• Ban voices sympathy to family after UN staffer’s remains found in Lebanon

• Number of researchers rising globally but women still in minority – UN report

• Kidnappings, attacks threaten to undercut UN-AU efforts in Darfur – Ban

• UN still concerned over access to civilians displaced by Yemen conflict

• New policy centre and trust fund in Seoul mark shift in UN-Korean relations

• UN-backed demobilization process begins in North Darfur

• International Criminal Court trial of two former Congolese leaders opens tomorrow

• Sudan: Senior UN rights official praises agreement to end use of child soldiers

• Ban applauds easing of restrictions on Sri Lankans in camps for displaced

• Industrialization will help Africa fully join world economy, says Ban

• Libya and UN agency enter pact to boost food security, sustainable development

• NEWSMAKER: UN disaster expert knows first-hand what Copenhagen failure could entail

• More must be done to tackle global ‘crisis’ of road traffic deaths, says Ban

• Palestinian children mark 20th year of UN rights treaty with video testimony

• Xenophobic attacks in South Africa draw condemnation from UN agency

• Kenyan youth shoot for peace in UN-backed football ‘reconciliation contest’

• Ensuring child rights still a challenge, 20 years after treaty – UN officials

• Urgent aid needed to restore Indonesia’s quake-ravaged health services – UN

• As European population ages, UN body suggests ways to enhance senior lives

• India’s all-female UN police unit serves as inspiration for Liberian women

• Ban welcomes appointment of new European leaders

• Ban to focus on climate change during Trinidad and Tobago visit

• Welcoming progress, UN official urges more support for Sri Lanka’s displaced

• Cambodian troops arrive to bolster UN force in Chad, Central African Republic

• UN confident of success at Copenhagen climate summit, with US on board

• Number of poor in Latin America to rise by 9 million this year, says UN report

• UN chief congratulates Afghan President on inauguration

• Ban urges lawmakers to work with UN to pull developing countries out of recession

• Aid agencies assisting hundreds of thousands of displaced Pakistanis – UN

• UN blue helmets help passengers in DR Congo when plane overshoots runway

• Lebanon: UN force commander confers with prime minister on security in south

• Despite much progress, more must be done to protect children’s rights – UN

• UN and Iraq agree on plan to boost governance, socio-economic development

• Leaders of Rwandan rebel militia arrested for atrocities committed in DR Congo – UN

• Spain doubles aid for UN food operation in Horn of Africa

• Prisoner access to sanitation a human right, say UN experts on World Toilet Day