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Businesses can play a critical role in fostering development in Africa and helping countries of the continent to become fully integrated into the global economy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

The United Nations Security Council is working to send a “strong and unanimous” message to Baghdad regarding the return of UN weapons inspectors to Iraq following a nearly four-year absence, the President of the 15-member body said today.

The United Nations General Assembly today began extensive discussions on a package of new proposals put forward by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to bolster his longstanding efforts to improving the workings of the world body.

While the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has achieved some progress in the protection of human rights, serious abuses still persist in the war-torn country, according to a new report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur probing conditions in the DRC.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that unless donors came forward with urgent contributions, the victims of fighting in northern Uganda will soon face severe food shortages and unprecedented hunger.

Countries must extend better cooperation in the effort to arrest fugitives wanted by United Nations war crimes tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the chief prosecutor of the courts has told the Security Council.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said his experience heading the world body’s peacekeeping department taught him that UN troops need a realistic mandate in order to succeed.

Translating information on the work of the United Nations into more languages and disseminating materials more efficiently through new structures are among the new initiatives to enhance the Organization’s outreach announced today by Shashi Tharoor, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.

Aiming to avoid a worsening crisis in southern Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) today urged the international community to fund the purchase and distribution of critically needed seeds to the region.

The Security Council this evening scheduled closed-door consultations aimed at reaching agreement among the body’s 15 members on proposals to return United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq.