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Soccer stars Ronaldo and Zidane, Goodwill Ambassadors of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), have scored golden goals for 3,000 disadvantaged children in a Haitian slum, donating $120,000 to provide school materials as well as health and sanitation supplies.

A day after warning that the polarization in Iraq shown by the results of the constitutional referendum underscored the importance of an inclusive national dialogue, the top United Nations envoy in the country discussed the upcoming December elections with President Jalal Talabani.

Even as United Nations relief operations focus sharply on aiding millions of survivors affected by this month’s devastating earthquake in Pakistan, the world body’s agencies are pressing on with their efforts to help rehabilitate the vast region ravaged by last December’s Indian Ocean tsunami.

As international election observation plays an increasingly important role in helping nations consolidate peace and strengthen democracy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other key players in the field are poised to adopt a new set of standards – including a ban on receiving funding from host governments – for carrying out this vital work.

Condemning the terror attack in Hadera, Israel, which caused a number of casualties among Israeli civilians, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for an end to the intensification of violence.

On the eve of a Security Council meeting marking the fifth anniversary of the adoption of its landmark resolution on women, peace and security, key officials involved in the initiative today said more must be done to translate promises into action.

More than 100 reports that countries are required to submit to United Nations anti-terrorism committees are overdue, the chairmen of those bodies told Security Council today.

United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland today condemned a series of rebel attacks on humanitarian aid workers in northern Uganda, where two people were killed and four others injured.

The question of how to use funds derived from debt cancellation to benefit the environment is being discussed by African ministers, along with banking officials and development partners, at a United Nations-backed meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.

Four United Nations human rights experts today jointly expressed concern about the conduct of the Uzbekistani authorities trying 15 men accused of terrorism in connection with protests that broke out last year in Andijan.