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Six United Nations peacekeepers and a local interpreter were wounded in a “cowardly” overnight ambush in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN Mission in the African nation reported today.

The West African countries of Burkina Faso and Niger today completed the presentation of their respective cases in a border dispute to the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is expected to issue its judgment within four to six months.

Ahead of a global meeting on world hunger and how to end it, people with access to Facebook and Twitter platforms can post questions for the experts and government officials who will participate in the gathering, taking place at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 1 November.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulates the Parliaments of South Sudan and Sudan for ratifying the cooperation agreements signed by the two African countries’ Presidents Salva Kiir and Omar al-Bashir, respectively, last month, according to Mr. Ban’s spokesperson.

It is vital to find alternative paths to teach basic skills for employment in developing countries, where 200 million people aged 15 to 24 have not even completed primary school, and the need to increase funding to fill this deficit is dire, according to a United Nations report released today.

The United Nations today urged European Union (EU) member States to adhere to their asylum principles as the number of Syrians seeking refuge in these countries has started to grow.

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, today named British entrepreneur and philanthropist Nasser David Khalili as the agency’s newest Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of peace among nations through culture and education.

Amid economic crises, climatic shocks, and high and volatile food prices in a world of plenty where nearly 870 million people still go hungry, the United Nations today marked World Food Day by highlighting agricultural cooperatives as vital weapon in the war on poverty and hunger.

Governments must recognize the vital economic and environmental role that wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity, according to a United Nations-backed report released today, which also stresses that their protection is essential for countries to transition into resource-efficient and sustainable economies.

With the nine-year-old transitional period in Somalia having ended peacefully, the authorities need urgent assistance to meet the challenges associated with peacebuilding as well as stabilizing areas liberated from insurgents, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today.