• Marking Day of Solidarity, Ban stresses importance of a Palestinian State

• Ban calls on States to ensure climate change deal has broad support

• Upcoming Afghan conference will help promote post-election dialogue – Ban

• Top UN official urges probe into 'monstrous' Philippines attack

• Winners of UN prize for use of technology in education unveiled

• Momentum for climate deal strong and growing, Ban tells Commonwealth

• Somalia: UN expert urges end to inhuman practices after recent stonings

• Ban deplores attack on UN helicopter in DR Congo

• UN agency calls on Iran to halt work on recently-disclosed facility

• At Commonwealth meeting Ban drums up momentum for climate change summit

• UN nuclear watchdog has hit 'dead end' with Iran, says chief

• UNICEF official draws attention to plight of children in northern Yemen

• Ban says Obama’s presence adds momentum to Copenhagen climate summit

• Despite progress, challenges remain on child soldiers in Sudan, UN official reports

• Trial of Serb politician to resume at UN war crimes tribunal in January 2010

• UN peacebuilding body ready for expanded role, Security Council told

• UN officials urge intensified efforts to eliminate violence against women

• UN agency approves groundbreaking treaty to wipe out illegal fishing

• Cutting red tape key to improved trade among Asia-Pacific nations, says UN

• UN peacekeepers introduce local Congolese to the cow-drawn plough

• UN boosts food aid to thousands uprooted by tribal violence in DR Congo

• Darfur: over 300 former combatants discharged through UN-backed programme

• Conditions still critical for typhoon victims in Philippines, says UN

• Madagascar: UN appeals for $6 million to stockpile supplies as cyclones loom

• UN, Government data shows women and children on decline in Zimbabwe