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A child jumps to kick a ball. Two smiling young women with fake auburn and blonde braids in party dress pose unself-consciously. A well-dressed elderly man leans on the counter in his son's tidy shop. Such images of Africans at work, at play and practising their religions are the subjects in an exhibition that was opened today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

A recent return of 125 refugees brings to more than 40,000 the number of Angolans who have returned home since organized repatriation efforts began in June, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.

The United Nations regional commission for Africa is holding a conference today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to examine how to protect African economies from external shocks.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced a €4.27 million (euro) scheme to support the rehabilitation of Afghanistan’s environment and integrate green concerns into the country’s development.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on national leaders to integrate the group most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection - young people - more fully into the worldwide fight against the pandemic.

The ratio of girls to boys in India has shown a shocking decline in the last decade due to the elimination of girls by sex-selective abortion and infanticide, practices that must end, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said.

The United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced a Bosnian Serb man to eight years in jail for killing and torturing inmates at a detention camp.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recommended a 0.5 per cent growth in the organization's budget for the 2004-2005 biennium, including small extra expenditures on programmes for Africa, crime prevention and human rights observance, after nearly a decade of no growth.

Greek singer and songwriter Nana Mouskouri has put in 10 years of tireless work as a global goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the world's leading advocacy organization for youngsters said today.

United Nations police arrested five Kosovo Albanian men Monday on charges they had committed war crimes during the 1999 conflict in the region, the UN mission in the province said today.