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Amid predictions that worldwide traffic deaths will soon outstrip the deadly scourge of AIDS, the United Nations General Assembly resolved to mark a yearly day of remembrance for road victims, and called on nations globally to improve road safety.

A United Nations Population Fund-sponsored (UNFPA) four-day workshop on ending the childbirth injury known as obstetric fistula has ended with a call to African Governments to ensure women's access to reproductive and maternal health services, as well as free or subsidized delivery care and Caesarean sections.

At a time when the challenges and opportunities of this age of globalization oblige all countries and regions to strengthen their partnerships, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the need to increase collaboration between the United Nations and regional organizations.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the first-ever outdoor ad campaign in conjunction with a major media company to raise awareness and funds to fight the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, they said today.

The presence of international observers can make a dramatic difference in ensuring that elections move a country's democratic process forward, while fraudulent voting can detonate conflict, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today at a ceremony in New York to adopt set of standards in the electoral field.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former United States President Bill Clinton, today held a series of meetings in New York to underscore the importance of restoring livelihoods and protecting marginalized communities in countries devastated in the Indian Ocean region last December.

Five years after adopting a resolution on protecting women who are victims of war and helping them play a greater role as peacemakers, the United Nations Security Council today stressed the importance of accelerating implementation of the landmark measure.

Facing an increased caseload, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is working to optimize scarce resources, its President said today in an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

In a world where internal and external pressures are forcing governments to redefine the role of the State, they are also grappling with ways to create a public service that provides responsive governance, greater openness and new partnerships with civil society, a new United Nations report says.

The United Nations today nearly doubled its call for urgent funding to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan to $550 million for the initial six-month emergency period, warning that the current death toll of some 50,000 could double if aid is not immediately mobilized and delivered to those still isolated in the mountainous region.