HAVE YOUR SAY: Will the new U.N. aid chief do a good job?
LONDON (AlertNet) - Britain's envoy to Australia Valerie Amos, who is due to take over as the United Nations' new aid chief, is different from the man she will replace in more ways than one. Amos, 56, was born in Guyana and has served as Britain's secretar
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Map tracks international backing for Copenhagen climate accord
The Copenhagen Accord is the non-binding climate change pact drawn up by a small group of countries at December's U.N. climate summit, which failed to produce a legally binding global treaty. It sets a goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Cel