The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today expressed alarm at the detention today in Kabul by the Taliban of up to 10 Afghan staff of an aid organization, International Assistance Mission (IAM).
Having observed the counting process of Fiji's general elections from 3-7 September, the United Nations mission there concluded today that the voting results reflected the will of the Fijian people.
A senior United Nations official today told a gathering of experts in Asia that dramatic demographic changes expected in the coming years would present vital challenges to governments and the international community.
The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees arrived in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta today for talks with senior government officials about the return of 80,000 East Timorese refugees who fled the post-referendum violence of 1999.
Responding to Taliban threats to ban flights over Afghanistan, the Office of the United Nations Coordinator for the country today stressed the importance of its air operations in maintaining urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today said it expects about 2,000 East Timorese refugees to return from West Timor next week following five days of talks with refugee leaders.
With a new flood season threatening Cambodia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sending emergency supplies to some 40,000 people whose homes and food stocks have been washed away.
The Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) has captured a majority of 55 seats in the 88-member Constituent Assembly, as the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today announced the results of the territory's first-ever democratic elections.
A senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today discussed with Taliban officials the current situation in that country and pressed for access to detained aid workers, a UN spokesman said in New York.
The United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) today announced final results for another two of the territory's 13 districts, leaving only the outcome of the balloting in the capital, Dili, to be determined.
