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A sharp increase in reported cases of sexual exploitation by peacekeeping and other personnel, systemic corruption by publicly-owned enterprises in United Nations-administered Kosovo, and fuel theft at various peacekeeping missions are among issues addressed by the world body's internal watchdog office in its latest report.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Bolivia will travel to the country tomorrow to assess the current situation and the ways that the United Nations can support the country.

Amid postponed elections, continued insecurity and numerous allegations of human rights violations in Côte D'Ivoire, the United Nations sanctions chairman arrived today in the country where he is meeting with senior officials and representatives of unofficial groups.

The Security Council today stressed the primary importance of holding a first round of elections in Haiti this year, and urged the authorities there to undertake a series of measure to achieve this goal.

With 800 million people chronically hungry and malnourished and 30,000 children dying each day from causes directly related to poverty, the United Nations today marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with urgent calls to fulfil commitments made at last month’s World Summit.

Citing reported violations of freedom of opinion and expression in Tunisia as the North African country prepares to host the World Summit on the Information Society next month, a United Nations human rights expert has called on the Government to release unconditionally all press- and opinion-related prisoners.

The United Nations announced today that it is immediately vacating nearly half the 40 posts it maintains in the zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea to monitor a peace accord ending a two-year border war because an Eritrean ban on UN helicopter flights has adversely affected its operational effectiveness and monitoring capability.

The United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this year’s Nobel peace Prize co-laureate, has agreed to use its share of the award money to funding the needs of developing countries in the peaceful application of nuclear energy and, especially in connection with human health and food production.

Against a backdrop of major environmental emergencies worldwide, delegates from nearly 200 countries meeting in Nairobi today kicked off a two-week United Nations conference aimed at assessing progress made in addressing drought and desertification.

The United Nations-sponsored Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission, established to settle border issues between the two West African neighbours, is seeking an independent expert to resolve differences on the boundary in the Koja sector.