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Afghans calling an official hotline in Kabul have expressed their solidarity with the United Nations over the abduction of its three staff members a week ago, authorities told the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today.

The Security Council today decided that an election will be held next February to fill a vacancy on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) created by the resignation of Judge Gilbert Guillaume.

Experts have recommended that countries harmonize global safety standards for everything from the design to the decommissioning of nuclear power plants, the United Nations atomic watchdog said today.

The world's population three centuries from now will stabilize at 9 billion if fertility levels continue their decline, particularly in the developing world, but could also top more than 1.3 trillion if they remain unchanged from current rates, according to statistics released today by the United Nations.

In a major violation of the ceasefire in Côte d'Ivoire, Government forces today attacked positions held by the rebel Forces Nouvelles, prompting United Nations humanitarian agencies to suspend their aid operations across the country.

Alarmed by the massive destruction of crops caused by desert locusts in Mauritania, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is warning that more funds are needed to help farmers there.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today issued an appeal for $58 million to help 47,000 ex-fighters in Liberia, warning that peace in the West African country could become unravelled if the former soldiers do not get urgently needed education and job training after laying down their weapons.

The London office of the advertising agency Young & Rubicam is lending its creative services to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for a campaign to end fistula, a debilitating and sometimes deadly obstetric condition.

As the world struggles to feed a burgeoning population, Africa's use of water resources for agriculture is a small fraction of its potential and must be expanded to address poverty on the continent, the United Nations food production agency said today.

With both Sudan's government and its rebels losing control of their fighting forces in troubled Darfur, warlords may take over unless an international peacekeeping force is fully deployed, negotiations are speeded up and political leaders are held accountable for their actions, the United Nations envoy for Sudan said today.