U.N.Office for Coordinating Humanitarian Affairs spokeswoman Nicki Bennett says the mountainous northwestern part of the country normally does not see disaster flooding.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The Pavlovsk Experimental Station is part of the N.I.Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry.

VOA: special.2010.08.24

Part of Mr.Clinton's mandate as U.N.Special Envoy is to help encourage more private sector investment in Haiti.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

U.N.refugee spokesman, Andrej Mahecic,says the UNHCR was part of a joint UN team that has just concluded a joint mission to assess the situation.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

The alarming prediction that the Himalayan glaciers are receding faster than those in any part of the world was made in a 2007 report by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23