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United Nations auditors have reported that the total income generated by the escrow account for Iraq made up of funds related to the expired oil-for-food programme have dropped by over one third between 2005-2006.

Much more needs to be done and much greater funding made available to mitigate the devastating toll of natural disasters in an age when climate change threatens to increase both their frequency and severity, according to a United Nations report released today.

The World Bank today announced $25 million in additional emergency grants for Haiti to support recovery and rebuilding efforts, and strengthen its capacity to cope with natural disasters, in the wake of a devastating series of storms that hit the Caribbean country.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has underscored that nations are duty-bound to protect human rights while countering terrorism, in a new report made public today.

The head of the United Nations Department of Management has urged Member States to support a series of proposals designed to change the way the world body operates, and in particular to enable it to attract, recruit and keep the high quality staff that it needs.

The world’s marine fisheries are losing $50 billion each year because of poor management, inefficiencies, and over-fishing, according to a new joint report released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and top executives from over one dozen global pharmaceutical companies agreed today that greater efforts must be made to combat HIV/AIDS, despite significant strides that have been made in improving access to prevention and treatment.

United Nations officials are marking the International Day for Disaster Reduction with a call to invest more to make hospitals safe in the event of natural hazards such as earthquakes and cyclones, stressing that doing so not only saves lives but is highly cost-effective.

Organic farmers in developing countries will have greater access to world markets, thanks to two practical tools developed by the United Nations and a partner agency to help ease trade in organic agricultural products.

The top United Nations peacekeeping official met today with leading officials of the regional government of Southern Sudan as part of his week-long familiarization tour of Africa’s largest country where the world body currently fields two peacekeeping missions.