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Following-up on previous missions to Sierra Leone, a United Nations envoy is heading to that country over the weekend to assess the status of war-affected children in the post-conflict phase.

Continuing the search for evidence of banned weapons in Iraq, teams from the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) today performed inspections at five separate sites, all related to the country's Al Samoud 2 missile programme.

Aquaculture - the farming and stocking of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants - is growing more rapidly than all other animal food producing sectors, according to a report compiled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Envoys for the diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East peace process – comprising the United States, Russian Federation, European Union, and United Nations – today voiced their “very serious concern” at the continuing cycle of violence in the region and repeated their call for an immediate ceasefire.

Though child malnutrition in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has fallen considerably over the past four years, according to survey findings announced today, United Nations relief agencies said the gains could be lost if humanitarian assistance to the country continues to slacken.

In a bid to bolster food security in the drought-stricken region bordering Africa’s vast Sahara desert, Libya and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed agreements totalling $21 million to finance agricultural projects in Sahelian and Saharan countries.

Calling on the world to help Africa battle AIDS, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced a new a high-level commission to propose measures to stem the tide of disease and deal with the profound structural impact it has on the ability to tackle development challenges.

A former high-ranking camp commander in Rwanda facing charges of genocide and other war crimes has been transferred to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) detention facility in Arusha, Tanzania.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met with several African leaders in Paris today, including South African President Thabo Mbeki and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, to discuss top world and regional issues.

A senior United Nations relief official has wrapped up a three-day visit to Iran, during which he met with senior Government officials on the humanitarian dimensions of ongoing events in the region.