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A former Rwandan bishop charged with genocide died today after a long illness, the first suspect to pass away while in the custody of the United Nations war crimes tribunal for Rwanda.

The United Nations refugee agency today said that hundreds of indigenous people from Panama displaced by a brutal attack along the border by insurgents from Colombia have slowly begun to return to their homes.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, met today in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis.

The United Nations Security Council today unanimously decided to ask for a new six-month mandate for a panel of experts investigating the illegal exploitation of natural resources and other forms of wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Two United Nations human rights experts today called on the Government of Bangladesh to ensure that its recent efforts to crack down on crime do not forfeit the crucial rights of detainees or obstruct humanitarian enquiries into allegations of ill-treatment.

The international effort to phase out lead in gas is accelerating as more African countries switch to lead-free petrol, according to a survey conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

As United Nation Secretary-General Kofi Anan prepared to leave for Paris today to attend high-level talks on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, his top envoy continued her mission aimed at strengthening the humanitarian response to the steadily deteriorating situation in that country.

Reacting to attacks on Israeli positions across the withdrawal line in southern Lebanon, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Terje Roed-Larsen, has voiced concern at the pattern of repeat violations.

Already stretched thin by the demands of a dense population coping with decades of conflict, natural resources in the Palestinian Occupied Territories are under constant pressure from water pollution, climate change, desertification and land degradation, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) says in a new study.

The United Nations has been authorized by Glafcos Clerides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Rauf Denktash, the Turkish Cypriot leader, to seek submissions on a flag and anthem for Cyprus through open public competition as foreseen in the proposal for a comprehensive settlement put to them by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.