A privately funded effort to remove landmines called "Adopt-a-Minefield" has achieved its best results in Afghanistan, the United Nations announced today.
Former President Slobodan Milosevic, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity, will make his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Tuesday morning, according to the UN court.
Two United Nations agencies today called on governments around the world to implement international food safety and quality standards in order to protect trade and health while restoring consumer confidence.
Seven asylum seekers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who had sought help at the United Nations refugee agency's office in Beijing arrived in Seoul over the weekend, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Approximately 93 per cent of the estimated population in East Timor have been registered in advance of upcoming elections, the United Nations mission in the territory announced today.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today presented the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award to Thailand, praising the country for its "remarkable progress" in supporting persons with disabilities.
The President of the Security Council today predicted that the United Nations humanitarian relief effort in Iraq - known as the "oil-for-food" programme - would be extended beyond tomorrow, the final date of its current mandate.
With the challenges of fighting poverty in Africa high on its agenda, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) - one of the UN's six principal organs -- opened today its annual substantive session in Geneva.