• Participants at UN-backed meeting agree to work towards rules on biosafety

• UN sustainable development forum ends with call for more investment in research

• UN undeterred in facing challenges, Secretary-General tells future leaders

• Nepal's recent elections only one milestone in peace process - Ban Ki-moon

• Growing violence in eastern Chad alarms UN refugee agency

• UN refugee agency provides aid to more than 40,000 Somalis who fled capital

• Veteran Finnish diplomat named winner of prestigious UNESCO peace prize

• Focus in Myanmar on saving lives, not politics, Ban Ki-moon tells Assembly

• Burundi: Secretary-General welcomes arrival of rebel group for peace talks

• UN tribunal postpones trial of Serbian security figure due to ill health

• Top UN envoy in Sudan welcomes deal to end deadly clashes in disputed town

• UN humanitarian chief to arrive in Myanmar on Sunday

• UN contributes $7 million for victims of deadly Chinese quake – Ban Ki-moon

• Deadly fighting forces UN mission to evacuate staff from disputed Sudanese town

• UN refugee chief calls for greater support for Somali refugees in Yemen

• World could face severe economic downturn, new UN report suggests

• Give people with disabilities access to information technology – Ban Ki-moon

• Security Council calls for plans to deploy UN peace force to Somalia to continue

• UN humanitarian officials in China reach out to offer help after quake

• Unlawful killings continue at heavy rate in Afghanistan, UN rights expert says

• ‘Encouraging’ progress on peace and security in Central Africa – Ban Ki-moon

• General Assembly recognizes right of return of displaced to Abkhazia, Georgia

• Kosovo prison guard convicted by UN tribunal to serve rest of jail term in France

• Secretary-General focuses on role of fathers for International Day of Families

• UN humanitarian airlift in Sudan gets temporary reprieve

• Ban Ki-moon to send UN humanitarian chief to Myanmar