Top U.N. staff begin probe of chemical warfare agent
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday summoned to New York top U.N. officials from a meeting abroad to find out how a potentially lethal chemical warfare agent was stored in U.N. offices in Manhattan.
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The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog began a two-day visit early Friday to discuss Iranian compliance with international demands over the country's nuclear program.
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Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as &quot;Chemical Ali,&quot; appeared on Saturday before an investigating magistrate, kicking off the process of trials of Iraq&#39;s former top officials.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog begins a  meeting on Monday to consider a European draft resolution on  Iran's atomic program, after diplomats and intelligence  officials said Tehran was already working to build an atom  bomb.
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A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog led by its second-in-command arrived in Tehran on Wednesday seeking details about Iran's offer to answer unresolved questions about its disputed nuclear program.
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United Nations security officials have declared a state of "heightened awareness" for U.N. relief workers in Indonesia pending investigation of a warning issued by the Danish Foreign Ministry, a spokeswoman said Monday.
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A five-member panel to investigate whether genocide has taken place in Darfur has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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The U.N. Security Council has given a green light to U.N. investigators to help probe last week's killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.
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United Nations (UN) personnel will prepare &quot;the first motion of non-confidence in the organization&#39;s history&quot; against UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who has faced a series of scandals.
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Officials will investigate the apparent poisoning of Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
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Â· Foreign Office among departments hit Â· Military involvement suspected
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The Ivorian authorities are to ask the UN to probe an assassination attempt against Prime Minister Guillaume Soro.
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Iraqi scientists will assess pollution ranging from oil spills to scrap metal from destroyed military vehicles in an effort to tackle environmental damage in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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A team of UN inspectors travelled Thursday to North Korea&#39;s key atomic reactor to assess the size of the task they will face in monitoring its shutdown under a nuclear disarmament deal.
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The General Assembly plans to put an early end to an in-house panel that has exposed more than $600 million in tainted U.N. contracts and is investigating an additional $1 billion.
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The investigative arm of the U.N. mission in Congo has opened an inquiry into allegations that Indian peacekeepers serving in this central African nation were smuggling gold, a spokesman said Friday.
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The British government began tracking radioactive hotspots in London on Monday to trace the poison that killed a former KGB agent, and three people who reported possible symptoms of contamination underwent testing.