The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced that it would use trucks and donkeys to transport 200 metric tonnes of aid across mountainous regions of Afghanistan to those in need.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced today that a new indictment has been filed against former President Slobodan Milosevic, charging him for responsibility in crimes allegedly committed in Croatia.
Developing countries have improved their external debt situation, but more must be done to help them meet payments, according to a report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Urging the international community to maintain its commitment to building peace in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today called on donors to cover an $8 million funding deficit for the agency's operations in the country.
Heavy and extensive monsoon rains and floods have affected millions of people in east Asia, while three consecutive years of drought on the opposite end of the continent threaten the region's food production, according to the latest United Nations survey of the world's crop and food situation.
Working late into the night on Friday, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution that reaffirms its unequivocal condemnation of the terrorist acts on the United States on 11 September and lays out wide-ranging strategies to combat international terrorism.
Welcoming the accession of the Sudan to United Nations conventions against terrorism, the Security Council today decided to terminate international sanctions against the country.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will address the General Assembly on Monday when it begins a weeklong debate on measures to combat international terrorism.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to use their influence to stop the ongoing armed conflict in eastern DRC, which he said threatens to undermine the peace process.
Thousands of Afghans were managing to cross into Pakistan even though the border remained officially closed, the United Nations refugee agency said today.