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The regional economy of Latin America and the Caribbean grew 1.5 per cent in 2003 and should continue that upward trend in the months to come, but the improvement does not offset the stagnation of recent years, the United Nations economic commission for the region, ECLAC, says.

A United Nations human rights expert today voiced concern that the declaration of principles and action plan adopted at the recent global summit on information and communications technologies (ICTs) mostly ignored issues of freedom of opinion and expression.

A United Nations team and the Government of Cambodia have agreed on a number of steps necessary to establish a court to try the ageing former leaders of the Khmer Rouge.

As the holiday season approaches, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on the parties in Colombia's long-running civil conflict to release any civilians they have kidnapped and renew dialogue towards ending the violence.

The United Nations refugee agency is preparing to launch the repatriation of 432,000 people who fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during a bitter war, and has arranged for a pioneering group of nearly 300 to fly to the country.

The United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has issued an appeal to Member States to expedite the deployment of troops they have offered for the United Nations Mission and to be prepared to provide troops for anticipated future operations in various other parts of Africa.

New United Nations statistics released today show that a billion dollars can mean a lot or a little, depending on the national context.

A senior United Nations official today urged a caucus of developing States to take various steps to help their least advantaged neighbours, including by promoting trade and investment in the world's poorest nations.

Tensions remain high among Sudanese refugees in western Ethiopia after weekend violence killed dozens of people, including three staff members from an Ethiopian government office, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.

A global development partnership is needed to meet the ambitious anti-poverty goals set by the United Nations, but deeper cooperation among the world's poorer nations is crucial to this effort, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.