By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 06 June 2006 A delegation from the United Nations Security Council is in Sudan Tuesday to persuade the Sudanese government to accept U.N. peacekeepers into the volatile Darfu...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 21 May 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is rejecting criticism from the U.N. Committee Against Torture, which last week called for Washington to close the detention...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 21 May 2006 Aung San Suu Kyi (2002 photo) Burma's political opposition, the National League for Democracy, is hopeful of progress on democratic reform after the three-day visit o...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 May 2006 A senior U.N. envoy has met with Burma's detained opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. The envoy is the first high-ranking U.N. official to be allowed into Burma in m...
By Peter Heinlein Heinlein 03 June 2006 A high-level U.N conference on AIDS has exposed deep strategic differences between world leaders and rights groups representing victims of the epidemic. A final...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 17 May 2006 The U.N. Security Council is pressing Syria to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon and define their common border. A Lebanese soldier near the Syri...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 15 May 2006 Internationally-acclaimed actress Naomi Watts has taken a volunteer job as a special United Nations envoy on HIV/AIDS. Watts has just returned from a fact-...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 15 May 2006 The United Nations' top emergency relief coordinator says he is optimistic the agreement to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region can work. But he warns of serio...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 14 May 2006 The United States is repeating its position that the best way to resolve the stand-off with Iran over its nuclear program is through the United Nations. A top U....
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 May 2006 U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour says there is no hope for peace in Sudan's conflict-ridden Darfur region until the fighting factions are disarm...