As a United Nations humanitarian envoy wrapped up her visit to Côte d'Ivoire, she continued her assessment of the crisis's regional impact with a stop in Ghana today.
Following reports that male teachers have been banned from teaching girls in Afghanistan's Herat Province, the United Nations mission has sent a senior human rights adviser to that community to look into the issue of girls' education.
A United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to halve the global burden of malaria by 2010 announced today a new leadership strategy that aims to provide more effective support for endemic countries' efforts to tackle the deadly disease.
To help local communities and national governments searching for solutions to prevent everyday violence, the United Nations has pulled together the unique expertise of its lead agencies in a practical, groundbreaking resource guide issued today.
Members of the United Nations Security Council today welcomed the recent moves in Burundi by the Government and rebel leaders towards settling the nation's ongoing conflict.
Strongly supporting continuing efforts to promote the achievement of a comprehensive political settlement to the status of Abkhazia, the Security Council today unanimously extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for an additional six months, until 31 July.
In a bid to give the parties time to consider Secretary-General Kofi Annan's proposal for a political solution to the situation in Western Sahara, the Security Council today extended by two months the mandate of the United Nations mission responsible for organizing a referendum for the territory.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed South Africa’s $20 million donation for the agency’s emergency food operation for southern Africa.
Two decades of warfare in Afghanistan have degraded the environment to the extent it now presents a major stumbling block for the country's reconstruction efforts, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says in a report released today.