U.N. human rights team to start Lebanon probe
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A three-strong team of experts will  travel to Lebanon on Saturday to begin a probe into allegations  of human rights violations by Israel during last month's war, a  top United Nations official announced on Monday.
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The UN is to investigate the detention of the Venezuelan foreign minister as he tried to leave New York.
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UNITED NATIONS, May 30 -- A sharply divided U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to create an international criminal tribunal to prosecute the masterminds of the February 2005 suicide bombing that killed former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri and 22 others.
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The UN calls for an independent investigation into reports of human rights abuses in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.
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The Lebanese government decided on Tuesday to ask the United Nations to extend an ongoing inquiry into the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, official sources said.
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The United Nations is investigating around 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN civilian staff and soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister, prompting many Lebanese to celebrate and dance in the streets.
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Working from a tooth and 33 tiny bits of burned flesh, U.N. investigators sketched out on Tuesday a rough portrait of the suicide bomber they believe assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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Amnesty International calls for a body to prosecute human rights violations by Israelis and Palestinians.
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A United Nations panel on Wednesday recommended an independent probe into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia&#39;s Ogaden region, where the army has cracked down on rebels.
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The United Nations has started work   on trying to secure the release of two Israeli soldiers   kidnapped by Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July, a   senior U.N. official said on Sunday.
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The head of a U.N. inquiry into the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Monday he had made progress in analyzing the crime scene in Beirut and investigating suspects.
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The Lebanese government approved on  Saturday plans for a special international court to try  suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister  Rafik al-Hariri.
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The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating reports that Rwandan soldiers were responsible for violations of human rights in the east of the country last month.
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The United Nations new human rights watchdog agreed on Wednesday to send a high-level mission to Sudan's Darfur to probe allegations of worsening abuses against the civilian population.
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The UN sends experts to study Lebanon's environment following the conflict with Israel.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A sharply divided UN Security Council voted yesterday to establish an international criminal tribunal to prosecute the masterminds of the February 2005 suicide-bomb assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, and 22 others.