According to the UN, an area of fertile soil the size of Ukraine is lost every year because of drought, deforestation and climate change.

According to a UN report in 2007, Afghanistan has received over $ 3. 3 billion from its expatriate community in 2006.

According to Olivier De Schutter, the UN special rapporteur on food, there was a rush by institutions to enter the food market following George W Bush's Commodities Futures Modernization Act of 2000.

According to the Swedish Public Radio broadcaster SR, the UN did not explain why it had elected to remove Al-Barakat from its terror list.

According to UN estimates, between 500, 000 and 1. 2 million children died during the years of the sanctions.

The UN does not define “ racism ”; however, it does define “ racial discrimination ”: According to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,

According to the UN Forum on Minority Issues, " The creation and development of classes and schools providing education in minority languages should not be considered impermissible segregation, if the assignment to such classes and schools is of a voluntary nature ".

According to the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi foreign policy is focused on co-operation with the Gulf states, the unity of the Arab world, solidarity with Muslim countries, and support for the United Nations ( UN ).

According to the Helsinki Final Act of 1975, the UN, ICJ and international law experts, there is no contradiction between the principles of self-determination and territorial integrity, with the latter taking precedence.

According to the UN and the World Bank, it is a high income country with a very high human development index.

** Iraq disarmament crisis: According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, become more interested in making financial deals with Iraq than in disarming the country.

According to the UN Population Bureau, life expectancy in 2200 will be around 100 for developed countries and the world population will be about 22. 8 billion.

According to UN documents, in relation to the adoption and enforcement of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the CSUCS plays " a key role in ensuring implementation at every level.

According to a UN climate report, the Himalayan glaciers that are the principal dry-season water sources of Asia's biggest rivers-Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween and Yellow-could disappear by 2035 as temperatures rise and human demand rises.

According to the UN State of the World Population 2007 report, sometime in the middle of 2007, the majority of people worldwide will be living in towns or cities, for the first time in history ; this is referred to as the arrival of the " Urban Millennium " or the ' tipping point '.

According to the UN report, the Chechen separatist forces included a large number of children, some as young as 11 and both male and female, during the First Chechen War: " Child soldiers in Chechnya were reportedly assigned the same tasks as adult combatants, and served on the front lines soon after joining the armed forces.

According to the Mixed Armistice Commission report, approved on the afternoon immediately following the operation, and delivered by Major General Vagn Bennike to the UN Security Council, the raid at Qibya took place on the evening of October 14, 1953 at around 9. 30 pm, and was taken by roughly half a battalion strength of soldiers from the Israeli regular army.

According to the report of the Paul Volcker Committee, between April and December 2004, Kofi Annan ’ s then Chef de Cabinet Iqbal Riza authorized thousands of UN documents shredded including the entire chronological files of the Oil-for-Food Programme between the years 1997-1999.

According to his statement to the UN Security Council,

According to a UN declaration that resulted from the World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, absolute poverty is " a condition characterised by severe deprivation of basic human needs, including food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, health, shelter, education and information.

According to his autobiography, then-United Nations Ambassador Bill Richardson was asked by the White House in 1997 to interview Lewinsky for a job on his staff at the UN.

According to Britain, a majority of the UN Security Council members supported its proposed 18th resolution which gave Iraq a deadline to comply with previous resolutions, until France announced that they would veto any new resolution that gave Iraq a deadline.

According to a UN Demographic survey, Japan is expected to have 272, 000 centenarians by 2050.

* According to UNSCOM, Iraqi nuclear scientists are ordered to hide nuclear weapons from UN inspectors, collect and hide computer data, and formulate a " legal " justification for the existence of Iraqi nuclear labs.

* According to UNSCOM, the unity of the UN Security Council begins to fray, as a few countries, particularly France and Russia, are starting to become increasingly interested in the financial opportunities of a post-sanctions Iraq.

According to Human Rights Watch:

According to Human Rights Watch, numerous Iranian agents were assisting the Shia Hezb-i Wahdat forces of Abdul Ali Mazari, as Iran was attempting to maximize Wahdat's military power and influence.

According to Human Rights Watch in 1997 Taliban soldiers were summarily executed in and around Mazar-i Sharif by Dostum's Junbish forces.

According to Human Rights Watch, numerous Iranian agents were assisting Hezb-i Wahdat, as " Iran was attempting to maximize Wahdat's military power and influence in the new government ".

According to Human Rights Watch these partisans are responsible for abuses including war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.

According to Human Rights Watch, the FARC-EP has killed civilians not involved in the conflict through the use of gas cylinder mortars and its use of landmines.

According to the CIIR report, Amnesty International and Americas Watch stated that there is no evidence that the use of torture was sanctioned by the Nicaraguan authorities, although prisoners reported the use of conditions of detention and interrogation techniques that could be described as psychological torture.

According to Human Rights Watch:

According to Human Rights Watch, Iran assisted the Shia Hazara Hezb-i Wahdat forces of Abdul Ali Mazari, as Iran attempted to maximize Wahdat's military power and influence.

" According to the U. S. State Department report and reports by Human Rights Watch, the other Pakistani nationals fighting in Afghanistan were regular Pakistani soldiers especially from the Frontier Corps but also from the army providing direct combat support.

According to a 2001 report by Human Rights Watch ( HRW ):

According to Human Rights Watch, as “ many as one thousand Serbs and Roma have been murdered or have gone missing since June 12, 1999 .”

According to Seafood Watch, Atlantic flounder and sole are currently on the list of seafood that sustainability-minded consumers should avoid.

According to Human Rights Watch, " Ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia tortured, sexually abused road workers after abducting them from the Skopje-Tetovo highway.

According to the Macedonian government there was a presence of Albanian National Liberation Army in the village ; however, the Human Rights Watch investigation on the ground in Ljuboten found no evidence of this and said it was a clear violation by Macedonian forces on human rights.

According to Human Rights Watch, Communist Party leaders and ruling elite were far from unified in their support for the crackdown ;.

According to the website of Human Rights Watch as of July 2007:

According to Human Rights Watch, as many as 70, 000 boys serve in Burma's national army, the Tatmadaw, with children as young as 11 forcibly recruited off the streets.

According to Human Rights Watch, Castro constructed a " repressive machinery " which continues to deprive Cubans of their basic rights.

According to Human Rights Watch, Communist Party leaders and ruling elite were far from unified in their support for the crackdown.

According to a Human Rights Watch report from 2001:

According to California Watch, Bell Gardens has the highest percentage of residents who completed less than ninth grade ( 44. 9 %).

According to a 2004 Human Rights Watch report, the North Korean government under Kim was " among the world's most repressive governments ", having up to 200, 000 political prisoners according to U. S. and South Korean officials, and no freedom of the press or religion, political opposition or equal education: " Virtually every aspect of political, social, and economic life is controlled by the government.

According to PR Watch,

According to its website, Campus Watch " reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them.