• Helping world’s hungry also promotes peace and stability – Ban

• Civilians paying price of efforts to thwart DR Congo armed groups, UN envoy says

• Reports from Somalia suggest possible war crimes, says UN human rights chief

• Pakistan’s displacement crisis at ‘critical moment,’ says UN humanitarian chief

• Ivorian political parties must ensure elections will be free and fair – UN report

• UN begins clearing rubble caused by Gaza conflict

• Georgia: personnel from defunct UN mission to leave next week

• Global recession threatens African development, Ban says

• UN expert criticizes actions of authorities, Supreme Court in Honduras

• UN responding to deadly landslide in Myanmar

• Security Council concerned over precarious progress made in West Africa

• UNAIDS welcomes French-speaking bloc’s commitment to combat HIV

• New investment monitoring tool aims to boost business in Africa – UN agency

• Iraq: ancient Babylon archaeological site damaged by military activity

• Improving mobile communications during disasters focus of new UN partnership

• Invest more in higher education, say participants at UN forum

• Proposed climate change measures insufficient, Ban tells major economies

• Demand for handguns fuelling small arms trade, UN data shows

• US legal expert appointed as Registrar of UN-backed tribunal for Lebanon killings

• UN population agency and Iraq partner to boost development

• International Criminal Court receives materials on Kenyan post-election violence

• Without global support, Somalia will fall to opposition – top UN political official

• UN adviser takes part in summit on sport and social change in London

• Security the focus of latest round of UN-backed talks between Cypriot leaders

• Israel barrier must come down, UN rights expert says

• Global cooperation key to boosting public health – UN Economic and Social Council

• UN humanitarian chief gets first-hand look at site of Pakistani clashes

• Benin: UN activates humanitarian response as heavy floods take toll

• UN war crimes tribunal rejects Karadžić claim for immunity from prosecution

• Uprooted Pakistanis express desire to return home to UN relief chief

• Fight against heart attacks, strokes and cancers gets boost with new UN initiative

• Foreign direct investment policies of G20 nations generally positive, says UN report

• UNICEF welcomes release of almost 200 child soldiers by Central African rebel force

• Bill Clinton wraps up first visit to Haiti as UN special envoy

• Secretary-General en route to Italy to meet with G8 leaders

• Five years after judgment, Israel barrier still under construction – UN

• UN envoy in Greece to discuss former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia name issue

• Insecurity in eastern DR Congo still hindering humanitarian aid operations – UN

• Violence against Afghan women widespread and unpunished, finds UN report

• Iranian Kurd refugees in Iraq relocated from no-man’s land to camp – UN

• UN launches initiative to rid West Africa of organized crime, drug trafficking

• Lebanon and neighbours need to make more progress – UN envoy

• UN-backed fund reaches over 2 million people worldwide with AIDS treatment

• UN agencies urge action by G8 leaders to support world’s hungry

• UN uses post office network to raise awareness about HIV prevention

• UN envoy holds talks with former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on name issue

• Senior UN official nominated as Secretary-General’s top envoy to Iraq

• Drug trafficking and violence threaten gains in West Africa – UN official

• No effort must be spared to aid displaced Pakistanis, says UN relief chief

• Better water management key to tacking Afghan poverty, UN envoy says

• Number of Somalis uprooted by violence in capital tops 200,000 – UN

• UN to strengthen peacekeeping efforts amid rising demand, says Ban

• Eastern DR Congo still faces security, humanitarian challenges – Ban

• UN human rights chief alarmed by ‘major tragedy’ in western China

• UN human rights probe into Gaza conflict wraps up public hearings in Geneva

• Unresolved issues hindering permanent peace between Israel and Lebanon – UN report

• Ban pledges UN assistance in efforts to free abducted aid workers in Darfur

• Mass arrests in Iran spark grave concerns from UN human rights experts

• In Haiti, UN envoy Bill Clinton visits city devastated by hurricane

• Kosovars displaced by war face reintegration obstacles, says UN rights expert

• Security Council extends terms of judges on UN war crimes tribunals

• Ban welcomes Russian-United States agreement to cut nuclear arsenals

• Nepal: UN human rights official voices concern about promotion of army officer