U.N. leader makes first trip to Haiti
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Haiti, called Thursday for strengthening the national police force to stem an upsurge in kidnapping and lawlessness.
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A delegation sent by the U.N.'s top human rights official began a mission Wednesday to look into reports of brutality and serious abuses in the weeks of deadly violence since the country's disputed presidential election.
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Using armored cars and earth movers, U.N. peacekeepers and Haitian police moved into an area early Sunday controlled by militants loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, protecting workers removing burned out cars used as road blocks.
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GONAIVES, Haiti  - The United Nations will launch  a global appeal for $30 million in emergency aid to help Haiti  recover from floods that killed hundreds of people, the  executive director of UNICEF said on Wednesday on a visit to  the impoverished Caribbean nation.
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The U.N. secretary general toured the tsunami-battered Indonesian island, where 4,000 more bodies were pulled from the rubble.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began an 11-day Mideast tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon, saying upon his arrival in Beirut on Monday that it was "a very critical time" for the country.
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"I am excited, since this is the first visit of a French leader to the cradle of civilization.Comment
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti UN peacekeeping forces are in position in Haiti&#39;s capital, hours after violence marred Colin Powell&#39;s visit.
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Brazilian UN peacekeepers in armored personnel carriers stand guard outside the former home of deposed Haiti President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Tabarre, Haiti December 16, 2004, as they and the Haitian government negotiated with former members of Haiti&#39;s
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi Tuesday for talks.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a surprise visit to Kabul on Friday to hold talks with President Hamid Karzai ahead of a conference in Rome next week that will seek ways to improve law and order in Afghanistan.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sudan on Monday in a bid to jumpstart the peace process in strife-torn Darfur ahead of a massive joint UN-African Union peacekeeping operation.
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The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun his first visit to the volatile east of the country since coming to power in 2001.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE: UN peacekeepers beefed up security today in the Haitian city of Gonaives where more than 1000 people died in floods, after desperate survivors fought each other to get at emergency food supplies.
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Two U.N. peacekeepers were wounded in shootouts with supporters of Haiti's ousted president in the capital and storm survivors in flood-ravaged Gonaives, the first casualties of the 4-month-old U.N. mission, officials said Sunday.
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Outgoing U.N. Secretary General delivers remarks at the Truman Presidential Museum & Library in Independence, Mo.
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Unrest in Haiti may force the United Nations to divert ships carrying food for flood victims to the Dominican Republic, where the aid can be put on trucks, a U.N. spokesman said on Tuesday.