U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday he will send a team to East Timor to prepare for the return of United Nations peacekeepers, but warned that a new mission would need at least another six months to set up in the troubled country. Complete Story
AP Correspondent Edith M. Lederer covers the United Nations and writes a weekly blog about what goes on behind the scenes.
Liberia welcomed a United Nations resolution easing an embargo on arms sales to the west African country Wednesday, but it urged the U.N. to go further and lift sanctions barring sales of diamonds and timber.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan defended his top deputy Thursday from sharp U.S. criticism about a speech that faulted Washington's attitude toward the United Nations.
Statements a South Korean businessman made during a 1970s bribery scandal might be used at his upcoming trial on charges he accepted millions of dollars to help Iraq in the United Nations oil-for-food program, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
The United States strongly criticized the No. 2 United Nations official on Wednesday for a speech he gave that accused the U.S. government of leaving Americans in the dark about the world body's good works.
The Sudanese government told a high-level Security Council delegation Tuesday that it would not give immediate approval for a U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur, but was willing to keep talking about the takeover from African Union troops.
President Bush said Monday that it's important for United Nations forces to take over peacekeeping as soon as possible in the Darfur region of Sudan where nearly 200,000 people have died in a three-year conflict.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi expressed criticism Thursday for the handing over of exiled Liberian President Charles Taylor to the United Nations on war crimes charges.
The United Nations said Friday $100 million was urgently needed to help Indonesia earthquake survivors as the injured and bereaved marked the Islamic day of prayer amid the rubble of their homes.
Warning that the battle against AIDS was at risk, the United Nations asked delegations at a major conference Thursday to stop opposing the mention of condoms, safe drug use and funding goals in a document that will help guide efforts to fight the virus over the next 10 years.
Police used bolt cutters to separate AIDS activists who had chained themselves to each other Wednesday in the lobby of the building that houses the U.S. Mission of the United Nations.
The world has fallen far short of its promises five years ago to fight HIV/AIDS, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned leaders meeting Wednesday to find new ways to tackle the virus.
The United Nations humanitarian chief warned Tuesday of a catastrophic situation developing in Darfur unless international donors act soon to bolster a beleaguered African peacekeeping force in the Sudanese province.
AP Correspondent Edith M. Lederer covers the United Nations and writes a weekly blog about what goes on behind the scenes.
Sudan said Thursday it would permit the U.N. to lay the groundwork for possible deployment of a peacekeeping force in Darfur, but cautioned that the world body's role would be smaller than some Security Council members want.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said talks Wednesday on perks and penalties meant to stop Iran from pursuing nuclear activities that the West fears could produce a bomb produced "good progress," suggesting the United Nations could act soon if Tehran remains defiant.
A high-level United Nations delegation came to Sudan Tuesday to press the reluctant government to move forward with implementation of a recent peace accord with rebels and accept a large force of U.N. peacekeepers in the strife-torn Darfur region.
AP Correspondent Edith M. Lederer covers the United Nations and writes a weekly blog report.
Arab Gulf nations plan to send an envoy to Iran to press it to find a negotiated solution to its nuclear standoff with the United Nations in a new diplomatic effort after months of staying on the sidelines, officials said Sunday.
Some 150 Chinese seeking action from their government on various grievances demonstrated outside a United Nations office in Beijing on Saturday while U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited China.
The chairman of a Senate investigative panel said Friday it is looking into the actions of former Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N.J., in connection with the United Nations oil-for-food program for Iraq.
A key U.N. panel on Friday joined European and United Nations leaders in urging the Bush administration to close its prison in Guantanamo Bay, saying the indefinite detention of terror suspects there violates the world's ban on torture.
The United Nations is tackling its largest electoral operation to support the first elections in Congo in 45 years, the top U.N. organizer said Thursday.
Ignoring a peace pact, armed militiamen attacked several villages this week in Sudan's Darfur region, killing at least 11 people and wounding many others, the United Nations said Wednesday.