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The United Nations envoy for war-affected children is slated to visit Afghanistan next week to assess first-hand the impact of the years of war on the country's youngsters.

A United Nations human rights expert today expressed grave concern over what he described as "the undermining of the rule of law and the administration of justice" in Colombia as a result of the escalation in fighting.

A Geneva-based United Nations panel today paid out over $700 million in damages arising from Iraq's 1990 invasion and subsequent occupation of Kuwait.

An official of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will join with representatives of the East Timorese government tomorrow to raise public awareness on the protection of children's rights.

The Security Council today held a wide-ranging discussion on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) and how the lessons learned from that experience could be applied to dealing with the problems of the Mano River Union and the rest of Africa.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights are teaming up in a project to analyze the human rights situation in 48 municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With broad agreement on the steps needed to reach a comprehensive settlement in the Middle East, the international community must now help the Israelis and Palestinians move the peace process back on track and towards completion, the United Nations top envoy to the region said at a UN media seminar in Copenhagen, which concluded today.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has recommended that an expert panel dealing with the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) be extended until 31 October.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced today that the price of drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS dropped dramatically last year in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a result of agreements between health ministries and drug companies.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today launched a $25 million appeal to help seven million people in southern Africa severely hit by a severe food crisis.