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New York: Chad has become the 100th nation to agree to give the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) more information about its nuclear activities, which the agency hailed as a milestone in efforts to bolster global nuclear verification efforts.

New York: The top United Nations envoy for Somalia has declared full support for President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's efforts to form a new, “more effective,” cabinet following differences in parliament, and called on international donors to speed up funding for the war-torn country.

New York: Voicing extreme concern at the escalation of deadly violence in Thailand, the top United Nations human rights official called on anti-Government protestors and the security forces to pull back from the brink and search for a peaceful resolution to the current stand-off.

New York: The United Nations refugee agency has sounded the alarm at the dramatic rise in both the frequency and brutality of attacks against civilians by a notorious Ugandan rebel group operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).

Tunis - Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa region, conducted an official two-day visit to Tunisia where she was received by His Excellency, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. Dr. Akhtar also met with Mr. Mohamed Nouri Jouini, Minister of Development and International Cooperation, Mr. Taoufik Baccar, Governor of the Central Bank and several other members of Government.

New York: As preparations kicked off today in New York for a global summit to review progress since the historic United Nations environment conference held in Rio de Janeiro nearly 20 years ago, a senior official stressed the need for greater efforts to achieve sustainable development.

New York: More than 27 million people were uprooted by violence within their countries in 2009, the highest number since the mid-1990s, according to a new United Nations-backed study.

New York: The absence of a significant process of reconciliation between the communities in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008, together with economic difficulties, continues to present the risk of social unrest, a senior United Nations envoy has warned.

New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged leaders in Asia and the Pacific to cooperate and take bold action to seek 'green' solutions to their long-term economic recovery, as they gather in the Republic of Korea to review regional development policies.

New York: Global health challenges facing the world can only be overcome through collective efforts similar to the international campaign that resulted in the eradication of smallpox three decades ago, the head of the United Nations health agency has said.