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The senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, today chaired the first-ever meeting bringing together officials of the Interim Administration and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

With the euro now replacing currencies in 12 European countries, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun collecting the old bank notes and coins to benefit young people around the world.

Despite two rounds of voting for a President today, the Kosovo Assembly took no final decision on the matter after the sole candidate, Ibrahim Rugova, failed to attain the majority needed to win, according to the UN Interim Administration Mission for Kosovo (UNMIK).

Voicing deep concern over the increasing problems affecting the political and economic situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), members of the Security Council today asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to coordinate the various initiatives taken at the regional level to restore calm and stability in the country.

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has granted the Prosecution permission to appeal an earlier court decision to separate the trials for former President Slobodan Milosevic for alleged crimes committed in Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Cutting poverty and inequality, promoting democratic governance and coping with energy needs and climate change are key goals that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will pursue through its current five-year regional strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a document released today at UN Headquarters in New York.

Worldwide recovery from last year's economic downturn, aggravated by the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States, will take place slowly over the coming year, according to a new United Nations report.

East Timor's General Prosecutor has issued more than 30 indictments in cases involving major incidents of mass killings and forced deportation, according to the latest figures released by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).

Members of the Security Council today voiced their backing for an upcoming summit of southern African leaders and their efforts to end the ongoing fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has opened its fourth office in Afghanistan in an effort to improve its capacity to monitor the movements of returning Afghans and distribute relief aid.