UN member states have launched a three-day debate on how to help poor countries weather the global economic crisis amid growing calls for revamping multilateral financial institutions.

AN indicted war criminal is playing a leading role in the UN mission in the Democratic Republc of Congo, according to documents seen by the BBC.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited today with women and girls who have been victims of sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a country that the United Nations says has witnessed some of the highest levels of such abuses in the world.

A Will is basically a record of your wishes which you desire to be carried out when you die. Indeed, putting your house in order is really what drawing a Will is all about. You may have certain ideals and plans and most of the time, you don’t get the opportunity to share these ideals or goals with someone else and even if you did, that person may not have the legal power to carry out your wishes. Most of us will also have various examples of how families can turn against a spouse during a time of death and this can include throwing the widow out of the house, locking the doors to the bedroom and subjecting them to all kinds of rituals.