The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today released a list of names that will be used in the next six years to identify tropical cyclones.
United Nations officials today mourned the passing of Nkosi Johnson, a 12-year old South African boy who is credited with breaking the silence about HIV/AIDS in his country while embodying hope for a better future.
A committee laying the groundwork for the upcoming global conference against racism ended its two-week session today after completing work on the preamble to the draft declaration that will be adopted at the forum.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson today said she was honoured by the General Assembly's decision to extend her mandate for an additional year, and accepted it "with enthusiasm."
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) announced today a 14 per cent reduction of its budget for 2002 through a stringent prioritization exercise aimed at refocusing its core activities, bringing down spending and ultimately improving funding.
Addressing a large group of United States business leaders gathered in Washington D.C. today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged them to join the global fight against the AIDS pandemic, stressing that by getting involved they would safeguard their own interests while helping humanity.
Unanimously extending the United Nations "oil-for-food" programme for Iraq through 3 July, the Security Council today said it would use the intervening period to agree on changes to the current sanctions regime.
Stephen Lewis, a veteran Canadian diplomat and humanitarian advocate, named by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, pledged today to work tirelessly in an effort to harness recent momentum in the global fight against the pandemic.
Reacting to the suicide bombing in Israel, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has deplored the "horrible" act, which, he said, only underscored the pressing need to cut the chain of violence in the region.