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Deteriorating conditions in eastern Afghanistan are pushing more Afghans to flee towards Pakistan, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has approved the latest distribution plan governing the United Nations “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq, which allows Baghdad to use a portion of its petroleum revenues to purchase humanitarian relief aid.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has named new members to an expert panel set up by the Security Council to examine the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to a document released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

More than 100 countries have provided information to a Security Council committee on the steps they have taken to implement anti-terrorism measures as required in a resolution adopted by the Council in the wake of last September's attacks against the United States.

The senior United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today continued his consultations in Kabul aimed at supporting the country's political transition.

Members of the Security Council today welcomed the recent release of 115 Moroccan prisoners of war by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO Front).

Aiming to help rebuild Somalia's economy, devastated by years of civil strife and crisis, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced a new project which will assist the country's authorities in rebuilding financial institutions.

Consolidating his efforts to make globalization work for the world's people, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will convene next Tuesday a meeting of senior business executives, international labour leaders and civil society activists who together will comprise the new Advisory Council for the Global Compact - an initiative which promotes action in support of internationally agreed principles on human rights, labour rights and the environment.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has made a number of recommendations aimed at strengthening and clarifying human rights aspects of the constitution now under debate in East Timor, the UN Transitional Administration (UNTAET) said today.

A dispute between the President of the Central African Republic (CAR) and the country's former top military official has stalled the CAR's efforts to return to normalcy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a new report.