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The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) held discussions with a senior Sudanese official on the security and humanitarian situation following the recent fighting and heightened tensions between the Government and armed groups in the region.

The United Nations human rights chief today urged authorities in Sudan’s north and south to ensure that the upcoming referendum on the future status of the south is not marred in any way by abuses of voters’ rights.

In an effort to help law enforcement agencies in southern Africa respond to gender-based violence effectively, the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today that it has launched a handbook and a training curriculum to improve the capacity of national police forces in the region to combat the problem.

The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today paid tribute to Valente Ngwenya Malangatana, a renowned Mozambican artist and UNESCO Artist for Peace, who died on Wednesday.

The head of the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in Sudan’s troubled region of Darfur said today that the mission will continue to strengthen its operations this year to improve security and provide better protection to civilians, while supporting efforts to resolve the conflict there.

The United Nations is seeking up to 2,000 additional troops for its nearly 9,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire where the outgoing president’s refusal to step down despite his opponent’s electoral victory has sparked fears of renewed civil war.

Liberia, a country once torn asunder by civil war, has made some progress in seeking to cut off the illegal supply of diamonds, timber and other natural resources that have been used to finance wars in West Africa, but more needs to be done, according to a United Nations panel.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today discussed the situation on the Korean peninsula with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, with both men stressing the need for peace and stability in the region.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today named four top medical experts to an independent panel to investigate the cause of a cholera epidemic in Haiti amid media reports that Nepalese peacekeepers from the United Nations mission there may have been the source.

Several matches during the upcoming Asian Cup football tournament, which opens in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, will be dedicated to the fight against hunger and poverty, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.