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In the wake of last week's shooting death of two Kosovo Serb teenagers, and the injuring of four others, the United Nations Security Council today met to consider the situation in Kosovo during which participants condemned the brutal killings and expressed concern at the continued violence.

A United Nations-assisted security commission has left on a mission to disarm a northern region of Afghanistan that has been a flashpoint for tensions between rival militias.

In a bid to reduce capital and operational costs in cyberspace, the United Nations telecommunications agency has approved a set of standards that will allow greater interoperability between different network elements, reducing the need for extra investment.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has protested against the “unacceptable treatment” of displaced Chechens in Ingushetia, Russian Federation, as authorities there recently forced some refugees to relocate and live in decrepit buildings.

The United Kingdom and United States have told the Security Council they are ready to see sanctions lifted against Libya following the North African country’s compliance with United Nations resolutions passed against it in connection with the deadly bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Food contracts worth more than $1 billion have been prioritized for delivery to Iraq in the past week following consultations involving the United States-run Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraqi experts and the United Nations, the UN Office of the Iraq Programme (OIP) announced today.

With desperately needed food and medical supplies now trickling into Liberia's capital, Monrovia, the United Nations envoy for that country has secured a pact with the government and two main rebel factions to give humanitarian workers and organizations free and secure access across the war-riven nation.

The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has saluted both Argentina and Peru in their respective bids to deal decisively with impunity and strengthen civil liberties and democracy in order to come to terms with painful episodes in their histories.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for the Security Council to formally lift sanctions imposed against Libya in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

The chief United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today deplored a recent "brutal and premeditated" deadly attack on aid workers, but affirmed that the relief drive will continue.