Practical ways that space technology can be used to promote social and economic development will be the main focus of the annual meeting of the United Nations body dealing with the peaceful uses of outer space, which convened today in Vienna.
A prosecution witness who refused to testify at the war crimes trial of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has been found in contempt of court and could face a substantial fine, imprisonment, or both, the United Nations tribunal said today.
A United Nations expert just back from a visit to Turkey today reported that the authorities in Ankara are open to tackling the problems faced by the country's internally displaced population.
Responding to Tuesday's deadly dam collapse in Syria, the United Nations has dispatched a team of experts to the country to help coordinate relief efforts.
Continuing an official visit to the Russian Federation, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today hailed President Vladimir Putin's diplomacy concerning regional hotspots.
The Security Council today strongly condemned recent acts of intimidation and unfounded public attacks against the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), particularly by the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy-Goma (RCD-Goma).
Meeting today with young AIDS patients at a clinic in Russia, Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed the need to galvanize society in response to the epidemic.
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today proposed a new global anti-hunger drive which the agency said would require $24 billion in public investments in order to cut the number of malnourished in half by 2015.
In a major new study released today, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports that millions of babies go unregistered at birth, and as such they have no official identity, recognized name or nationality.