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Making life-saving medicines more affordable for poor countries is not only a vital precondition for improving public health but also a realistic goal, according to experts who today wrapped up a workshop in Høsbjør, Norway, convened jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Malaysian business executives attending a workshop on Sub-Saharan Africa have expressed their interest in doing business on the continent, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which sponsored the event.

The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) today released new statistics on global cereal production, predicting increases in this year's output but warning that supply will still not meet demand.

Nigeria has joined the lead United Nations human settlements agency in launching a campaign to promote transparency and accountability in urban governance.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has moved more than 27,000 Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea from high-risk border camps to safer sites further inland, a spokesman for the organization said today in Geneva.

Baghdad's United Nations-administered oil exports surged to an average of 2.29 million barrels a day last week, up from 1.8 million the previous week, according to statistics released today by the UN office overseeing the effort.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today launched a new $89.7 million emergency operation to feed 2.5 million small-scale farmers in Ethiopia.

A downturn in the economies of developed countries, particularly the United States, has triggered a slowdown in the world economy, according to a new United Nations report released today.

A committee of the United Nations General Assembly has postponed taking action on human resources - one of the main items on its agenda - because Member States failed to agree on contractual arrangements, recruitment, placement of personnel and administration of justice.

Continuing his efforts to promote freedom of religion, a United Nations human rights expert will visit Argentina later this month at the invitation of the country's Government, the UN announced today.