UNITED NATIONS， April 12 (Xinhua) -- UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft on Tuesday said that Vuk Jeremic of Serbia has announced his entry into the race for the post of next UN chief.

Lykketoft made the confirmation when he wrapped up the first day hearings for candidates competing to grab the top UN position. There are now altogether nine candidates in the race.

Jeremic will be participating in this informal dialogue between candidates seeking to become the next UN secretary-general and the 193-member General Assembly at 9:00 a.m. local time(1300 GMT) on Thursday， according to Lykketoft.

Jeremic was president of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly from 2012 to 2013. He also served as minister of foreign affairs of Serbia from 2007 to 2012.

The UN General Assembly has kicked off the first-ever audition for UN secretary-general candidates earlier Tuesday， during which the candidates have been required to present their vision about the world's largest international organization and also take questions from General Assembly representatives as well as the civil society.

Lykketoft said the informal dialogue is "potentially game-changing exercise" which aims to promote the transparency and inclusiveness in the selection process of the next UN chief. The new move is widely seen as historic yet not decisive.

Under the UN Charter， the UN secretary-general shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. In practice， the 15-member Security Council， especially its five permanent members -- the United States， the United Kingdom， France， Russia and China -- will make the final choice and send a single candidate to the General Assembly for approval.

The incumbent UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is going to conclude his term at the end of 2016. The council's decision to select the top leader of the world organization shall come late this year.

WELLINGTON Cheap Air Force 1 Black Low UK , Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government willspend 35.8 million NZ dollars (25.9 million U.S. dollars) over thenext financial year helping tenants living in better conditions,and making the country's social housing warmer, drier andhealthier.

"We know that insulated homes are easier to heat and cheaper tokeep warm. Warmer homes mean fewer visits to the doctor and lesstime off work or school. It also helps reduce diseases, such asrespiratory illnesses and rheumatic fever," Social Housing Ministerand Housing New Zealand Minister Amy Adams said on Wednesday.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies on Friday despite the solid economic data from the country.

The U.S. Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand increased 0.3 percent in November, beating market consensus, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Meanwhile Cheap Air Force 1 07 High UK , the Commerce Department said that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for November rose 0.2 percent from the previous month to 448.1 billion U.S. dollars.

However, the greenback was under pressure as market concerns accumulated amid the slumping oil prices, which fell to near seven-year low on Friday. Safe-haven currencies including Japanese yen and Swiss franc climbed against the U.S. dollar during the session.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers,was down 0.41 percent at 97.542 in late trading.

In late New York trading Cheap Air Force 1 07 UK , the euro increased to 1.0994 dollars from 1.0936 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.5229 dollars from 1.5159 U.S. dollars in the previous session. The Australian dollar dropped to 0.7191 dollar from 0.7289 dollar.

The U.S. dollar bought 120.78 Japanese yen, lower than 121.62 yen of the previous session. The U.S. dollar slipped to 0.9820 Swiss franc from 0.9891 Swiss franc, and it went up to 1.3735 Canadian dollars from 1.3618 Canadian dollars.

BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- China renewed its commitment to safeguard food security in a statement released Friday following a two-day Central Rural Work Conference.

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China will ensure grain output in major producing regions, trying to keep cereal largely self-sufficient and staples absolutely safe, the statement read.

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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "saddened" on Monday by the mudslide and flooding in and near Freetown, Sierra Leone, where officials say at least 300 people have died and at least 2,000 people left homeless.

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