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Security Council members today voiced concern that the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was experiencing increasing difficulties in its operations in the temporary buffer area separating the two countries' armed forces and in adjacent areas north of zone.

Tropical countries continue to lose their forests at a rapid rate, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a major new report issued today.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it will switch the venue for its long-planned summit on food security from the agency's headquarters in Rome to the Italian coastal town of Rimini.

With cold weather approaching, the already dire humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is expected to worsen, putting millions of people at grave risk, a senior United Nations official warned today.

Responding to the grave humanitarian and political situation affecting Afghanistan and the surrounding region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today signalled his intention to reappoint Lakhdar Brahimi as his Special Representative to that country.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today strongly deplored the latest clashes in the Middle East - which have left 20 Palestinians and two Israelis dead - and urged the parties to return to the negotiating table, according to a United Nations spokesman.

Expressing cautious optimism about the results of a recent meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, the chairman of a UN Palestinian rights panel has stressed the need for a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement, according to a document released today at UN Headquarters in New York.

The United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) today opened an expert meeting in Geneva aimed at finalizing a code of practice on managing disability as it relates to workplace issues.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan "utterly condemns" Monday's terrorist suicide bombing in Srinagar in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, his spokesman in New York said today.

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) warned today of an impending recession in three major economies - the United States, Europe and Japan - following the recent terror attacks against the US.