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Voters in Sierra Leone have turned out in huge numbers throughout the country to cast ballots in today’s presidential and parliamentary elections, according to the United Nations mission in the country (UNAMSIL).

With armed clashes continuing in Liberia and Somalia, the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) is helping residents fleeing both nations to relocate into neighbouring countries, a spokesman for the agency reported today.

An official from the lead United Nations relief agency in the Middle East today voiced concern over new restrictions on freedom of movement of the Palestinians being prepared by the Israeli authorities.

Revamping the United Nations “oil-for-food” humanitarian programme for Iraq, the Security Council today adopted a resolution aimed at simplifying the procedures for getting goods into the country.

The United Nations will soon contact Israeli and Palestinian authorities seeking input for a report – being prepared at the request of the General Assembly – on recent events that took place in Jenin and in other Palestinian cities, a UN spokesman announced today.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today denounced an attack in Kashmir on a bus carrying family members of army personnel, which left more than 30 people dead, and called for all sides to exercise “the utmost restraint” and to resolve their differences through peaceful means.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today welcomed the agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation to substantially reduce their deployed nuclear weapon stocks over the next decade.

Arriving in Cyprus today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for “decisive progress” in the period ahead.

Voicing concern over the fragile state of the world’s environment, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for a new ethic of global stewardship to promote sustainable development across the planet.

The establishment of a transitional government in Kinshasa, the disarming of rebel groups, and the withdrawal of foreign troops are essential next steps to advance the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of a Security Council delegation just back from the region told the Council today.