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The African Union has passed a resolution calling on world leaders to participate in the upcoming global summit convened by the United Nations telecommunications agency to explore ways to utilize information technology to overcome poverty.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's senior envoy to Iraq today hailed the formation of the country's new Governing Council and pledged the United Nations' full support on the long road to recovery.

Afghanistan must improve the functioning of key security structures in order to restore long-sought stability, Lakhdar Brahimi, the senior United Nations envoy there, said this weekend.

Meeting with Secretary-General Kofi Annan's chief envoy to Baghdad, Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia today voiced his full support for United Nations efforts to foster peace in Iraq.

With over 70,000 teenage girls marrying, nearly 40,000 giving birth, and 6,000 young people contracting HIV/AIDS every day, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today the right to education, information and services for the young was crucial in curbing both population growth and the AIDS pandemic.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today launched a voluntary operation to repatriate Angolan refugees from Zambia – host to nearly half the total number of Angolan refugees in the region.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today introduced plans to launch a $14 million special appeal to assist seven African countries hit by unforeseen developments, ranging from serious floods to life threatening displacement.

The United Nations Security Council today unanimously extended for another 12 months the mandate of the 13,000-strong multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, set up in 1996 under the framework of the Dayton accords that ended fierce fighting between Serbs, Croats and Muslims.

Expanding his consultations on efforts to help Iraqis create a stable, democratic and sovereign country, United Nations envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello will travel to Taif, Saudi Arabia, tomorrow for talks with Crown Prince Abdullah and other senior Saudi officials.

The United Nations body entrusted with harmonizing international trade law today adopted a set of model legislative provisions on privately financed infrastructure projects, including awarding concessions and contracts, aimed at curbing the potential for corruption between private investors and public authorities.