A convoy of barges carrying desperately needed aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Oriental Province has set sail from Kinshasa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.
In another key move before independence next month, East Timor's leaders today selected eight international treaties - including the United Nations Charter - for signature immediately upon nationhood.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi today visited East Timor, where he held talks with senior Government and United Nations officials and pledged to build close relations with the territory following its independence next month.
With Pacific island nations and low-lying coastal areas facing a growing threat from the effects of global warming, a senior United Nations official in the Asia and Pacific region today stressed the importance of public-private sector cooperation in combating the phenomenon.
While expressing hope that the United Nations and Israel could resolve differences over a fact-finding mission to Jenin, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the need for the UN team to travel to its destination without delay.
Drawing participants from across the globe, the first ever United Nations World Urban Forum opened today in Nairobi aiming to explore innovative policies and best practices for sustainable urbanization and to chart strategies for easing the plight of the planet’s 100 million slum dwellers.
A delegation of the United Nations Security Council today held a series of meetings in Pretoria, South Africa, the first step on its eight-nation mission to the continent aimed at shoring up support for peace initiatives in the Great Lakes region.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has re-appointed four experts to serve on a panel monitoring sanctions against the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
Senior Israeli officials have not decided whether to agree to a United Nations fact-finding mission mandated to develop accurate information about recent events at the Jenin refugee camp, a senior UN official told the Security Council today.