The top United Nations weapons inspectors today said there were still many unanswered questions in Iraq's arms declaration although investigations on the ground so far have not uncovered any "smoking guns."
After hearing a briefing from the chief United Nations weapons inspectors on the international probe into evidence of Iraq's weapons programme, Security Council members today voiced their full support for the work of the arms experts, the current President of the 15-nation body said today.
United Nations military observers in the Golan Heights have said that Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed one Syrian and reportedly captured another yesterday just north of the intersection of the Jordanian, Israeli and Syrian borders.
As the chief United Nations inspectors briefed the Security Council today in New York, UN arms experts in Iraq pressed forward with their probe on the ground.
A coalition of international anti-drug experts has vowed its readiness to support Afghanistan's efforts to build the strong government infrastructure needed to curb illicit drugs in the country and combat drug trafficking in the region, the United Nations mission said today.
Despite the 2001-2002 shakeout in equities and tech investment, political and macroeconomic risks and uncertainties will continue to impede a decisive return to strong world economic growth in this year and beyond, the United Nations projects in a new report launched today in New York.
The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has dispatched a team of experts to the northeastern part of the country to investigate reports of summary executions and other serious human rights violations.
The United Nations and Cambodia held a third round of exploratory talks today on the establishment of a special court to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity.
A senior United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, is in Saudi Arabia for talks with officials on various initiatives striving to achieve peace in the region.