Teams of inspectors from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) today continued their investigations into various facilities in Iraq.
Officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have urged Côte d’Ivoire to approve the speedy evacuation of thousands of terrified Liberians from a camp in the country’s volatile west.
United Nations inspectors today continued their visits to Iraqi facilities, on the look out for evidence that the sites may be involved in programmes to produce weapons of mass destruction.
Angola, Chile, Germany, Pakistan and Spain have joined the United Nations Security Council as non-permanent members, beginning their two-year terms on 1 January.
The United Nations’ top manager has retired after eight years of shepherding the world body through fiscal crises and instituting reforms initiated by Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Pressing forward with their non-stop series of surprise inspections since arriving in Iraq late last year, United Nations arms experts today probed sites suspected of involvement in the country's weapons programme.