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New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the people and institutions of Guinea to play their part in ensuring that Sunday's presidential polls are conducted peacefully and result in the formation of a government fully reflecting the will of the public.

New York: As the people of the small African nation of Burundi get set to cast their votes in Monday's presidential election, an independent United Nations expert has warned of potential violence and human rights violations, citing a number of recent worrisome developments.

New York: A United Nations human rights working group has urged Member States to back a global pact aimed at protecting people from enforced disappearances that is just two ratifications shy of the number needed to bring it into force.

New York: Gender equality and the empowerment of women will be the main focus of attention when government ministers from across the world gather in New York for the annual high-level meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) next week.

New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the global volunteer network Kiwanis International have announced a new partnership to eradicate tetanus in women and children worldwide.

New York: The United Nations Global Compact leaders' summit concluded in New York with a vow by the more than 1,200 corporate executives, government ministers and civil society representatives in attendance to strengthen their efforts to forge a more sustainable and inclusive world economy.

New York: The world's leading cocoa-producing and consuming countries reached agreement at a United Nations meeting on a new pact that aims to make the global trade in the $10 billion industry fairer and more sustainable.

New York: United Nations agencies have reported that the situation in Kyrgyzstan is relatively calm but still tense and that large numbers of those uprooted by the recent violence are returning to their homes, while adding that relief workers are still having difficulty reaching all those in need.

New York: Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has stressed that there must be no impunity for any serious crimes committed during the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, Georgia, after they wrapped up an official visit to the Caucasus country.

New York: United Nations agencies are urging the international community to mobilize resources to boost child nutrition in Niger in the wake of new Government data that shows that the situation has deteriorated in the last 12 months.