Full Coverage: United Nations

29.09.2006 Recent events in Lebanon and the stalemate in the Middle East peace process have demonstrated the growing failure of the Security Council to tackle issues under its mandate, the Defence Minister of India told the General Assembly, calling for reform of the 15-member body.

29.09.2006 more than six billion people in the world today, over one billion have no access to improved drinking water -- a basic necessity for human life -- and about 2.6 billion people do not have access to improved sanitation.

27.09.2006 Amnesty International expressed its concern over the news that, unless a compromise is reached, the decision on the final status of Kosovo may be imposed and dictated from outside, without the necessary consultation.

25.09.2006 An UN report on on the Extent of Chronic Hunger and Malnutrition has said that even though India has enough food to feed its one billion people, hunger and household-level food insecurity have increased since the latter half of the 1990s.

22.09.2006 In New York Secretary-General Kofi Annan rang the Peace Bell, on the seared fields of conflict in Somalia appeals rang out to end the violence and in Afghanistan children flew the once forbidden kites of hope as the United Nations system today marked the annual International Day of Peace from its stately Headquarters building to the furthest flung trenches of warfare.

21.09.2006 The local governments have been urged to give top priority to education, health and drinking water in their budgets and to improve public delivery system in order to strengthen democracy at grass-root level

21.09.2006 Countries will only overcome the “three great challenges” of development, security and human rights if they take action together, globally and coordinated through the United Nations, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a wide-ranging speech to world leaders gathered for the opening of the General Assembly’s annual debate.

18.09.2006 NEW YORK, Sep 18 (OneWorld) - Human rights and peace activists in many parts of the world took to the streets Sunday protesting the international community's failure to stop the ongoing bloody ethnic conflict in Sudan's Darfur region.

18.09.2006 OneWorld Radio in collaboration with UNICEF are hosting a contest for radio features and public service announcements to raise HIV/AIDS awareness and highlight young people’s participation in the media. The contest highlights OneWorld/UNICEF’s ongoing commitment to youth participation and development. The contest will also offer an additional opportunity to promote OneWorld/UNICEF’s HIV/AIDS campaign “Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS,” in which UNICEF played a critical coordinating role.

15.09.2006 This "Open Access" Guide, released by the Beyond Access Project, is designed to help education and gender campaigners and coalitions work more effectively with the media to promote gender-equitable education.

14.09.2006 The World Intellectual Property Rights (WIPO), the permanent UN body on copyrights and associated rights, currently discusses the Draft Broadcasting Treaty. The Treaty proposes new and serious restriction on the rights of the authors of broadcast works and free exchange of contents over the internet, especially for podcasters and podcasting organizations.

13.09.2006 The Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization released last 31 August features an overview of the United Nations' main achievements and challenges during the past 12 months, including the progress made in implementing the Millennium Declaration.

12.09.2006 The United Nations General Assembly adopted a comprehensive global strategy to counter terrorism, overcoming differences between Member States and a year of often fractious negotiations to agree for the first time on a common approach to fighting the scourge.

12.09.2006 India was meant to be polio free by 2005. Instead it is facing a sharp upsurge in polio cases, worrying global leaders.

12.09.2006 This year's report, A Passage to Hope: Women and International Migration, highlights the diverse experiences of women migrants and emphasizes the need for migration laws and policies that safeguard the rights of women and support their needs for health care and other essential services.

11.09.2006 At least 2,500 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York for an annual conference that this year focused on the theme of fostering partnerships for security and sustainable development.

11.09.2006 Fifteen teachers from seven government schools across Rupandehi District and two radio producers of Lumbini community multimedia centre (CMC) in Nepal participated in a education programme titled "Teaching through Radio".....

08.09.2006 The 2006 Global Monitoring Report, Literacy for life, measures the world's progress towards achieving the six Education For All goals, and especially the neglected one of universal literacy.

04.09.2006 The chart presents the latest assessment on how far we have come, and how far we have to go in reaching the goals, in each of the world’s regions.

04.09.2006 India's landmark decision to send 125 female police officers - one complete specialized unit - to assist United Nations peacekeeping operations in Liberia next month is an "unprecedented" move that sends a message not only to other post-conflict countries about the importance of having women officers, but also to police contributing nations, senior UN officials.