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Aiming to invigorate returns to Kosovo, the senior United Nations official in the province and its Prime Minister today announced the launch of a new task force that will coordinate policy on the issue.

James LeMoyne, who has been serving as United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s acting Special Adviser on Colombia since January, was today formally appointed to the post.

The Global Mountain Summit in Kyrgyzstan culminated today with agreement on action to clean up dangerous nuclear waste dumps in one of the most densely populated areas of Central Asia, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), a key organizer of the event.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today commended the Government of the Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on their agreement allowing humanitarian workers unimpeded access to all Sudanese people in need in every part of the country.

While congratulating the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for recent positive moves in the region, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged them to stay the course towards peace.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited the Presidents of Nigeria and Cameroon to meet him again in the near future in a bid to assist the two countries in the follow-up to a recent judgement by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on their dispute over the Bakassi Peninsula.

With the reconciliation process in Myanmar at a “pivotal” stage, substantive dialogue between the country’s authorities and opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is essential, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report released today.

Facing an acute need for a properly functioning court system, Cambodia must take steps to ensure the independence of its judiciary, a United Nations human rights expert argues in a new report.

After hearing the views of over 70 countries concerning Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s further proposals for improving the workings of the United Nations, the General Assembly today wrapped up its formal debate and set up structures to begin informal talks on the matter.

With insecurity persisting in Somalia, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on the international community to back efforts to end the country's conflict, while emphasizing that its leaders hold the main responsibility for reaching this goal.