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Condemning the murder of Filipino radio journalist Fernando Lintuan, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today underscored that freedom of expression is crucial for democracy.

United States actor, filmmaker and human rights advocate George Clooney has been designated by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, to raise awareness of the world body’s peacekeeping efforts.

With the erosion of trade preferences, which save least developed countries (LDCs) hundreds of millions of dollars a year in duties that would otherwise be levied on their exports, both trade and aid are crucial to their development, according to a new United Nations study.

The Security Council today strongly condemned the terrorist attack that hit the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on 15 January, killing at least three people and wounding several others, and striking a diplomatic vehicle from the United States embassy.

United Nations and African Union (AU) envoys seeking to end the conflict in Sudan�s Darfur region have met with a second rebel movement in an effort to pave the way for peace negotiations.

Praising Viet Nam’s efforts to reduce rural poverty, the head of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today signed a $35 million loan agreement to expand market access and develop businesses for tens of thousands of small farmers in the Mekong Delta.

In the latest collaboration between the United Nations and world sport, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are teaming up during Africa’s biggest international football competition to raise funds for quality education for all the continent’s children.

The United Nations reported more violence today in Kenya where opposition supporters took to the streets for a third day to protest last month�s disputed elections.

An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to “show a sense of responsibility urgently” in tackling the issue of abductions of Japanese citizens.

Delegates at the United Nations-backed conference aimed at bringing peace, security and development to the strife-torn eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have discussed the possibility of amnesty for certain belligerents, including dissident General Laurent Nkunda.