reaches the right people at the right time.”
    111. Greater local-level autonomy in Viet Nam would be ‘litmus test’ for religious freedom – UN expert — During his recent visit to Viet Nam, the United Nations independent expert on religious freedom, Heiner Bielefeldt, stressed the need for religious communities in the country to be able to operate also outside of the officially established channels for religious practice.
    112. UN, US announce Gaza parties agree to 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire — All parties have agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire in the conflict in the Gaza Strip, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Thursday, culminating the latest diplomatic push to end the deadly violence that has gripped the tiny enclave for nearly a month.
    113. Iraq: Amid rising insecurity, UN official urges unimpeded access to desperate civilians — A senior UN official in Iraq expressed concern today over rising levels of violence and instability across the crisis-torn country and its impact on the lives of civilians.
    114. Food insecurity in South Sudan set to deepen as funds dry up, warns UN agency — The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today that food insecurity continues to deepen in South Sudan as funding for life-saving assistance dwindles.
    115. Central African Republic: Ban appoints Cameroonian general to lead UN peacekeeping force — As the United Nations “re-hats” some of the African troops currently serving in the Central African Republic to a peacekeeping mission that will take over in mid-September, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced that the current African force commander will remain in charge under the UN flag.
    116. UN envoy welcomes agreement of intent to form new central Somalia administration — The United Nations envoy in Somalia welcomed today the agreement stating intent and principles for forming a new regional administration in the central part of the country.
    117. UN health agency moves to allay mounting fears over Ebola spread — The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today advised that while travellers should be aware of Ebola, they will not contract the highly-contagious, often fatal disease unless they actually touch someone who is showing active symptoms.
    118. ‘Flagrant’ violations of international law continue in Syria, top UN relief official warns — With the United Nations and its partners in Syria begin to ramp up aid deliveries across battle lines, the Organization’s Emergency Relief Coordinator warned today that attacks on civilians by all parties to the conflict and human rights abuses continue “in flagrant violation of the most basic principles of…international law.”
    119. UN envoy welcomes criteria for invalidation, recount in Afghan audit process — The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has welcomed the decision to adopt criteria for the invalidation and recount of ballots as part of the ongoing audit over the results of the presidential run-off poll.
    120. Security Council extends mandates of UN missions in Iraq, Cyprus — The Security Council today unanimously approved resolutions extending the United Nations missions in Iraq and Cyprus, recognizing the vital role they continue to play in the maintenance of peace and security.
    121. Ban urges halt to fighting, unfettered access to Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an immediate halt to hostilities in eastern Ukraine so that international investigators can gain access to the site where a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight crashed earlier this month.
    122. On World Day against Trafficking in Persons, UN calls for action to eradicate scourge — Emphasizing that the practice of slavery still plagues modern society, the United Nations marked its first-ever World Day against Trafficking in Persons by calling on the international community to end impunity for perpetrators and help victims, especially women and children, who continue to be particularly vulnerable to the perfidious trade.
    123. Gaza: deadly shelling of another UN school draws condemnation, calls for ceasefire — As another United Nations school serving as a shelter for Palestinians in Gaza was hit by shells this morning, killing children, senior UN officials strongly condemned the attacks and warned against the targeting of civilians.
    124. On first official visit, Ban hails Costa Rica as ‘model’ for development, peace — On his first official visit, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lauded Costa Rica as a “model country” in sustainable development and protecting human rights.

39. United Nations Capital Development Fund  - Internacional

    1. AgriFinance-Burkina: Avis de Sélection
    2. AgriFinance-Burkina: Avis de Sélection
    3. Handover of the First Discretionary Local Development and Capacity Building Grants to District Councils and Maseru City Council
    4. UNCDF Welcomes New Executive Secretary
    5. UNCDF at Ministerial Conference on New Partnerships for Productive

40. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)  - Internacional

    1. 12/08/2014: The draft UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions: why and how? — -- Delivered by Feed43 service
    2. 12/08/2014: International Commercial Law from a Nordic and Baltic Perspective: Status and Current Challenges — -- Delivered by Feed43 service
    3. 04/08/2014: Free tours at the United Nations to mark 35 years of the Vienna International Centre — -- Delivered by Feed43 service
    4. 01/08/2014: Monthly bibliography — -- Delivered by Feed43 service

41. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  - Internacional

    1. Organic agriculture takes centre stage at UNCTAD-backed event in Lao People's Democratic Republic

42. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)  - Internacional

    1. UNDP steps up Ebola fight in Liberia as UN issues appeal to tackle national emergency — Issuing a comprehensive joint programme, the United Nations system in Liberia today said up to USD 33 million were needed to support Liberia’s national response to the Ebola disease.
    2. Ebola could set back development, says UN — The UN says action will be needed to protect vulnerable communities and their development achievements from the potential long-term effects of Ebola in West Africa.
    3. UNDP Strongly Rebuts Insinuation by Fox News — UNDP strongly rebuts the insinuation in a Fox News article published on 11 August 2014 that UNDP’s Program of Assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) is somehow connected to materials used in the construction of tunnels in Gaza. This insinuation is completely without foundation
    4. International Day of the World's Indigenous People — The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated on 9 August to promote and endorse the rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
    5. Making micronutrient Powder accessible in Kenya — Phillips Healthcare Services Limited (PHSL) announced its plan to join the Business Call to Action (BCtA). PHSL brings its expertise in providing affordable and sustainable healthcare solutions for tackling malnutrition in Kenya. The company has also announced plans to expand its pilot nutritional supplement programme to reach more than 150,000 young children with micronutrient powder by 2018.
    6. International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples — The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is commemorated on 9 August to promote and endorse the rights enshrined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
    7. Helen Clark: Aspen Institute Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture on Making Sense of the World We Live In The Development... — Aspen, Colorado
    8. Helen Clark statement on Gaza ceasefire — Statement by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark on Gaza
    9. UN teams up against gender-based violence in Botswana — Nine United Nations agencies have launched an ambitious new programme to eliminate gender-based violence (GBV) in Botswana, which affects nearly two-thirds of all women across the country, and large numbers of children.

43. United Nations Global Compact  - Internacional

    1. Global Compact Strengthens Urban Sustainability Efforts through Agreement with RMIT Uni...

44. United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)  - Internacional

    1. Clusters in cultural and creative industries in Southern Mediterranean invited to submit proposals for support

45. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)  - Internacional

    1. Activists and Extractive Industries: An Alliance Against Social Development? — This paper argues that activists and corporations in extractive industries depend on each other for power. This might seem to be a positive outcome for social development. However, activists do not always have a positive impact on social development.
    2. Corporate Social Responsibility and Oil in the Niger Delta: Solution or Part of the Problem? — Much recent development thinking has considered the ability of the private sector to play a developmental role in areas lacking a state presence.
    3. Extractive industries, power struggles and the battle of ideas — Over the past decade, there has been rapid growth and expansion of the extractive industries the Amazon, accompanied by a rise in social mobilization and conflicts.
    4. Paving a national avenue on top of a complex network of trails: Contentions around mineral extraction in Ecuador — Since his election in 2007, Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa has embarked on a post-neoliberal development strategy based on mineral extraction.
    5. “… And These Results Just In!” UNRISD announces the winners of the Young Scholars Think Piece Series, First Edition. — From over 70 submissions to the first edition of the Young Scholars Think Piece Series, the UNRISD jury has selected four think pieces to be published on the Institute’s web site. The jury, composed of academic experts and publication professionals, met several times to evaluate all submissions and then scrutinize the short-listed entries.
    6. Are conditional cash transfers having an impact on achieving access to education? Some answers from Argentina — Several Latin America countries, including Argentina, have established conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes for families in need to further development but also to meet their human rights obligations. The expansion of these programmes invites scrutiny with regard to their effectiveness. Using the Argentine case, this think piece briefly assesses whether CCTs are having a positive impact on the human right to education.
    7. Do Informal Initiatives in the South Share a Capitalist Logic or Are They the Seeds of a Solidarity Economy? The Case of Santiago de Chile — The problem of informality represents one of the major challenges in the fight against poverty. To address this issue, the traditional response has often been to apply Western entrepreneurial rationality to informal actors and consider small informal productive units as pre-capitalist firms whose growth potential can be realized, it is supposed, by providing them with adequate tools such as credit or training. But do informal initiatives really share the capitalist spirit of entrepreneurship or do they develop other rationales, such as the ones which spread in a “solidarity economy”?
    8. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Social Protection and the Gender Perspective — This is contribution is published as part of the UNRISD resource platform for practitioners and poli...
    9. A Rejoinder to ‘Pro-Poor and Pro-Development Transparency’ — Pro-poor transparency laws and policies must have ending poverty as an underlying objective. This can become possible if social protection and access to information are fully recognized as rights that poor people can invoke to exit poverty. Yet uptake of social protection policy in developing countries has been slow, largely because it has not been understood as a human right. The post-2015 development agenda needs to correct this failing to achieve future goals.
    10. Adopting Comprehensive, Coherent and Coordinated Policies in Social Protection: A View from the Americas — In the context of the principles of social protection, through the Social Charter of the Americas, the countries of the region acknowledge they have “a responsibility to develop and implement comprehensive social protection policies and programs, based on the principles of universality, solidarity, equality, nondiscrimination, and equity that give priority to persons living in conditions of poverty and vulnerability, taking into account their national circumstances.”
    11. Biometrics Use for Social Protection Programmes in India Risk Violating Human Rights of the Poor — Gathering biometric data is beeing marketed as a means to more efficiently and surely deliver services to the poor. However this, and the threat of exclusion from a range of services if a person is not biometrically enrolled, has placed the weight of such projects on the shoulders of the poor. This think piece explores the technical limitations of biometric data gathering for social protection purposes and the impact on human rights and the privacy of the poor.
    12. Conditional cash transfers and the human right to social security — The increasing use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) has perhaps been one of the most significant additions to the social development agenda of late.
    13. Do Targeting Techniques Tend to be Incompatible with the Human Rights Standards of Transparency and Access to Information? — Common methods for identifying the poor also problematic in terms of human rights standards of transparency and access to information.
    14. Finding Synergies between Political Support, Legal Frameworks and Funding for Sustainable Social Protection Programmes in Latin America and... — Implementing social protection policies and programmes (SPPPs) in the absence of clear and specific legal and institutional frameworks entails a number of risks, not only in terms of their continuity, but also of scope, legitimacy and the protection of human rights standards.
    15. Good Practices for Effective Participation in Social Protection Design and Implementation — The tendency for programmes intended for those who are poor and marginalized to be distorted and captured by local elites is widely recognised. For programmes of social protection, participation is an obvious prescription to overcome this elite capture but is far from a magic wand.
    16. Improving Representation in the Design and Implementation of Social Protection Programmes through Women’s Organizations — Due to the high relevance of women's participation for the success of social protection programmes, the author of this piece argues that it is necessary to give at least the most important women’s organizations of a country a statutory right to take part in the respective processes of legislation and implementation. The commentary then considers the best way to go about this.
    17. Incorporating a Rights-based Perspective into the Administrative Activities of Government Programmes — As the role of social protection in social development is increasingly emphasized, there is a need to ensure that social protection programmes are not only efficiently managed but express core values such as rights.
    18. Pro-Poor and Pro-Development Transparency Laws and Policies — Access to information laws are not being effectively utilized by the poor—the most technologically marginalized population—to exercise their rights to social protection.
    19. Securing a Dignified Old Age for All — Access to adequate social protection in old age remains a luxury limited to a minority of older people globally. This huge gap is symptomatic of the wider failure of social protection systems as a whole to guarantee the right to social security, which constitutes a fundamental barrier to tackling pervasive poverty and growing inequality across the globe.
    20. The Role that Civil Society can Play in Ensuring Accountability in Social Protection Programmes — The experience of the last 20 years suggests there are four obstacles to ensuring accountability in social protection programmes.
    21. Protecting the Right of Access to Social Security Benefits — The easiest means of ensuring the right to social security is through universal coverage (and adequate transfer values). If countries are unable to provide universal coverage because of limited resources, there is implicitly a trade-off: Reducing coverage means increasing administrative costs.
    22. Incorporating the Informal Sector in Social Protection Programmes for Universal Realization of the Rights to Social Security — In the majority of cases, informality is not a choice but rather a necessity for those unable to access formal jobs or any kind of social protection.
    23. The Compatibility between ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors and the ICESCR — Are ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) compatible?
    24. International Journal of Community Currency Research: Book Review on "The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance, Hacking the Future of Money" by... — Discussions about the financial system reveal two sets of perspectives. Financial experts, bank CEOs...
    25. UNRISD Collaborates with UNITAR to Brief UN Delegates in New York and Geneva — UNRISD is briefing delegates from UN Member States on social inclusion and the post-2015 development agenda at an Orientation Briefing organized in New York by UNITAR on 16-17 April 2014. UNRISD Director Sarah Cook prepared a short video for the Briefing, using lessons learned from UNRISD research to set the stage for the two days of dialogue among invited experts and members of delegations.
    26. Mindul(l) of development: UNRISD welcomes 25 Master's students from ISS — A group of Master’s degree students from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, paid a visit to UNRISD on 2 June 2014 as part of their study programme. Katja Hujo, UNRISD Research Coordinator for social policy, received the 25 students and presented the ongoing research project, Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization.
    27. Activists and Extractive Industries: An Alliance Against Social Development? — This paper argues that activists and corporations in extractive industries depend on each other for power. This might seem to be a positive outcome for social development. However, activists do not always have a positive impact on social development. In fact, relying too much on activist interventions creates a risk of government and public complac
    28. Corporate Social Responsibility and Oil in the Niger Delta: Solution or Part of the Problem? — Much recent development thinking has considered the ability of the private sector to play a developmental role in areas lacking a state presence.
    29. Extractive industries, power struggles and the battle of ideas — Over the past decade, there has been rapid growth and expansion of the extractive industries the Amazon, accompanied by a rise in social mobilization and conflicts.
    30. Paving a national avenue on top of a complex network of trails: Contentions around mineral extraction in Ecuador — Since his election in 2007, Ecuador’s president Rafael Correa has embarked on a post-neoliberal development strategy based on mineral extraction.
    31. “… And These Results Just In!” UNRISD announces the winners of the Young Scholars Think Piece Series, First Edition. — From over 70 submissions to the first edition of the Young Scholars Think Piece Series, the UNRISD jury has selected four think pieces to be published on the Institute’s web site. The jury, composed of academic experts and publication professionals, met several times to evaluate all submissions and then scrutinize the short-listed entries.
    32. Are conditional cash transfers having an impact on achieving access to education? Some answers from Argentina — Several Latin America countries, including Argentina, have established conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes for families in need to further development but also to meet their human rights obligations. The expansion of these programmes invites scrutiny with regard to their effectiveness. Using the Argentine case, this think piece briefly assesses whether CCTs are having a positive impact on the human right to education.
    33. Do Informal Initiatives in the South Share a Capitalist Logic or Are They the Seeds of a Solidarity Economy? The Case of Santiago de Chile — The problem of informality represents one of the major challenges in the fight against poverty. To address this issue, the traditional response has often been to apply Western entrepreneurial rationality to informal actors and consider small informal productive units as pre-capitalist firms whose growth potential can be realized, it is supposed, by providing them with adequate tools such as credit or training. But do informal initiatives really share the capitalist spirit of entrepreneurship or do they develop other rationales, such as the ones which spread in a “solidarity economy”?
    34. A Human Rights-Based Approach to Social Protection and the Gender Perspective — This is contribution is published as part of the UNRISD resource platform for practitioners and poli...
    35. A Rejoinder to ‘Pro-Poor and Pro-Development Transparency’ — Pro-poor transparency laws and policies must have ending poverty as an underlying objective. This can become possible if social protection and access to information are fully recognized as rights that poor people can invoke to exit poverty. Yet uptake of social protection policy in developing countries has been slow, largely because it has not been understood as a human right. The post-2015 development agenda needs to correct this failing to achieve future goals.
    36. Adopting Comprehensive, Coherent and Coordinated Policies in Social Protection: A View from the Americas — In the context of the principles of social protection, through the Social Charter of the Americas, the countries of the region acknowledge they have “a responsibility to develop and implement comprehensive social protection policies and programs, based on the principles of universality, solidarity, equality, nondiscrimination, and equity that give priority to persons living in conditions of poverty and vulnerability, taking into account their national circumstances.”
    37. Biometrics Use for Social Protection Programmes in India Risk Violating Human Rights of the Poor — Gathering biometric data is beeing marketed as a means to more efficiently and surely deliver services to the poor. However this, and the threat of exclusion from a range of services if a person is not biometrically enrolled, has placed the weight of such projects on the shoulders of the poor. This think piece explores the technical limitations of biometric data gathering for social protection purposes and the impact on human rights and the privacy of the poor.
    38. Conditional cash transfers and the human right to social security — The increasing use of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) has perhaps been one of the most significant additions to the social development agenda of late. CCTs have delivered some impressive results in terms of reducing poverty and inequality, and are credited with numerous other positive human development outcomes. However, opinions on the status of CCT conditionalities in terms of human rights remain mixed.
    39. Do Targeting Techniques Tend to be Incompatible with the Human Rights Standards of Transparency and Access to Information? — Common methods for identifying the poor also problematic in terms of human rights standards of transparency and access to information. This think piece looks from this perspective at the two main methods usually used to target the poor: community targeting and proxy means testing. These veer to opposing extremes on the transparency/access to information scale, yet both are incompatible with human rights standards.
    40. Finding Synergies between Political Support, Legal Frameworks and Funding for Sustainable Social Protection Programmes in Latin America and... — Implementing social protection policies and programmes (SPPPs) in the absence of clear and specific legal and institutional frameworks entails a number of risks, not only in terms of their continuity, but also of scope, legitimacy and the protection of human rights standards.
    41. Good Practices for Effective Participation in Social Protection Design and Implementation — The tendency for programmes intended for those who are poor and marginalized to be distorted and captured by local elites is widely recognised. For programmes of social protection, participation is an obvious prescription to overcome this elite capture but is far from a magic wand.
    42. Improving Representation in the Design and Implementation of Social Protection Programmes through Women’s Organizations — Due to the high relevance of women's participation for the success of social protection programmes, the author of this piece argues that it is necessary to give at least the most important women’s organizations of a country a statutory right to take part in the respective processes of legislation and implementation. The commentary then considers the best way to go about this.
    43. Incorporating a Rights-based Perspective into the Administrative Activities of Government Programmes — As the role of social protection in social development is increasingly emphasized, there is a need to ensure that social protection programmes are not only efficiently managed but express core values such as rights. There are multiple challenges to incorporating a rights-based perspective into the administrative activities of government bureaucracies responsible for social protection programmes. This think piece groups these challenges into three major categories and identifies possible solutions.
    44. Pro-Poor and Pro-Development Transparency Laws and Policies — Access to information laws are not being effectively utilized by the poor—the most technologically marginalized population—to exercise their rights to social protection. Pro-poor access to information legislation is needed and must achieve two goals: (1) macroaccountability and transparency in public spending; and (2) provide information to the poor in a physically, intellectually and socially adequate way. If well implemented, policies for proactive transparency of information can contribute to reducing both poverty and information poverty.
    45. Securing a Dignified Old Age for All — Access to adequate social protection in old age remains a luxury limited to a minority of older people globally. This huge gap is symptomatic of the wider failure of social protection systems as a whole to guarantee the right to social security, which constitutes a fundamental barrier to tackling pervasive poverty and growing inequality across the globe. Encouragingly, recent years have seen some positive developments, such as the introduction and extension of non-contributory (or “social”) pensions. As the landscape begins to change, a human rights analysis can help to unpack the remaining barriers and consider how these can be overcome.
    46. The Role that Civil Society can Play in Ensuring Accountability in Social Protection Programmes — The experience of the last 20 years suggests there are four obstacles to ensuring accountability in social protection programmes. The first obstacle has to do with social protection’s contested status: is it a right or only a service or a favour? Others concern the the opacity and discretionality of actors implementing social protection programmes and indifference from citizens to holding service providers accountable. The author suggests that civil society and collective action can contribute to breaking the deadlock.
    47. Protecting the Right of Access to Social Security Benefits — The easiest means of ensuring the right to social security is through universal coverage (and adequate transfer values). If countries are unable to provide universal coverage because of limited resources, there is implicitly a trade-off: Reducing coverage means increasing administrative costs. In addition, when priority is given to cost-saving in both coverage and administration, a commitment to human rights is jeopardized. This commentary explores ways for social security schemes to nevertheless respect international human rights obligations.
    48. Incorporating the Informal Sector in Social Protection Programmes for Universal Realization of the Rights to Social Security — In the majority of cases, informality is not a choice but rather a necessity for those unable to access formal jobs or any kind of social protection. Yet, current social protection systems have mainly been designed for workers in the formal economy who are less vulnerable than those in the informal economy. This think piece presents international instruments which can help to improve the situation, especially if the participation of informal workers themselves can be meaningfully implemented.
    49. The Compatibility between ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors and the ICESCR — Are ILO Recommendation 202 on Social Protection Floors and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) compatible? At the discursive level, one can conclude that ICESCR is more complete than R.202, but the language used does not permit any conclusion in terms of incompatibility. Both texts leave room for flexible interpretation. Hence problems may occur at the implementation level. This piece explores issues which may arise as a result.
    50. International Journal of Community Currency Research: Book Review on "The Heretic's Guide to Global Finance, Hacking the Future of Money" by... — Discussions about the financial system reveal two sets of perspectives. Financial experts, bank CEOs...
    51. UNRISD Collaborates with UNITAR to Brief UN Delegates in New York and Geneva — UNRISD is briefing delegates from UN Member States on social inclusion and the post-2015 development agenda at an Orientation Briefing organized in New York by UNITAR on 16-17 April 2014. UNRISD Director Sarah Cook prepared a short video for the Briefing, using lessons learned from UNRISD research to set the stage for the two days of dialogue among invited experts and members of delegations.
    52. Mindul(l) of development: UNRISD welcomes 25 Master's students from ISS — A group of Master’s degree students from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, paid a visit to UNRISD on 2 June 2014 as part of their study programme. Katja Hujo, UNRISD Research Coordinator for social policy, received the 25 students and presented the ongoing research project, Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization.

46. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Internacional – Noticias

    1. On World Day against Trafficking in Persons, UN highlights that the world is still far from eradicating modern slavery
    2. Colombia - Coca Cultivation Survey 2013
    3. По данным УНП ООН за 2013 год, в Боливии третий год подряд наблюдается снижение выращивания коки — Согласно национальному мониторинговому исследованию за 2013 год, проведенному УНП ООН и правительством Боливии, выращивание кокаиновых кустарников в Боливии сократилось на примерно 9%, а посевная площадь уменьшилась с 25300 га до 23 тыс.
    4. По данным УНП ООН за 2013 год, в Перу отмечено снижение выращивания коки — Согласно национальному мониторинговому исследованию коки за 2013 год, представленному в Лиме Управлением ООН по наркотикам и преступности и правительством Перу,  культивирование в Перу кустов коки, из которых производится кокаин, сократилось до 17,5%. Посевная площадь на конец 2013 года снизилась до 49800 га по сравнению с площадью предыдущего года, которая составляла 60400 га.
    5. Colombia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013
    6. World Drug Report 2014
    7. Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013 — Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2012
    8. Perú - Monitoreo de Cultivos de Coca 2013 — Perú - Monitoreo de cultivos de coca, 2013
    9. Hit TV shows Graceland and Law & Order support UNODC’s Blue Heart campaign against human trafficking with special broadcasts — On 17 August, USA Network will broadcast a 10-episode marathon of popular TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit under the "End Human Trafficking" banner, in order to raise awareness about this crime. Additionally, on 20 Aug, Graceland, will air the final instalment of a series of episodes dealing with human trafficking, and which will be complemented by new public service announcements from two of the show's stars, Daniel Sunjata and Serinda Swan.
    10. Former Colombian coca growers export cocoa to Europe — UNODC works across the world to assist Member States in developing drug control policies which prevent and reduce the cultivation of illicit drug crops, such as coca bush and opium poppy. Lacking viable alternatives, farmers in some isolated and poor communities grow illicit crops. This is due to insufficient income from legal activities, a lack of access to markets, conflict, unproductive land and an absence of basic infrastructure.
    11. With massive support, UNODC spreads its message against human trafficking all over the world — On 30 July, UNODC marked the first World Day against Trafficking in Persons with activities across the globe to raise awareness about this heinous crime. These activities highlighted the plight of victims of human trafficking, aided by a UNODC social media campaign entitled #igivehope. The campaign encouraged people worldwide to express their solidarity with the victims of human trafficking wherever they may be.
    12. UNODC marks first human trafficking day with call for countries to step up fight against this crime — Today the United Nations marked the first World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is a global problem and one of the world's most shameful crimes, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. Traffickers deceive women, men and children from all corners of the world and force them into exploitative situations every day.
    13. Global Container Control Programme delivers solid successes against global illicit trafficking — The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Yury Fedotov, and the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, met in Vienna on 29 July 2014 to discuss the significant achievements of the UNODC/WCO co-managed Global Container Control Programme, which is in operation in 20 countries.
    14. Giving hope to victims of human trafficking — Ahead of the first World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July), we hear the harrowing experiences of human trafficking survivors, as well as their stories of hope thanks to the work of grassroots organizations helping the victims of this despicable trade. The UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking supports on-the-ground humanitarian, legal and financial aid to victims to help them start a new life free from slavery.
    15. УНП ООН: «между организованной преступностью и преступностью в области окружающей среды прослеживается четкая связь» — В ходе первой сессии Ассамблеи Организации Объединенных Наций по окружающей среде (ЮНЕА), состоявшейся в Найроби, Кения, представители УНП ООН подчеркнули, что между организованной преступностью и преступностью в области окружающей среды прослеживается четкая связь, а также представили свое видение того, какую роль в решении этой проблемы может сыграть Глобальная программа по борьбе с преступностью в сфере дикой природы и лесопользования. 
    16. World Drug Day 2014: Activities across the globe — UNODC offices around the world organize events each year on 26 June with local communities and governments to celebrate the World Drug Day. People from all regions - Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas - got together this year to spread a message of hope: drug disorders are preventable and treatable. Here is a selection with some of the many events that took place this year.
    17. Согласно «Всемирному докладу о наркотиках-2014» УНП ООН, глобальная распространенность потребления наркотиков остается стабильной — Согласно «Всемирному докладу о наркотиках-2014», подготовленному Управлением ООН по наркотикам и преступности, глобальная распространенность потребления наркотиков остается стабильной. Около 234 млн человек, или 5% всего населения планеты в возрасте от 15 до 64 лет, употребляли наркотики в 2012 году. Количество проблемных потребителей наркотиков тем временем составило около 27 млн, или около 0,6% всего взрослого населения в мире, т.е. каждый двухсотый человек.
    18. UNODC Chief meets Austrian Foreign Minister and discusses cooperation on drug and crime issues — UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov expressed his deep appreciation to Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz for the support given by Austria to UNODC's work in the areas of illicit drugs, organized crime, anti-corruption and terrorism.
    19. Совет Безопасности выражает поддержку УНП ООН в борьбе с наркоторговлей — По итогам прошедших в Совете Безопасности ООН переговоров по ситуации в Афганистане,  было опубликовано заявление председателя (S/PRST/2014/12), в котором  подчеркивается необходимость продолжения борьбы с незаконным оборотом наркотиков. В заявлении отмечается, что «Совет Безопасности признает угрозу, которую представляет  производство и контрабанда наркотиков международному миру и стабильности в различных регионах мира, а также отмечает  важную роль УНП ООН в борьбе с этими преступлениями».
    20. New report warns on gap in HIV prevention and treatment for prisoners, people who inject drugs — A new report by UNAIDS - developed in close consultation with 11 Cosponsor agencies, including UNODC - has drawn attention to the disparity that still persists in providing HIV prevention and treatment services to key populations, among them people who inject drugs and prisoners. The UNAIDS Gap Report analyses the reasons for the gap between people having access to HIV prevention and treatment, and people who lack this access.

47. United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)  - Internacional

    1. UNWTO Awards 2014 – Open for Applications

48. Universal Postal Union (UPU)  - Internacional

    1. Letter from violin wins first prize — Nataša Miloševic, a 13-year-old girl from Bosnia and Herzegovina, has won the gold medal in the...

49. Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (WPK)  - Alemania

    1. BAFA: Merkblatt für stromkostenintensive Unternehmen veröffentlicht
    2. Veranstaltungshinweis: Haftung und Haftungsvermeidung bei interprofessioneller Zusammenarbeit, Wege in die Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB (Frankfurt am Main)
    3. Stellungnahme: Entwurf einer Sechsten Verordnung zur Änderung der Verordnung über die Beiträge zu der Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen bei der Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (EdWBeitrV)

50. World Bank  - Internacional

    1. Small Firms, Hydropower and Mining Sectors in Lao PDR to Benefit from New World Bank Group Financing
    2. Indonesia: Government will provide universal access to clean cooking practices
    3. Working Together to Reduce Malnutrition in Timor-Leste
    4. World Bank Negotiates $150 million Energy Sector Recovery Program for Albania
    5. World Bank Signs US$25 Million Grant for African Union Commission to Boost Support for Economic Transformation in Africa
    6. Vietnam: World Bank approves US$500 million loan to improve electricity transmission
    7. Poor policies Restrain Growth in Seven Middle East & North Africa Countries
    8. Support to Reform and Innovation in Vietnam’s Social Assistance Program
    9. Philippines: Accelerating investment in infrastructure, health, and education to sustain growth that benefits the poor
    10. World Bank Supports Ukraine’s Banking System
    11. Rwandan Government and WBG Sign Agreement to Help Survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Rwanda
    12. World Bank Group Finances 96 megawatt Tobene Power Plant in Senegal
    13. World Bank Group Commits US$ 5 Billion to Boost Electricity Generation in Six African Countries
    14. World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim says will support U.S. Power Africa Initiative
    15. Ebola: World Bank Group Mobilizes Emergency Funding to Fight Epidemic in West Africa
    16. World Bank Procurement Reform: New Direction Endorsed
    17. World Bank Commits an Additional US$50 Million Grant to Improve Access to Basic Services in Yemen
    18. Government of Albania and the World Bank Sign a US$10 Million Loan for an Environment Services Project
    19. World Bank Supports University of South Pacific to Strengthen Pacific Telecommunication Regulators
    20. Brazil: Social Inclusion of Minority Groups in Bahia

51. World Economic Forum  - Internacional

    1. 交通、能源、产业发展：中国城市城镇化发展的三大挑战 — Teaser:  世界经济论坛联合中国城市和小城镇改革发展中心推进“都市发展的未来”在华研究项目交通规划、能源管理和产业可持续发展是中国城市城镇化的重要主题报告以 大连、张家口两座领军城市为研究对象，提出19项针对城镇化发展的建议和全球最佳实践案例阅读报告全文和相关论坛博客 杨含，高级媒体经理， 公众参与部；电话：+86 (0)10 6599 9595； 邮箱：vivian.yang@weforum.orgEnglish Date:  Thu, 2014-07-31 09.27 Country:  Switzerland City:  Cologny read more
    2. Tackling the Challenges of China’s Urban Development — Teaser:  The World Economic Forum has released a new report, The Future of Urban Development Initiative: Dalian and Zhangjiakou Champion City Strategy, in collaboration with the China Center for Urban Development (CCUD)The report identifies transport planning and management, urban energy management and sustainable industry development as the main urbanization themes for Chinese citiesIt provides 19 strategic recommendations and includes best practice case studies on urban development to guide Dalian and Zhangjiakou.The full report is available here – more information is provided on our blog here Vivian Yang, Senior Media Manager, Tel.:+86 (10) 6599 9595, Email: vivian.yang@weforum.org中文 Date:  Thu, 2014-07-31 09.28 Country:  Switzerland City:  Cologny read more
    3. The Competitiveness of Cities
    4. A Framework for Sustainable Security Systems
    5. The Future of Urban Development Initiative: Dalian and Zhangjiakou Champion City Strategy
    6. “都市发展的未来” 行动倡议 大连和张家口建设 领军城市战略

52. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  - Internacional

    1. WIPO Independent Advisory Oversight Committee - Thirty-Fourth Meeting — Aug 18, 2014 to Aug 22, 2014 (Geneva, Switzerland)
    2. Séminaire de Formation des Acteurs du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel «Renforcement du Secteur Audiovisuel au Sénégal et dans Certains Pays... — Sep 1, 2014 to Sep 2, 2014 (Dakar, Senegal)
    3. WIPO Meeting with IGOs, NGOs, Professional Associations and Selected Experts for the Project on Intellectual Property and Technology... — Sep 8, 2014 (Geneva, Switzerland)
    4. National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officials — Sep 8, 2014 to Sep 9, 2014 (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam)

53. XBRL Internacional  - Internacional

    1. XBRL NewsXBRL Global Ledger Taxonomy and Framework Released as PWD — The latest version of the XBRL Global Ledger taxonomy and framework has been released as a Public Working Draft. This version builds on the "XBRL Global Ledger Framework - with Japanese Labels Proposed Recommendation" dated 2010-04-12 and on the "XBRL Global Ledger Framework - SRCD Module Public Working Draft" dated 2009-05-12", and fixes a number of issues and includes additional concepts based on the feedback received by the XBRL GL Working Group. The PWD can be downloaded from https://specifications.xbrl.org/work-product-index-xbrl-gl-xbrl-gl-2014.html. Comments are invited and should be sent to gl@xbrl.org.

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