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After the United States had vetoed a move to extend the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) until the end of this year, the Security Council this evening approved a three-day extension of the Mission's mandate, which was due to expire at midnight on 30 June.

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is set to begin its annual session next week with a high-level discussion of health and education policies as they relate to the overall development process.

With the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) fast approaching, the Security Council today postponed action on the issue, which has hit an impasse over a United States proposal to exempt peacekeepers from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Five nurses abducted last week by Liberian rebels were reported safe and might be released soon, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.

The East Timor prosecutor's office has issued four indictments for crimes against humanity committed in 1999, including the murder of two local United Nations employees after the popular consultation that year.

Seeking to tackle a disfiguring disease that afflicts hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today appealed for $1.2 million to fund the effort.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, will travel to three African countries next week following his high-level talks with Iraqi officials in Vienna, set to open on 4 July.

United Nations offices in southern Afghanistan suffered damages and one UN staff member was injured after an ammunition dump exploded last night and this morning in Kandahar.

The chairman of the United Nations Security Council sanctions committee on Sierra Leone arrived today in the capital, Freetown, to assess the current peace process and political developments in the country.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has dispatched a team to Gambia to check on reports that some 1,000 people have crossed its border from southern Senegal following renewed clashes between the Senegalese army and separatist rebels.