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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today urged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka to live up to its commitment not to recruit children into its ranks, and encouraged the Government to ease restrictions on humanitarian activity and address the critical shortage of teachers in conflict areas.

Responding to a recent newspaper editorial published in the United States, a senior United Nations disarmament official has clarified that the UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in New York is not drafting a binding pact to control those armaments.

The United Nations envoy in Colombia has demanded the immediate release of the former state governor who had been abducted from a UN vehicle earlier this week by rebel forces.

An international panel commissioned by the United Nations has urged the Government of Côte d'Ivoire to strengthen its fight against impunity and to take the necessary steps to bring to justice those responsible for serious human rights violations.

A United Nations panel which disburses damage awards arising from Iraq's 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait today granted over $513 million in payments to successful claimants.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said that he has asked two United Nations departments to develop a plan to better coordinate efforts within the world body in the protection of civilians in armed conflict.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named an Austrian Major-General as Chief Military Observer of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).

Senior officials of the United Nations transitional administration and East Timorese leaders have been invited to attend the upcoming ministerial meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next week in Hanoi.

Nations seeking to insulate themselves from powerful global trends are likely only to see their political, economic and cultural fortunes wane, a United Nations official stressed in a meeting with Iranian journalists in the city of Shiraz.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced plans to provide Lebanon with a $3.4 million grant to finance a new initiative aimed at increasing energy efficiency and environmental protection in the country.