Against the backdrop of a disintegrating humanitarian and security situation at the borders between Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged the warring parties to meet to address the conflict's underlying causes.
The United Nations peacekeeping operation in Eritrea and Ethiopia today officially established a Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) along the countries' common border, representing a "milestone" in the resolution of the conflict between the two East African States, according to the head of the UN mission.
The top United Nations rights body today condemned the "disproportionate and indiscriminate" use of force by the Government of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Reacting to recent attacks in the Middle East, members of the Security Council today denounced violations of the withdrawal line between Israel and Lebanon -- known as the Blue Line -- and called on all parties to desist from further breaches.
The Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has opened the trial of a former Rwandan education minister charged with committing genocide and other crimes in the country in 1994.
A high-level panel of environmental specialists and officials met today at United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss strategies for accelerating the use of renewable energy technologies for sustainable development.
With an eye to the upcoming five-year review of progress since the 1996 World Food Summit, the United Nations today called for reinvigorated international action to fight hunger and chronic undernourishment.
A top United Nations official today said an effective emergency response mechanism was essential in lessening the impact of technological disasters like the Chernobyl catastrophe.
Members of the United Nations Security Council today stressed the need for all warring armies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to stick to the schedules established for the disengagement of troops, regardless of concerns about another party's compliance with the process.