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The Security Council today condemned this week's series of coordinated bombings in northern Iraq that killed hundreds of people and left many more wounded, urging the country's people to end their continuing sectarian violence.

With armed police on board for protection through a rebel-held region, a United Nations-sponsored train draped in flags and banners has covered 600 kilometres through the Republic of Congo, dropping off 300,000 insecticide-treated bed nets to fight one of the tropics’ deadliest diseases – malaria – in some of the country’s remotest corners.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that it will try to make all travel, accommodation and activities related to a climate change conference it is staging in early October “carbon neutral” to set an example about the benefits of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.

With border closures and increased poverty continuously undermining the ability of Palestinian teenagers to get a good education and enjoy their time off, tens of thousands of youngsters are benefiting from United Nations-supported learning centres in the West Bank and Gaza to help them overcome stress and hopelessness.

A sustainable approach to development is crucial to keep pace with Asia’s unprecedented economic growth, Director-General Juan Somavia of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) said at a three-day conference wrapping up today in Beijing, calling for national measures across the continent to ensure social welfare.

One month after floods devastated Bangladesh, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continues to provide food, safe drinking water, sanitation facilities and shelter to those affected by the monsoon rains.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with last week’s attack on a United Nations convoy in Timor-Leste during post-election violence in the small South-East Asian country, UN Police (UNPOL) reported today.

A Japanese nuclear power plant damaged by a strong earthquake last month shut down safely, and the very small amount of radioactivity released was well below the authorized limits for public health and environmental safety, according to a United Nations-sponsored fact-finding team of international nuclear safety experts.

Just ahead of a regional summit in Central Asia, the top United Nations political official is meeting with authorities in Kyrgyzstan today on issues of mutual concern, a spokesperson for the world body announced.

United Nations officials today called on Iraqi leaders to set aside religious and political difference and protect civilians after yesterday’s multiple car bombings in the north of the country that reportedly left at least 200 people dead and many more wounded.