UN heads towards 60th year with big plans, big problems
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UNITED NATIONS,  - The United Nations turns 60 in 2005 after a bruising year that has seen the organisation battered and demoralised by a string of scandals that have damaged the UN&#39;s image.
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A draft UN treaty to tackle any future giant asteroids heading for Earth is to be drawn up this year.
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The UN Security Council must threaten to use its &quot;stick&quot; as well as offer &quot;carrots&quot; to speed up settlement of the 21-year civil
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The United Nations broke with years of protocol and commemorated the 60-year anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps, directly linking its own founding with the end of the Holocaust in some of the strongest language ever.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan warned, one year after the suicide bombing of its headquarters in Baghdad, that the United Nations may have become a prime target of political violence in what could impede its mission to help the world's people.
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The UN General Assembly is to mark the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz with a special session.
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That projection comes from an internal draft report from the Bush administration that is more than a year overdue at the United Nations. The Associated Press obtained a copy Saturday.
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UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon issues a warning to the world.
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Damage to the environment could soon pass a point of no return, according to a major report from the U.N.
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The human population is living far beyond its means and inflicting damage to the environment that could pass points of no return, according to a major report from the U.N.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wanted to know the challenges of our time and whether reform within the UN is necessary to meet the challenges of new threats.
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The United Nations' nuclear watchdog prepares a report that could trigger further UN sanctions
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A high-level panel on reforming the United Nations has proposed two models for enlarging the U.N. Security Council, according to a major report obtained by Reuters on Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York The United Nations has proposed the most sweeping changes in its history, recommending the overhaul of its top decision-making group, the Security Council, and holding out the possibility that it could grant legitimacy to pre
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With the United Nations headquarters scheduled for renovations, governments make plans of their own.
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It has been striking how many speakers at the United Nations General Assembly this week have raised the three issues of achieving Palestinian statehood, fighting terrorism and promoting democracy around the world.
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With governments at a global warming summit divided, the United Nations released an alarming new report.