NEW YORK: The UN General Assembly has postponed until late June the high-level gathering aimed at assessing the global economic crisis and seeking solutions, which take the interests of all nations into account.Originally scheduled to take place from June 1-3, the 'UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development' will now be held in New York from June 24-26.Delegates had voiced concern that they needed more time to negotiate the draft outcome document to be adopted at the gathering, according to spokesperson for Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto, who is also the summit's organiser.The President has appealed for negotiations on the draft outcome document to be wrapped up by June 15, underscoring at an Assembly session that the three-day meeting's success will hinge on "the active engagement of the political leadership of the Member States at the highest possible level." He further expressed confidence that "Member States will demonstrate the necessary political will and good faith regarding the complex negotiations" at the summit, which was called for by participants at a financing for development meeting held in Qatar in late 2008.
Friday, August 14, 2009 MUMBAI: A 26-year-old woman died Thursday of H1N1 swine flu in the southern city of Bangalore, raising India's death toll from the virus to 20, authorities said.The death was the first reported in India's information technology capital, the Press Trust of India reported.Meanwhile in Pune, the worst-affected in India, two more victims of the virus died Thursday, raising the death toll in that western city near Mumbai to 12, the report said. The victims were an 11-month-old boy and a 75-year-old old woman.US media reported movie halls, schools and colleges were ordered closed Thursday for three days to a week in Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of the country, as fear of the pandemic spread.Prajakata Lavangare, a spokeswoman for the government of Maharashtra state of which Mumbai is the capital, said similar orders were issued in Pune, which is also located in the state.The woman who died in Bangalore was identified only as Roopa, a teacher in...
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