A United Nations Security Council committee has named four additional persons associated with Osama bin Laden who are subject to international sanctions.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today announced a new initiative which will provide Internet access to all business and residential customers in the province.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 27 cases of the deadly Ebola virus since the most recent outbreak struck the border region between Gabon and the Republic of Congo.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the leaders of India and Pakistan to avoid escalating actions and further statements that could aggravate the situation between both countries.
Over the last week $158 million of Iraqi oil was sold under the oil-for-food programme, which allows Baghdad to use a portion of its petroleum revenue to purchase humanitarian relief, according to the United Nations office running the effort.
Continuing an upward trend that began in November, the number of people returning to Afghanistan from neighbouring countries has jumped since the end of the holy month of Ramadan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.
Concluding a ten-day negotiating session at the United Nations Office in Geneva, States parties to a treaty prohibiting certain conventional arms have agreed to extend the ban to cover internal as well as international conflicts.
New anti-terrorism measures in some States could violate human rights, a senior UN official has warned the Security Council, according to a document released today at UN Headquarters in New York.
Trafficking in human beings, corruption and organized crime were amongst the crimes targeted by West African leaders at their twenty-fifth summit, which concluded today in Dakar, Senegal.