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A new project backed by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) aims to improve the lives of some 10,000 men and women in rural Panama – the majority of them small farmers, landless labourers, unemployed youth and female heads of household.

The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia today expressed grave concern at the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country after two Somali aid workers were killed on Friday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its transport agents was shot dead on Sunday.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) congratulated the Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) for today’s successful opening of 563 voter registration update locations across the war-torn nation.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon began a two-day visit to Germany today by meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel, with whom he discussed Sudan, Afghanistan, the Middle East, Georgia/Abkhazia, Kosovo and Iran’s nuclear programme.

Trade and globalization have had the double effect of enhancing prosperity for hundreds of millions of people and stepping up stability among nations, according to a new report by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

A groundbreaking United Nations campaign that uses the latest technology to give a voice to those who normally go unheard has been recognized by one of the world’s leading international advertising festivals.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the commitment made by the Presidents of Indonesia and Timor-Leste to follow up on the final report of the panel set up to look into the violence that accompanied the latter’s bloody struggle for independence in 1999.

The trade in small arms is a major factor behind the worldwide phenomenon of child soldiers, according to United Nations experts who gathered today in New York to discuss the impact of the weapons trade on society.

The two United Nations peacekeeping missions in Sudan have reported that the situation there is calm, following yesterday’s announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that he is seeking an indictment against President Omar Al-Bashir for war crimes committed in Darfur.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special Adviser to Myanmar plans to return to the country next month, after receiving a letter of invitation from the South-East Asian nation’s authorities, it was announced today.