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After determining that all known minefields and cluster bomb strike sites in Kosovo have been cleared to internationally acceptable standards, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in the province today said it was set to transfer the long-term responsibility for demining activities to local authorities.

The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today unsealed the indictment against a former Bosnian Serb commander for war crimes linked to the killings of thousands of Muslims captured from the "safe area" of Srebrenica in 1995.

Acting on the recommendation of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Security Council today extended the mandate of United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) until 15 June 2002.

The United Nations General Assembly today urged countries to support the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in preventing acts of terrorism committed with nuclear and other radioactive materials.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today noted "with regret" the decision of the United States to withdraw unilaterally from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty.

The time had come to take decisive action to halt the exploitation of the resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which had become the means for sustaining the conflict, the chairman of a panel of experts told the United Nations Security Council today at the outset of a daylong debate on the issue.

The United Nations chief envoy for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, was en route to New York today to brief the Security Council on a UN-mandated multinational security force, while his deputy continued talks with Afghan leaders in preparation for the country's new interim government.

Donor countries meeting in Norway have voiced satisfaction with East Timor's progress and stressed the need to sustain the momentum of the gains made so far, the United Nations Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said today.

Reports of people being displaced from their homes in a number of areas around Afghanistan are rising, and access for humanitarian workers still remains difficult in parts of the country, United Nations relief officials said today.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today urgently appealed for $54 million to feed more than half a million people in Zimbabwe suffering from severe food shortages caused by natural disasters and economic hardship.