Responding to the ongoing razing of shantytowns in Côte d’Ivoire, the United Nations refugee agency today urged the country’s Government to protect all affected civilians.
Iraq will receive two power plant gas turbines valued at $80 million under a contract just approved in accordance with the United Nations oil-for-food programme, which allows Baghdad to use a portion of its petroleum revenues to purchase humanitarian relief, the Office running the scheme announced today.
The Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC) would accept, with certain conditions, a new power-sharing agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the country said today in Pretoria, South Africa, where he is holding informal consultations with various DRC parties on an acceptable transitional arrangement.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today said his experience heading the world body’s peacekeeping department taught him that UN troops need a realistic mandate in order to succeed.
Translating information on the work of the United Nations into more languages and disseminating materials more efficiently through new structures are among the new initiatives to enhance the Organization’s outreach announced today by Shashi Tharoor, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information.
Aiming to avoid a worsening crisis in southern Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) today urged the international community to fund the purchase and distribution of critically needed seeds to the region.
The Security Council this evening scheduled closed-door consultations aimed at reaching agreement among the body’s 15 members on proposals to return United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq.
Wrapping up a 10-day fact-finding mission to Myanmar, a United Nations expert today urged the country’s authorities to allow a credible investigation of allegations that the military and armed groups committed widespread human rights violations in ethnic minority areas.
Saudi Arabia is achieving progress in the legal arena, but more must be done to ensure the application of due process in the country, a United Nations expert said following a weeklong mission to the country.
While the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) can expect better crop yields this season, about 6.4 million people in the country will still require outside food assistance to survive in the coming year, two United Nations agencies reported today.