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Having travelled five continents and collected peace commitment from 152 presidents and world leaders, and after the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the bell of world love and peace again returns to Australia with "Cultural Goodwill Group for Love and Peace of the World " for the 63rd United Nations DPI/NGO Annual Conference in Melbourne. On August 29 the opening speaker of the 63rd Annual Conference, Michel Sidibe, the Republic of Sierra Leone ambassador to the UN, the president of the International Health Awareness Network, Dr.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today nominated a former mayor of Barcelona as the next head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting environmentally and socially sustainable cities and towns.

The top US commander in Iraq has said the US might have to return to Iraq if there is a failure by Iraqi security forces to control violence in the country.

People in China and North Korea have been trying to escape the rising waters of the Yalu River, which has risen quickly due to torrential rains.

The southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan is struggling to cope with an influx of flood displaced people from neighbouring Sindh Province, despite a growing number of camps.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sat down with Russian President Medvedev at the Russian president's summer residence near the Black Sea to talk about help for Afghanistan.

More flood aid has been promised to Pakistan by the US and EU.

The US has finally ended its combat operations in Iraq.

The upcoming Commonwealth Games in Delhi are expected to bring a number of things to the city: athletes, tourists, and, less excitingly, traffic. To help monitor the situation, the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP) have started using Facebook to collect information about traffic violations. The project has recently caught a lot of attention from the mainstream media, social media and the common man in India.

The second annual Global Model United Nations conference, bringing together hundreds of students from more than 60 countries, wrapped up in the Malaysian capital today with a call by a senior official from the world body for greater dialogue and understanding.