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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the Baghdad authorities to reverse their "unfortunate" stance against cooperation with the United Nations official designated to deal with persons missing as a result of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

The full deployment of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has led to a secure environment, with increased freedom of movement, gradual return of refugees and a resurgence of economic activity in the provinces, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a just-released report.

Tensions are rising between the formerly warring countries of Ethiopia and Eritrea, according to a new report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who urges both sides to exercise restraint and pursue peace.

The head of the United Nations body set up to take over the unfinished work of verifying the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction has said that contrary to recent allegations in the press, his team can demand immediate access to suspected sites in the country.

The political situation in Guinea-Bissau remains difficult and volatile and is a source of "deep concern," according to a report by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in which he appeals to all political actors to resolve their differences through dialogue and within the framework of the country's constitution.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged all countries to adopt an international treaty that protects the rights of the more than 150 million people living and working in countries other than that of their birth, calling migrants the "unsung heroes" of their homelands and families.

The chief United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, headed to Kabul today as United Nations efforts to fund the political transition in the war-ravaged country continued to gain momentum.

Despite some improvements, the situation in West Africa remains volatile, requiring an integrated international response, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today at the outset of its extensive debate on the sub-region.

The United Nations has signed an agreement with the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson for a global mobile communications system to enhance the Organization's humanitarian relief efforts.

Aid workers from the United Nations refugee agency travelled from Kabul up to the Panjshir Valley today to check on some 12,000 Afghans who fled the Shomali Plains, north of the capital.