United Nations germ warfare experts in Iraq today probed two food-processing facilities in a bid to uncover information about Baghdad's clandestine weapons programme.
United Nations weapons experts today continued inspecting sites across Iraq in search of evidence of a clandestine programme to produce prohibited arms.
After being updated by the chief United Nations monitors on the weapons inspection process in Iraq, the Security Council held an open meeting today to debate the next steps for dealing with the disarmament of that country.
With its continuing spiral of action and counteraction, the conflict between the Palestinians and Israelis remains "extremely dangerous," Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today in a message to the opening of the annual session of a United Nations committee on Palestinian rights.
Placing special emphasis on the urgent need for tens of millions of dollars in non-food items, the United Nations today launched in Johannesburg its mid-term review of the 2002-2003 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa.
The United Nations today launched a $40 million trust fund to help the world’s least developed countries fully participate in international debate and draw up policy guidance on food safety and trade.
A groundbreaking moment in public health history is just around the corner as final negotiations get underway on a global treaty – the first-ever under the auspices of a United Nations agency – aimed at curbing the advertising, promotion, sales and smuggling of tobacco products.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today welcomed the announcement by Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat that he intends to appoint a Prime Minister and also that he fully embraces the so-called road map of the diplomatic Quartet.
Reiterating that no evidence of prohibited nuclear activities has been found in Iraq so far, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the Security Council today that a number of issues still remain under investigation and that no conclusions could be drawn about them.
As the Security Council met in New York to hear an update on the inspections process in Iraq, UN monitors on the ground continued to carry out visits today to various facilities around the country.