International

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 19:09 UTC

  Uruguay supports Ban Ki-moon re-election because of his commitment to multilateralism

  

  Uruguay’s support for the re-election of Mr Ban Ki-moon as Secretary General is based on his decisive efforts to impulse multilateralism since taking office in 2007, said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 15:10 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina deplores PM Cameron’s “regrettable act of arrogance”

  

  The Argentine Government said it “deplores that, in a regrettable act of arrogance, the United Kingdom claims to have the authority to ‘put an end’ to the unresolved conflict regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, a case that is currently being recognized by the United Nations.”

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 22:46 UTC

  Argentina attracted 40% of all Chinese investments in the region in last 12 months

  

  Argentina attracted 40% of all Chinese investments in the region in the last twelve months (June 2010/May 2011) and prospects remain “optimistic” reveals a report from Deloitte.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:53 UTC

  French giant oil group Total invests heavily in solar energy

  

  French oil and gas giant Total completed its 1.3 billion US dollars tender offer to buy a controlling 60% stake in SunPower, a California provider of solar power systems, the two companies announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:08 UTC

  Spain accuses Gibraltar before the C 24 of “colonialism by consent”

  

  Spain has told the United Nations Committee of 24 (C24) that despite the “impasse afflicting the Brussels process”, Madrid's goodwill allows regional co-operation with Gibraltar and UK to continue under the Tripartite Forum.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 19:45 UTC

  Gibraltar calls on opposition to forget about C24, ‘they will never de-colonize’

  

  The Gibraltar Government called this week on the Opposition “to abandon attendance at the Committee of 24 and support Chief Minister Peter Caruana at the United Nations in October.”

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 19:36 UTC

  Major economies, except the US, loosing recovery momentum, says OECD report

  

  Major economies, with the exception of the United States, are losing momentum as the outlook for growth worsens in European and developing countries, the OECD's leading indicator for April showed on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  Falklands’ sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period”, says British PM Cameron

  

  British Prime Minister, David Cameron, sent a clear message on Wednesday during a Parliamentary speech regarding Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands as the British leader stated that sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period!”

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 14:41 UTC

  Aquaculture more efficient than livestock production, says WorldFish Centre

  

  WorldFish Centre and Conservation International (CI) have revealed a comprehensive analysis exploring the environmental impact of the world's major aquaculture production systems and species and gives an unprecedented global assessment of trends and impacts. The results from the two-year study show that aquaculture is more efficient than other forms of animal protein production such as livestock.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 02:38 UTC

  Argentina’s lessons from ‘dirty war’, apply today to Syria, said Ban Ki-moon

  

  United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged that the lessons learned from Argentina’s turn from dictatorship to democracy be applied widely, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, and he called on Syria to allow humanitarian aid into areas affected by ongoing violence.