The United Nations Mission in the DRC (MONUC) today reported that it had received the first patrol boats for use on the Congo River, which will allow a resumption of riverine traffic between the East and West of the country.
Against the backdrop of simmering tensions in the Middle East, the Security Council today extended through November the United Nations operation supervising the disengagement of Syrian and Israeli forces.
Following three days of talks with the Taliban in Kabul, the United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan today reported a stalemate over the issue of hiring Afghan women, and warned that without a breakthrough on that point the UN would be forced to suspend a key food project in the country.
The Security Council committee monitoring the sanctions against Baghdad has established the first list of electricity-related supplies that qualify for "fast-track" approval - an accelerated process for getting humanitarian goods to Iraq, the United Nations announced today.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has formally proposed that the United Nations General Assembly extend the appointment of Mary Robinson as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for one year, until 11 September 2002.
On his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa, the head of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP) has reached an agreement with the President of Nigeria on a course of action to help the country recover assets stolen due to organized crime, a UN spokesman said today.
The death toll in yesterday's attack along the border between East and West Timor has reached five, with up to 40 people injured, the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) confirmed today.
With tobacco companies aggressively marketing their products worldwide, a potential epidemic of tobacco-related diseases among women could erupt, according to a new publication released today by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).
Reacting with "dismay" to armed attacks against the President of the Central African Republic, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has deplored the use of force for toppling popularly elected governments.
