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SHEIKHA HAYA RASHED AL KHALIFA of Bahrain was unanimously elected President of the sixty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly on 8 June 2006, taking over from Jan Eliasson [...]

A number of United Nations peace-keeping operations, especially in Africa, have confirmed their vital role. While troop numbers continue to increase, new regional arrangements are being developed that take into [...]

War-ravaged, drought-stricken and impoverished, Afghanistan has in the past months witnessed momentous historic changes. When five years of Taliban rule ended last year, it opened an unprecedented window of opportunity […]

KOSOVO Security Council mission visits Yugoslavia A Security Council mission-the first to include all 15 members and be headed by the Council President-visited Kosovo and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [...]

In its Final Report, the Task Force you co-chaired argues for a better use of enforcement in Security Council resolutions. What kind of enforcement machinery is the Report recommending? The [...]

The United Nations Interim Force in lebanon (UNIFIL) in August began deployment of its first peace-keeping units along the 'line of withdrawal' between Lebanon and [...]

On 28 September, the Governing of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) agreed to reduce to 25 per cent the funds received by UNCC from the sale of Iraqi oil. [...]

The Security Council on July extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) for a further six-month period, until 31 January [...]

Reaffirming its support for the democratic process in Guinea-Bissau, the Security Council on 5 October called on the former military junta to withdraw from politics. It urged Member States to [...]

In his latest report on the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), the Secretary General reported an increase in human rights violations in that country. He stressed that Guatemala [...]

Concerned about the growing spread of the Afghan conflict and its destabilizing effect on neighbouring countries, the Security Council on 25 September urged all parties to resume negotiations under United [...]

Continuing Violence Condemned The Security Council on 29 September condemned all attacks on civilian populations in Burundi and urged armed rebel groups to settle their differences and implement the Arusha [...]

On the Path to Self-Governance On 22 September, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported that Kosovo's transition to self-governance could be derailed by hard-line Albanian elements who used violence to undermine confidence [...]

Militia Attacks on the Rise Briefing the Security Council on 29 September, the head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) said the Government of Indonesia was [...]

Stalemate in Peace Process The Council on 13 October extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 15 December 2000. Noting [...]

New UN Mission Established In an effort to end their two-year border war, Ethiopia and Eritrea signed on 18 June in Algiers the Agreement on the Cessation of Hostilities, which [...]

On 28 September, the Security Council described the deterioration of the security situation in Guinea as 'very serious' after a series of violent attacks by Liberian and Sierra Leonean rebels [...]

Security Council Mission to the Region Deciding to review the situation in Sierra Leone by 31 October, the Security Council on 20 September extended the mandate of the United Nations [...]

New Genocide Support Programme The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on 26 September launched a new victim-focused initiative to support survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The [...]

Angolan refugees flee to Zambia Renewed fighting in the past nine months has led to a sharp increase in Angolans seeking refuge in Zambia. The Office of the United Nations [...]

Violence Derails Peace Process Continued violence between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli security forces led to an indefinite suspension of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, threatening to derail [...]

International Community Takes a Close Look at Conflict Diamonds Momentum has been gathering worldwide to globally ban all trade in conflict diamonds. Earlier this year, groundbreaking reports made clear to [...]

Middle East: The Security Council on 31 May unanimously extended the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) by six months, until 30 November 2000. Cyprus: The Security [...]

Ending a week-long official visit to the Middle East on 23 June, Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged adherence to the 'blue line'--the verified line of demarcation between Israel and Lebanon. His [...]

Following renewed attacks against international humanitarian staff and vehicles in Kosovo's divided town of Mitrovica, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on 23 June suspended [...]

The number of countries facing food emergencies rose in May, with 36 nations currently affected by serious shortages, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of [...]

Briefing the Security Council on 27 June, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for East Timor and head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), Sergio Vieira de Mello, [...]

The Security Council on 23 June held an extensive debate on the situation in the Balkans, focussing on refugee returns and the protection of minorities. Opening the debate in which [...]

Secretary-General Kofi Annan released his latest report on 9 June, marking the first anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Kosovo was 'a [...]

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on 22 June began airlifting life-saving motherhood and reproductive health supplies to help Eritreans displaced by the recent fighting with Ethiopia. UNFPA's emergency assistance, [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) on 9 June launched an action plan to save 13.4 million people in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa from plummeting into a major health crisis. [...]

Renewed fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea erupted in early May, displacing thousands of civilians and causing many to flee into neighbouring Sudan. The Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan on [...]

Africa has long been ravaged by major civil wars. Only recently has it become clear to what extent armed conflicts are fuelled by greed for a country's wealth in natural [...]

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 1 June sentenced a Belgian journalist to 12 years in prison for inciting people to commit genocide in Rwanda in 1994. Georges Henry [...]

On 22 June, the Security Council called on all parties to cease hostilities throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo, cooperate with the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic [...]

After exhausting every diplomatic and political means to free its detained peacekeepers, the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) on 17 July staged a rescue operation, bringing to safety [...]

A group of children associated with the fighting between rebel and government forces in Sierra Leone was handed over by pro-government militiamen to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which [...]

The Security Council on 23 February welcomed the inauguration of Guinea-Bissau's President Kumba Yala, marking the restoration of multi-party democracy, and expressed its support for the newly-elected Government. The Council [...]

The Security Council extended the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May 2000. In his latest report, the Secretary-General gave a 'sobering [...]

On 18 February, the World Food Programme (WFP) launched a $58-million appeal to feed 1.7 million Sudanese in both rebel and government-held areas of the Sudan until the end of [...]

Noting with concern the shortfall in funding for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa, the Security Council on 13 January called on the international community to provide the [...]

On 23 February the Security Council expressed concern at the continuing flow of into Somalia, in violation of its embargo, and condemned those supplying the weapons. It also condemned recent [...]

The Security Council on 10 February welcomed the Secretary-General's decision to establish a United Nations Peace-Building Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). Succeeding the United Nations Mission in Central [...]

Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited East Timor on 17 and 18 February. Saying that the devastation was 'far worse' than he had imagined, Mr. Annan paid tribute to UN staff in [...]

The United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) made gradual progress in restoring the rule of law, including the first appointments of judges and prosecutors. By 11 February, there were [...]

Representing 'a real breakthrough for children affected by conflict', the United Nations on 21 February began the unprecedented deployment of Child Protection Advisers (CPAs) to help ensure that children's rights [...]

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on 3 March sentenced Croat General Tihomir Blaskic to 45 years in prison--the longest sentence it has handed down so far and [...]

The Security Council on 19 January endorsed former South African President Nelson Mandela's designation as the new Facilitator of a peaceful solution to the conflict in Burundi by the Eighth [...]

During the Security Council's open briefing on Angola on 18 January, speakers blamed the protracted conflict in the country on the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA). [...]

At the beginning of May 2000, hostile action by the United Revolutionary Front (RUF) led to a rapid deterioration of the security situation in Sierra Leone, threatening to undermine the [...]