Following two days of meetings in New York between United Nations officials and an Israeli delegation to discuss a UN fact-finding mission to Jenin, a spokesman for the world body announced that Secretary-General Kofi Annan had agreed to a request that the team arrive on Sunday.
Exactly 16 years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged assistance for the countries and people affected by the disaster.
A United Nations envoy left Myanmar today after having received assurances by the Government that the national reconciliation process was on track despite a coup attempt uncovered in early March.
A top United Nations relief official today stressed the urgent need for aid workers to be allowed access to vulnerable people in the Republic of Congo, where the humanitarian situation has been deteriorating.
The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), along with key partners, has established a committee to look into recent allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by aid workers in the region.
The United Nations Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against Al-Qaida and Taliban operatives has added 10 persons or entities to its extensive list of all those subject to the measures.
The United Nations refugee agency today welcomed a new European Union (EU) policy towards asylum seekers as an “important step,” but also noted that the measure might lower some countries’ standards, particularly with regard to refugee employment.
Child abuse and commercial sexual exploitation of youngsters in East Timor is an emerging problem requiring a coordinated response from law enforcement and community leaders, according to a study funded by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) released today.
In an effort to control malaria and save half of the 800,000 children who die of the disease each year, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today urged countries to switch to a new type of treatment whenever there was strong evidence that existing conventional medicines were no longer working.