Voter registration underway in seven cities across Afghanistan - UN
Voter registration has begun in seven regional capitals across Afghanistan ahead of the country's national elections next year, according to the United Nations mission there.
UN panel on threats and challenges holds first meeting tomorrow
The United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, mandated to make a broad examination of global peace and security issues, will meet for the first time tomorrow, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's spokesman said today.
Security Council agrees to maintain sanctions against Liberia
The United Nations Security Council agreed today to keep, "for the time being," two-year-old sanctions imposed on Liberia to stem arms trafficking during its civil war, but raised the prospect of holding talks soon on how they could eventually be lifted.
UN Security Council concerned about 'armed elements' in Côte d'Ivoire
The United Nations Security Council today expressed grave concern over the attempts of "armed elements" to cross the ceasefire line in Côte d'Ivoire separating the government-held south from the rebel-held north and west and it commended West African and French peacekeeping forces for turning them back.
UN meeting will examine how indigenous communities protect biodiversity
A United Nations conference of more than 300 delegates, meeting in Montreal, Canada, next week, will focus on how the preservation, maintenance and promotion of the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities helps to protect biological diversity.
Corruption treaty will fight poison that hurts development and poor, says UN official
Corruption poisons society, thwarting development, repelling investment and undermining efforts to raise the living standards of the poor, the United Nations legal chief said today, ahead of next week's conference for the signing of a UN convention against corruption.
Burundi: Security Council learns of great advances towards peace
Burundi has made tremendous advances towards peace and stability over the last year, but now faces challenges from the disarmament and reintegration of combatants and the return of refugees, the facilitator of the country's peace process told the United Nations Security Council today.
UN marks International Day of Disabled with calls for full equality
With some 600 million people globally suffering disabilities and the day-to-day life of 25 per cent of the world's population touched in some way by the condition, the United Nations today marked International Day of Disabled Persons with calls for their full equality and integration into social life and development.
US world leadership is better accepted in multilateral framework, Annan says
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that in the post-9/11 world the leadership of the United States, the sole superpower, would be most effective when exercised within a multilateral framework.
UN agency issues warnings on shrinking agricultural biodiversity and overfishing
Despite its crucial importance for the survival of humanity, agricultural biodiversity is in ever-greater danger, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.