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Though significant achievements were made in Kosovo towards the end of 2002, the province is still a considerable way from reaching the individual benchmarks and targets set by the United Nations, according to a report by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan released today in New York.

Attempts by United Nations monitors to interview Iraqi individuals continued to be hampered as a potential interviewee insisted on having a witness present during questioning.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial body of the United Nations that settles disputes between countries, ruled today that pending further investigation the United States must temporarily stay the execution of three Mexican citizens on US death row.

Addressing the Security Council after United States Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence of Iraq’s failure to disarm, the Iraqi representative to the United Nations today refuted the US charges and reaffirmed his country’s readiness to continue to fully cooperate with UN inspectors.

The United Nations lead population agency and Rotary International vowed to continue their joint efforts to address development needs and confront challenges of global population growth.

Gearing-up for a world summit on the information society, a United Nations-backed preparatory conference in Beirut today focused on key information communication technology issues relevant to Western Asia.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced plans to team with a leading pan-European children’s entertainment company to promote girls’ education through a football tournament to be held in the Netherlands in June.

After United States Secretary of State Colin Powell presented to the Security Council US evidence of Iraq's failure to destroy illicit weapons, several members of the Council voiced their strong support for the continuation of United Nations inspections and urged Baghdad to cooperate proactively in the process.

Warning that time was running out for Iraq to comply with resolutions calling for the dismantling of its weapons of mass destruction, some members of the United Nations Security Council said today that the 15-nation body needed to uphold its responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.

The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, said today that he still believed war in Iraq was not inevitable but stressed that Baghdad must comply fully and proactively with Security Council demands.