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The senior United Nations weapons inspectors arrived back in Cyprus today after two days of talks in Baghdad with Iraqi officials, who pledged cooperation with the full team of UN arms experts arriving next week to begin their probe into the country’s weapons programme.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Croatia today for talks with senior government officials, wrapping up his official visit through the Balkans.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today deplored the recent violence in the West Bank town of Tulkarem and urged Israel again to stop the use of excessive force in civilian areas.

Underscoring the rising importance of communications technologies, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today encouraged the world’s poorest countries to embrace the digital revolution in a message marking Africa Industrialization Day.

About 10.5 million children in developing countries have been vaccinated against hepatitis B, which causes liver diseases and cancer, as part of a United Nations-supported initiative that has helped 55 nations to improve their immunization services.

Although youngsters have an inherent right to play, this simple privilege is denied to millions of children whose lives are enmeshed in conflict, lost in exploitation, or stolen by preventable disease, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today.

Shantytowns located in and around Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and inhabited by Ivorians, immigrants and refugees are still being razed, forcing about 40,000 people from their home and into unsanitary and inhumane conditions, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.

Reaffirming his determination to enhance the relationship between the United Nations and civil society, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced that he would be establishing a broad panel of eminent persons to address the parliamentary dimensions of the Organization's relationship with local organizations.

Continuing his official visit to the Balkans, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed efforts by Yugoslavia to reform and strengthen its institutions, and recognized Belgrade's burgeoning relationship with its neighbours and the European Union.

Wrapping up his visit to Afghanistan, United Nations Messenger of Peace Muhammad Ali today issued an open letter to the country's children encouraging them to prepare for the future.