The last group of Chechens at a refugee camp in Ingushetia has voluntarily moved to another camp in the Russian republic, allowing the closure of Camp Bella and marking a “positive step towards better cooperation” with local authorities, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today.

If the ever-increasing emission of greenhouse remains unchecked, the planet as we know it today could look very different by the end of this century, with many small islands gone and ecological life-support systems under stress as never before, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today.

Greece introduced the traditional Olympics resolution into the United Nations General Assembly today calling for a truce during next year's summer games in Athens, and Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the measure took on added significance with the event returning to its ancient homeland.

The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, today called on Eastern and Central European countries to combat extreme nationalism, intolerance and hate speech that he said contributed to bloody conflicts in the Balkans and elsewhere.