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To facilitate preparations for the conduct of referenda on each side, the top United Nations adviser on Cyprus has informed the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders that the date for a referendum has been set for 20 April, according to the UN mission in the country.

A treaty stipulating that cultural heritage must be protected during war and that individual perpetrators of "crimes against culture" must be held responsible became law today in participating countries, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today.

The leaders of Sudan's Government and a key rebel group have hailed the role of the United Nations in their country during talks with UN envoy Mohamed Sahnoun, who is currently touring East Africa.

Citing secret detentions, torture, the harassment of civilians and indiscriminate attacks, three United Nations human rights experts said today they were deeply concerned by the "deteriorating situation" in Nepal.

The United Nations today launched an emergency "Flash Appeal" for $35 million to meet the medical and nutritional needs of 3 million Haitians over the next six months.

As the 10-year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approaches, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed the establishment of a Special Rapporteur or Adviser on the prevention of genocide.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan is looking forward to working with the Russian Federation's incoming Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the country's former Permanent Representative to the United Nations who was appointed to the new post today, a UN spokesman said.

Filming has begun on The Interpreter, the first movie to be shot inside the United Nations Headquarters in New York, after the UN gave formal permission to the movie's producers on Friday.

The United Nations has stepped up its campaign to meet the growing demand for French-speaking peacekeepers, with missions in Côte d'Ivoire, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) either proposed or expanding.

While noting with satisfaction marked progress in cooperation by Iran, the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency today voiced serious concern over gaps in Tehran’s declaration of nuclear activities and called on it to take the “vital” initiative to provide all relevant information fully and promptly in the coming months.