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On the second anniversary of the abduction of a former state governor in Colombia, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urgently appealed to rebel groups to release all those kidnapped and end the "inhumane practice."

Members of the Security Council today agreed to "respond quickly" to Secretary-General Kofi Annan's recent proposal for a modified, four-stage reduction in the military strength of the United Nations mission in Sierra Leone, the President of the 15-nation body said today.

The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today welcomed the decision taken at the recently concluded African Union Summit in Mozambique to strengthen women's rights by adding gender specific provisions to an existing charter.

Two top United Nations envoys have returned to the besieged Liberian capital of Monrovia to begin paving the way for the return of UN agencies and personnel providing humanitarian assistance to the people of the war-torn West African nation.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a prominent Pakistani jurist and civil litigator to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Continuing its annual session in Geneva, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today held a panel discussion to examine how to best assist conflict-torn Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Angola enjoy lasting stability and transition from relief to development.

Barely two years after the adoption of a United Nations action plan to eradicate the illicit small arms trade, worldwide progress had been made in public disclosures about the origins, destinations, modus operandi and profiling of groups engaged in the global scourge, according to the chairperson of a key UN meeting.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and United States President George W. Bush today discussed a stabilization plan for war-torn Liberia under which the United States would assist a UN peacekeeping force composed of West African nations.

The African Union has passed a resolution calling on world leaders to participate in the upcoming global summit convened by the United Nations telecommunications agency to explore ways to utilize information technology to overcome poverty.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's senior envoy to Iraq today hailed the formation of the country's new Governing Council and pledged the United Nations' full support on the long road to recovery.