The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today began an airlift of more than 2,000 metric tonnes of food from south-western Pakistan for delivery to remote areas of northern Afghanistan.
The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today reported that despite new legislation in Myanmar, forced labour still existed in the country.
Continuing his intensive diplomatic activity in Iran, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today indicated his intention to meet with former Afghan King Zahir Shah before returning to New York.
Gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, members of the Security Council today said that the Taliban's misrule is the underlying cause of the country's dire circumstances.
The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator today told the Security Council that obstacles hampering food delivery to Afghanistan could leave the country unable to meet its needs as winter sets in.
United Nations organizations and their partners have launched a three-day campaign to immunize Afghan children against the crippling polio virus, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced today.
Baghdad is expected to earn only about $5.4 billion during the current phase of the United Nations humanitarian oil-for-food programme, according to the UN office overseeing the effort, which allows Iraq to use a portion of its petroleum revenues to purchase relief supplies.
Underscoring that political action was essential in establishing a system that would be appropriate for Afghanistan and its neighbours, President Jacques Chirac of France today stressed the importance of the United Nations in helping to bring about a political solution in the country.
Holding three days of intensive consultations in Tehran, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, has emphasized that the Afghan people themselves must determine their future.
With snow reported in parts of Afghanistan, United Nations aid agencies and their partners are racing to provide food and other relief supplies to vulnerable people in desperate need of assistance, UN officials said today.
