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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed news of the peaceful elections in Kenya and congratulated new President Mwai Kibaki and the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) for their victory.

United Nations inspectors in Iraq today continued their checks of biological, chemical and missile facilities in and around Baghdad.

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today categorically condemned any research or practice directed towards reproductive human cloning and urged the international community to quickly act to ban such activities.

East Timorese who fled to Indonesian-controlled West Timor amid the violence that followed the 1999 popular consultation will no longer be regarded as refugees after 1 January, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today, ending one of the agency's most difficult repatriation efforts.

A prolonged dry spell that led to a poor harvest in many parts of Ethiopia now threatens to leave more than 11 million people facing serious food shortages and possible starvation, according to a new report released today by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP).

Nearly 200 weapons have been collected since the resumption of the disarmament process in northern Afghanistan, the United Nations mission in the country has reported.

Shining the spotlight on the plight of women during African crises, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged that more attention be devoted towards saving these traditional caretakers as the continent currently battles the twin threat of famine and AIDS.

United Nations arms inspectors today visited a chemical facility in Iraq as part of their ongoing probe of the country's suspected weapons programme.

The head of the United Nations Office in Nairobi today hailed the "orderly and calm" atmosphere prevailing during Kenya's national presidential and parliamentary elections.

The United Nations today received from Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate a list of names of personnel associated with the country's chemical, biological, nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, according to a UN spokesman in Baghdad.