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When 35 million volunteers around the planet take part in the annual United Nations-backed “Clean Up the World Weekend” next weekend, their activities will for the first time also break into cyberspace with photos and videos posted onto Google Map under a new agreement announced today, giving a global platform to every local initiative.

With crime and violence constituting one of the most significant causes of fear and insecurity in many cities today, over 600 delegates from 42 countries are meeting at a United Nations-backed conference in the Mexican city of Monterrey this week to discuss just what to do about it.

The United Nations and partner organizations today launched a $10-million flash appeal for 75,000 people in northern Ghana, where entire communities have been hit by floods after heavy and persistent rain in late August and mid-September.

The General Assembly today convened its first-ever high-level dialogue on interreligious and intercultural understanding in a move the 192-member body’s president termed a step forward for advancing the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the signing in Pyongyang by the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea of a declaration to bolster cooperation between the two countries and promote peace and security in the region.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today that Liberia is eligible to receive assistance from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, set up a year ago to help States emerging from conflict consolidate their gains and not slide back into war.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was briefed today by his Special Envoy for Myanmar, Ibrahim Gambari, who has just returned from the region following discussions with senior Government officials and the Nobel laureate and political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is taking part in rescue operations after a commercial aircraft crashed into a residential area of the capital, Kinshasa, earlier today.

Foreign direct investment flows are expected to increase in the next three years, despite worries over worldwide financial instability and some countries’ protectionist measures, according to the latest United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) survey on global investment prospects, which was released today.

Ukraine is prepared to host an international conference aimed at generating support for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) as part of ongoing efforts to stem the spread of weapons of mass destruction, the country’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today.