Nigeria has joined the lead United Nations human settlements agency in launching a campaign to promote transparency and accountability in urban governance.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today released new statistics on global cereal production, predicting increases in this year's output but warning that supply will still not meet demand.
A group of 42 leading humanitarian and development organizations working in Kenya has urged governments and donors to support the $89 million appeal launched in February by the Kenyan Government and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
An expert of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today reported that torture is "widespread and systematic" in police stations and custodial institutions in most parts of Brazil.
Wrapping up a six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a top United Nations humanitarian official today warned that the scope of the country's relief needs was far greater than the resources available to aid organizations in the country.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today repeated its call for the immediate transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the court's facilities at The Hague.
Making life-saving medicines more affordable for poor countries is not only a vital precondition for improving public health but also a realistic goal, according to experts who today wrapped up a workshop in Høsbjør, Norway, convened jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).
A Kosovo Serb representative has rejoined the committee finalizing the legal framework for the province's provisional self-government, the United Nations mission in Kosovo reported today.
Welcoming the reported end to the dispute between China and the United States over an aerial incident, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today he had spoken to Washington and be in contact with Beijing shortly.
Reacting to the escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for urgent steps to control the situation and bring the parties back to the negotiating table.