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The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today voiced serious concern about the overdue response to a proposal he submitted last week to Cypriot leaders in a bid to bridge the gaps between them and break the deadlock in negotiations.

The United Nations General Assembly today adopted a series of resolutions recommended by its legal committee, including texts on human cloning, terrorism and protection of personnel on United Nations peacekeeping missions.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) this evening will award Ashok Khosla, long considered one of the world's great environmental thinkers and innovators, the agency's Sasakawa Environment Prize for his nearly 40 years of work at the forefront of sustainable development issues.

Africa will not reach the 7 per cent growth rate necessary to meet the international target of halving poverty by 2015, the United Nations said today, reporting the results of an expert group meeting which recommended that alternative options be explored to tackle poverty on the continent.

Just days after voicing concern over reports that Poland was closed to asylum-seekers from Chechnya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today commended Warsaw for admitting those fleeing the war-ravaged Russian republic.

Senior United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq preparing for the resumption of an international arms probe in the country are scheduled to meet with government officials today before leaving Baghdad tomorrow.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the international community to fully fund the world body’s joint appeal for $3 billion to provide food, shelter, medicine and other life-saving assistance to 50 million victims of conflict, natural disaster and other emergencies.

Victims of what was initially reported as an attack on Israeli civilians in Hebron were in fact military personnel, a United Nations spokesperson reported today, urging a broad approach to resolving the Middle East conflict.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrapped up his visit to Kosovo today before heading on to Belgrade for meetings with senior Yugoslav officials, including President Vojislav Kostunica.

With the global spotlight currently fixed on political developments in Iraq, a senior United Nations official today urged the Security Council to remember the plight of the country's beleaguered people.