A United Nations committee today began discussions on the sensitive and often divisive issue of elaborating an international ban on cloning human beings.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a ceasefire agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka and rebel group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The United Nations' key advocate for children affected by armed conflict set out on a four-day visit to Guatemala today to assess first hand the longer-term impact of civil conflict on that country's children.
Stressing the need for a negotiated settlement to the conflict in the Middle East, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged the full participation of Palestinian women in this effort, according to a report released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Expressing concern about the “tragedy” unfolding in the Middle East, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for new approaches to ending the stalemate in peace efforts and in that context stressed the importance of a recent statement by Saudi Arabia.
Condemning rebels in Colombia for kidnapping a presidential candidate, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on all armed groups in the country to halt attacks against civilians.
Concluding an extended weekend visit to Eritrea and Ethiopia, a full-strength delegation of the United Nations Security Council headed back to New York today saying that the leaders of the two countries had agreed to work with the UN to move the peace process forward.
Arguing that “sustainability” was far from an abstract concern, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that an upcoming UN forum in Johannesburg on that issue would grapple with vital problems of how people can improve their lives now without jeopardizing the well-being of future generations.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri will meet at UN Headquarters in New York on 7 March to resume their dialogue, a UN spokesman announced today.
Calling next month's elections in Zimbabwe a critical test of democracy not only in that nation, but in all of Africa, United Nations Secretary Kofi Annan has urged "in the strongest possible terms" that the polls be allowed to go forward in a peaceful, legitimate, and credible manner.