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Following recent intensive consultations on Cyprus by the Secretary-General's Special Adviser, Alvaro de Soto, the United Nations today reported that although it has not proved possible to achieve a comprehensive settlement, the parties' positions have never been closer and agreement seemed possible up until the last minute.

Despite significant progress in Afghanistan's peace process, insecurity remains the biggest threat to the country's future, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.

United Nations inspections teams continued their work in Iraq today, with officials from both the UN and Baghdad working to resolve a problem at the Communicable Diseases Control Centre.

The United Nations Security Council today strongly condemned last month's terrorist attacks in Kenya, where a bomb blast shook a resort hotel and missiles were fired at an Israeli airliner.

The United Nations today launched the International Year of Freshwater in a bid to raise awareness and action to manage and protect clean water resources, with UN officials calling attention to its vital role in health, hygiene and development.

The United Nations Security Council today expressed its support for ongoing regional efforts to reach a comprehensive and lasting settlement of the situation in Somalia.

Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette today told a model United Nations conference that the current situation in Iraq shows what a central role the UN can - and must - play in the quest for a world free from the threat of weapons of mass destruction.

After an eight-month hiatus, military officials from Ethiopia and Eritrea have met with United Nations officials to discuss coordination issues along the two countries’ borders.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) today told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it planned to "lift the freeze" on its nuclear facilities to generate power, the Agency said Thursday.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that a national vaccination campaign targeting more than 5 million farm animals is going on in Afghanistan, and that it was also supporting the fight against rabies in major cities to protect people from the fatal disease.