Full Coverage: United Nations
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Off the Wires
- Developing countries eye nuclear power: report Reuters - 17 minutes ago
- UNRWA demands probe into killing of Gaza mother AFP - Sun May 11, 12:01 PM ET
- Defiant Serbia conducts elections in Kosovo Reuters - Sun May 11, 7:48 AM ET
- Israel raids on Gaza kill five Hamas militants AFP - Sat May 10, 4:10 PM ET
- Somali peace talks delayed by 'one or two days': UN AFP - Sat May 10, 11:19 AM ET
News Stories
- UN condemns Ahmadinejad comments at BBC - Fri, Jun 08, 2007
- U.N.: Can halt violence against women at UPI - Tue, Feb 27, 2007
- Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote at Gazette.Net - Tue, Feb 27, 2007
- UN Given Roadmap to Meet Climate Challenge Tue, Feb 27, 2007
- U.N.: 1 in 6 suffer neurological disorder at UPI - Tue, Feb 27, 2007
Feature Articles
- Suffer the children? at The Economist - Wed, Feb 14, 2007
- Early accolades for UN's new chief -- with caveats at Christian Science Monitor - Wed, Jan 31, 2007
- The Role of the UN Secretary-General - Council on Foreign Relations at Council on Foreign Relations - Fri, Jan 05, 2007
- Ban Ki-Moon: Diplomat with a difference at The Independent (UK) - Mon, Jan 01, 2007
- A dangerously nice man at The Guardian (UK). - Tue, Dec 12, 2006
- Full text: Kofi Annan's final speech at BBC - Mon, Dec 11, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- How to make peace using the principles of war The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon, Aug 13, 2007
- Why New U.N. Chief Is Bound to Fail at Council on Foreign Relations - Tue, Feb 27, 2007
- Crises on many fronts at Philadelphia Inquirer (reg req'd) - Thu, Jan 18, 2007
- Giving the poor and weak a global voice at The Independent (UK) - Mon, Jan 01, 2007
- Annan and the U.N.'s Limits at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Thu, Dec 28, 2006
- New U.N. leader should focus attention on Sudan at San Antonio Express-News - Thu, Dec 21, 2006
Photos
UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrives for a news conference with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (R), while on a visit to the Carter Center in Atlanta, ...
Related Web Sites
- Ban Ki-Moon
- official UN profile of the organization's eighth Secretary-General.
- United Nations
- learn about the UN, get news, or find out about UN member states.
- Focus: Kofi Annan
- includes a look a the career of UN Secretary-General, and interview, and more. From PBS' Online Newshour, November 1999.
- UN Watch
- Nonprofit organization based in Geneva whose mandate is to monitor the performance of the UN.
- The U.S. and the United Nations
- information from the U.S. Department of State. Includes a section on UN assessments for member states.
- What Every American Should Know About the United Nations
- primer on the work of the UN, how it affects Americans, and what people can do to get involved. From the U.S. United Nations Association.
Audio
- Is Khalilzad a Good Fit for U.N. Ambassador? at NPR - Wed, Mar 21, 2007
- U.N. Official Urges U.S. to Accept More Iraqi Refugees at NPR - Wed, Feb 14, 2007
- Ban Ki-Moon Takes Lead at United Nations at NPR - Tue, Jan 02, 2007
Video
- Mugabe challenger in court BBC News Video on Yahoo! News - Tue, Mar 13, 2007
- UN boss starts African tour BBC News Video on Yahoo! News - Sat, Jan 27, 2007
- U.N. challenge for Ban Ki-moon BBC News Video on Yahoo! News - Tue, Jan 16, 2007