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Deputy United Nations Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown will join other international officials on Sunday to discuss the International Compact with Iraq, a new partnership with the global community that was launched in July and aims to pursue political, economic and social development over the next five years in the strife-torn country.

United Nations humanitarian agencies are rushing to provide emergency assistance, including food, clothes and bedding, to nearly 26,000 people left homeless or otherwise stricken by floods that have followed almost four weeks of torrential rains in Niger and Burkina Faso.

A United Nations human rights expert has called for amendments to Jordan’s recently passed anti-terrorism law, citing concerns over fairness and protection.

The United Nations today marked International Literacy Day by focusing on the link between learning and development while reminding the world that literacy is a right denied to over 771 million adults globally.

Following the lifting of Israel’s blockade against Lebanon, United Nations naval vessels began patrolling alongside their Lebanese counterparts today to secure the country’s maritime border ahead of the deployment of a full task force in the coming weeks, the UN force announced.

A two-day United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People concluded in Geneva today with the adoption of a Plan of Action aimed at addressing their plight.

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a comprehensive global strategy to counter terrorism, overcoming differences between Member States and a year of often fractious negotiations to agree for the first time on a common approach to fighting the scourge.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today told more than 2,500 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in New York for their last annual meeting before his term ends in December that the support of civil society groups has been critical to his accomplishments.

The leadership of the Sudanese Government may be held collectively and individually responsible for what happens to the people of Darfur if they allow the African Union (AU) mission there to leave and then refuse access to United Nations peacekeepers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

The Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today that Sweden’s successful drug control policies were a model which other countries could emulate.