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The United Nations system worldwide paid homage today to top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello and other staffers killed in Tuesday’s terrorist bombing in Baghdad, expressing sorrow at the grievous loss, voicing outrage at the savage attack and vowing to redouble the world body’s humanitarian and peacekeeping work.

The universal appeal of tennis is felt most at the local level, where its impact on rich and poor communities alike can be seen in youngsters developing physical fitness and character, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message today to a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York to determine the singles pairings for this year's United States Open Tennis Championship.

As humanitarian workers in Monrovia scramble to get desperately needed food, medicine and water to thousands of war-weary people, the United Nations envoy for the country met today with President Moses Blah and toured the outskirts of the shattered capital, looking for ways to get basic services up and running as soon as possible.

United Nations Security Council members today welcomed the mid-term oral report of the panel of experts commissioned to investigate violations of the arms embargo in Somalia and called on all concerned parties to cooperate with the four-person team in discharging its mandate.

Declaring "we shall not be deterred," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan rushed back to New York today to consult with the Security Council on the terrorist attack in Baghdad that killed top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello, seeking greater security but determined to continue the world body's mission in Iraq.

A joint team of specialists from two United Nations agencies is in China to assist the government to design further investigations into a possible animal reservoir of the virus that causes the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rudd Lubbers, arrived today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), kicking off a four-nation visit to review UN operations and various peace initiatives that could pave the way for the return of hundreds of thousands of refugees throughout the Great Lakes region.

Condemning the deadly terrorist bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad as "an attack against the international community as a whole," the Security Council today declared that the world body would not be intimidated by such attacks and was determined to see the Iraqi people build peace and justice in their country.

Members of the United Nations Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms “the terrorist criminal attack” against UN headquarters in Baghdad, resulting in deaths and injuries, and vowed to further intensify its efforts to help the people of Iraq.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad today as an inexcusable “act of unprovoked and murderous violence” and mourned the death of his top envoy for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, as “a bitter blow for the United Nations, and for me personally.”