The Secretary-General's Special Adviser for Myanmar met today in Yangon with detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of her party, the National League for Democracy.
The United Nations refugee agency today cited an urgent need for funds to provide relief supplies to thousands of Bhutanese refugees who lost their homes and belongings when a devastating fire swept through their camp in eastern Nepal last weekend.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Kai Eide of Norway as his Special Representative and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).
The head of the United Nations anti-crime agency today welcomed Thailand’s arrest of Viktor Bout, the infamous weapons smuggler, dubbed the “Merchant of Death,” who is accused of profiting from some of the most violence conflicts around the globe.
Cooperation between the United Nations and Myanmar and the country's ongoing constitutional process were on the agenda today as the Secretary-General's Special Adviser, Ibrahim Gambari, continued his latest mission to the South-East Asian nation.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing emergency assistance to Afghans suffering from food shortages due to the surge in the price of wheat, which has risen by 70 per cent over the past year.
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General for Myanmar arrived in Yangon today on his latest mission to encourage the authorities there to promote democratization and national reconciliation in the troubled South-East Asian nation.
Forced labour in Myanmar, freedom of association and discrimination against migrant workers are among the issues to be addressed at the policy meeting of the United Nation’s labour organization that opens today in Geneva.
The United Nations anti-drugs agency today called on the Afghan Government to do more to dismantle major trafficking and criminal networks in the strife-torn nation which remains the world’s largest producer of opium and heroin.
