The Italian Government today signed an agreement with the United Nations to improve the UN logistics base at Brindisi, in part by enhancing its airport facilities.
In a move leading up to the process of disarming and reintegrating ex-combatants, the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has screened and identified 56 soldiers from a Rwandan rebel group who were being treated in a hospital.
Television audiences of the popular children's show, "Sesame Street," will soon get a lesson in conflict resolution from one of the world's leading peacemakers - the winner of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The head of the United Nations agency aiding Palestinian refugees appealed today for more than $300 million to fund its operations for 2002, stressing that the international community had a humanitarian responsibility to join the assistance effort.
Human Rights Day 2001, to be marked on 10 December, will have special meaning this year as it falls on the very day the United Nations receives the Nobel Peace Prize, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message released in advance of the observance.
A new $100 million initiative by major foundations will expand the scope of mother and child HIV programmes, the head of the United Nations AIDS agency said today.
With the conclusion of a ceasefire the "number one" priority in Burundi, members of the Security Council today strongly condemned the "unjustifiable" attacks launched by rebels since the country's transitional government came into office on 1 November.
About half a million people in Burkina Faso - or close to 10 per cent of the adult population - are infected with HIV/AIDS, making it one of the worst hit countries in the world, according to a new report published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Aquaculture is expected to boost global fish supplies over the next two decades, further helping to reduce poverty and food insecurity, according to a new publication released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Quandaries facing news organizations in covering international affairs and the media's impact on public understanding of complex issues on the United Nations agenda were at the centre of a spirited debate today that brought together top UN officials and leading journalists from around the world.