UN envoy urges more funds to help Afghanistan's schoolchildren
As Afghanistan opened its new school year today, the senior United Nations envoy there urged international support for education in the war-ravaged nation.
Following last week's violence, funeral held in Kosovo without incident – UN
Police from the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reported that the situation in the province is calm compared to the turmoil of the past week.
Proposal would break UN General Assembly main session into two parts
Six facilitators have proposed that the New York-based United Nations General Assembly break with decades of tradition and divide its burdensome autumn workload into two parts to be covered in the fall and spring, the spokeswoman for Assembly President Julian Hunte said today.
Annan sends letter to Security Council on Oil-for-Food programme
A United Nations spokesman announced today that Secretary-General Kofi Annan has sent a letter to members of the Security Council in connection with the "Oil-for-Food" humanitarian aid programme, which has been the subject of press reports alleging corruption.
UN agency warns against any early declaration of victory over deadly bird flu
Warning against any early declaration of victory in the battle against the Asian bird flu epidemic that has so far resulted in nearly two dozen human fatalities and the deaths or culling of more than 100 million birds, the United Nations agricultural agency today stressed the need for cooperation to ensure the virus is really under control.
UN nuclear chief urges new rules to fight spread of weapons of mass destruction
Declaring that nuclear proliferation is now “a different ball game” in which “either we all will win or everybody would lose," the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency has called for international cooperation to devise new rules to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction.
Prospects of women and children in Laos still lag, UNICEF reports
Children and women in Laos continue to suffer social and economic disadvantage, especially in rural areas, according to a mid-term review of a four-year assistance project run by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the country's Government.
UN agency starts new feeding campaign to address HIV/AIDS in Myanmar
Expanding its global campaign to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the United Nations emergency feeding agency today began distributing food for the first time to families stricken with the virus in Myanmar, where infection rates are among the highest in South-East Asia.
UN issues flash appeal for cyclone-ravaged Madagascar
The United Nations today launched a flash appeal for $8.7 million of urgent relief aid for more than 300,000 people affected by the worst cyclone to strike Madagascar in 20 years.
Annan calls for UN decision on Burundi peacekeeping by early April
With the potential of upcoming multiparty elections in Burundi to give rise to recurrent unrest, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the Security Council to make an early decision on sending a peacekeeping mission to bolster the stabilizing work of the African Union's (AU) forces before their mandate expires in early April.