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Development indicators in the world’s 50 poorest countries are so low that unless the international community acts quickly and vigorously to help them reverse their plight, it is unlikely that the primary goals on the United Nations global development agenda can be achieved, a senior UN envoy has warned.

A four-member expert panel appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to monitor an arms embargo in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region will be leaving soon for the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa where it is to be based.

Backed by air power in a major new operation code-named "Thunder Storm," United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today launched their third offensive in just over two weeks to oust Rwandan Hutu militia who daily harass local communities, burning a rebel base camp.

A United Nations report on the humanitarian aspects the evictions of some 200,000 people in Zimbabwe from their homes and markets is being sent to the Government of the southern African country today, just two days after Secretary-General Kofi Annan voiced increasing concern.

Pursuing its zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeeping operations and mission personnel around the world, the United Nations announced today that two Ethiopian soldiers in Burundi were found in breach of the code of conduct and were being repatriated.

Hailed by a senior United Nations official as a remarkable woman of vital integrity, the world body's new chief watchdog met the press for the first time in her new capacity today, saying she was pleased to be at the UN during a time of such far-reaching changes.

Following up on a United Nations seminar, a group of Haitian women have launched a support network for women candidates in the upcoming elections in the impoverished Caribbean country.

The United Nations agency entrusted with preventing the spread of nuclear weapons today welcomed an agreement between the United States and India to embark on full civil nuclear energy cooperation and to work to enhance nuclear non-proliferation and security.

Recommending a six-month extension of the United Nations peace-monitoring force's mandate in the so-called Blue Line between Israel and Lebanon, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says that even during a period of relative calm, recent incidents of violence demonstrate once more that the situation remains "volatile and fragile."

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today praised China for developing policies for combating HIV/AIDS but urged that even more be done to protect and care for the children affected by the epidemic.