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The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported that dozens of combatants with a Rwandan Hutu rebel group have turned in their arms in the east of the vast Central African nation.

The top United Nations relief official today called for full respect for humanitarian principles in the face of continuing attacks on aid workers in Darfur, a troubled region in western Sudan.

The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ending Sudan’s long-running north-south civil war has faced some of its most “volatile and challenging” months since it was signed in 2005, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon writes in a report made public today.

Dozens of Iraqi refugee women living in Syria are learning how to build their self-confidence, develop relaxation techniques and hone their communication skills thanks to innovative workshops organized by the United Nations refugee agency and the group Clowns Without Borders.

Information about AIDS, condoms and anti-discrimination messages are being distributed to participants in this year’s Beijing Olympics, thanks to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Chinese organizing committee for the games.