The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared Zimbabwe ineligible to use the IMF's general resources in view of the country's late repayments of financial obligations to the institution.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, "warmly welcomed" today's meeting in Gaza between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, and expressed hope that this contact would serve to advance the peace process.
United Nations relief officials today said that UN agencies were planning to seek emergency funds to help stem a worsening crisis in Afghanistan, where millions of people depend on aid to survive.
Preparing for a large-scale humanitarian emergency in and around Afghanistan, the United Nations refugee agency today said it needed $252 million to respond to the needs of those affected by the crisis.
The authorities in Pakistan have announced that its borders will remain closed to Afghans without proper travel documents, but those who manage to cross illegally will be assisted in camps, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Responding to the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States, members of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) are drafting a resolution calling for an unprecedented, high-level, international conference on aviation security.
A group promoting the inclusion of gender issues into East Timor's constitution today turned over its report on women's rights to the head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in the territory (UNTAET).
The Azraq oasis in Jordan's eastern desert is staging a "remarkable" ecological recovery thanks to a $6 million rehabilitation initiative funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNDP announced today.
The Government of the United Kingdom today pledged substantial support for an international project to save the Earth's remaining great apes - a move that was immediately hailed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which launched the effort.