Famed American author Ernest Hemingway once said that retirement is the ugliest word in the language. This is mostly true for those who let the word become a state, but not to Anhar Hegazi, whose dedication to her work comes “from love,” as she puts it.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the appointment of Rima Khalaf, a national of Jordan, as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).

World leaders are gathering in New York between 20 and 22 September to review progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a range of targets to fight poverty, hunger and disease set in 2000.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit was held in New York from 20 to 22 September, and it was considered a landmark event since the MDGs seek to halve the number of poor people and to achieve significant targets in the areas of education, health, gender equality, sustainable development