United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk to serve as his Special Envoy for an upcoming global conference on sustainable development.
After four decades of civil war, the people of the Sudan are in a precarious humanitarian situation that requires unrestricted access by aid workers in order to save lives, Secretary-General Kofi Annan writes in a report released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed concern about the possible adverse fallout for refugees and asylum seekers in the aftermath of the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, today condemned the killing of a Mexican human rights activist, Digna Ochoa, and called on the authorities to launch a vigorous probe into the crime.
Combating poverty is just as important as ensuring the foundations for good governance when building a democratic political culture in Central America, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report issued today in New York.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today said it was "shocked and saddened" by the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of asylum seekers off the Indonesian coast, saying 360 people died in the accident, the vast majority of them women and children trapped in the vessel.
Welcoming the upcoming entry into force of a treaty on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today the event would be a major step forward in the protection of children from exploitation, trafficking and sexual abuse.
The United Nations oil-for-food programme today reported a slight increase in Iraq's oil exports under the humanitarian scheme that allows Baghdad to use a portion of its petroleum revenues to purchase relief goods.
Kenzo Oshima, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, has expressed "deep concern" about a worsening food crisis in Somalia, where the failure of seasonal rains in the spring and autumn has led to severe food shortages.
The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today reversed the convictions and ordered the immediate release of three Bosnian Croats who had been sentenced last year for crimes against humanity.