• Ban calls on rebels, army to immediately cease fire in eastern DR Congo

• Ban delighted Nobel Peace Prize awarded to “long-standing” ally for peace

• Ban concerned over Zimbabwe ‘impasse,’ urges parties to reach deal soon

• Central African Republic: UN reports mounting human rights abuses

• Financial turmoil could usher in new ‘green’ era, says top UN climate official

• Over 6 million Ethiopians in need of emergency food aid, UN reports

• Former Rwandan minister pleads not guilty at UN war crimes tribunal

• UNICEF Ambassadors, The Wiggles, use jingle to encourage kids to wash hands

• Iraq: top UN envoy deplores killing of parliament member

• Haiti in desperate need of socio-economic development, stresses UN envoy

• Head of UN agency promoting press freedom condemns murder of Thai journalist

• UN working to ensure security for Darfur’s displaced, says peacekeeping chief

• UN, Dutch university partner to reach development goals

• About 100 feared dead in latest Gulf of Aden smuggling tragedy – UN

• Greater attention must be paid to mental health care, Ban says

• Ugandan rebels committing grave rights abuses in DR Congo, UN reports

• Senior UN official calls for more Russian female police officers

• UN health crisis experts meet to boost Africa’s response to emergencies

• UNICEF launches campaign in Iran to cut one of world’s highest road accident rates

• UN emergency relief fund largely successful, Ban reports

• Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders agree on weekly meetings – UN

• Ban’s upcoming travels take him to Geneva, Quebec City and Boston

• UN urges European Union to end violence against women in conflict zones

• Drug-related crime biggest threat to public safety in the Americas, warns UN

• Security Council renews UN observer mission in Georgia for four months

• Alarming rise in malnourished due to food and fuel price crises – World Bank

• Do more, invest more in mitigating impact of natural disasters, Ban tells world

• Senior UN official seeks support of States in changing way Organization operates

• Marine fishing industry losing $50 billion annually, UN study finds

• Secretary-General, drug companies agree to boost efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS

• Mail and parcel volumes keep rising, UN agency says on World Post Day

• UN peacekeeping chief makes first visit to Sudan’s war-torn Darfur

• General Assembly President calls for boosting UN’s peacebuilding capacity

• UN agency appeals for $140 million to feed Zimbabweans in crisis

• UN unable to confirm reports of Rwandan incursions into eastern DR Congo

• World Bank donates $25 million to help rebuild beleaguered Haiti

• Rural poor in Republic of Congo to benefit from UN grant

• DPR Korea: UN inspectors denied all further access to nuclear reprocessing plant

• UN Yearbook goes online, bringing the Organization’s work closer to the public

• Income from Iraq escrow accounts drop by over one third, say UN auditors

• Ban calls on Member States to uphold human rights while fighting terrorism

• Too many refugees denied their rights, despite recent gains – UN official

• New UN peacekeeping chief holds talks in South Sudan

• Relief efforts continue in quake-hit Kyrgyzstan, UN reports

• UN World Court to give opinion on legality of Kosovo’s independence

• Experts devise action plan to examine impact of climate change on health – UN

• Haiti faces challenges, but also signs of hope, says top UN envoy

• On International Day, UN stresses need to make hospitals safe from disasters

• Myanmar: UN expert outlines steps for improving human rights

• Government troops will respect ceasefire in eastern DR Congo, UN told

• UN agency calls on Arabs to help Palestinian brethren uprooted in Lebanese camp

• Financial crisis must not diminish support to improve women’s lives, urges Ban

• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: UN envoy offers new ideas on name

• UN helps boost market access for organic farmers in developing nations

• Senegal’s rural poor to benefit from UN-backed project

• UN tribunal upholds 35-year jail term for leader of breakaway Croatian Serb state

• Organized crime threatens peace efforts, top UN police official warns INTERPOL

• Protecting nature-based assets could boost rural poor’s income – UN

• Former top Rwandan minister transferred to UN war crimes tribunal

• Panel on Algiers terrorist bombing cites dysfunctional UN security system

• UNICEF highlights new tool to analyze high maternal mortality rates in India

• UN humanitarian chief stresses role of reinforced hospitals in disaster mitigation

• World’s poorest can bank on UN support, Secretary-General says

• Whales, dolphins and manatees win protection under UN-backed pact

• Ted Turner and UN launch ‘win-win’ sustainable tourism standards

• Ban condemns suicide bombing in Sri Lankan town

• UN World Court to rule next week on Georgian claim against Russia

• UN agency urges review of biofuel policies to ensure poor can benefit

• Climate change poses ‘defining challenge’ of our time, Ban says

• Professor and author to share UNESCO’s Arab culture prize

• Security Council and Ban call for naval and air action against Somali pirates

• UN poised to tackle some of today’s most pressing challenges – Ban

• More than 250,000 Afghans returned home this year, reports UN agency

• At least 5,000 Congolese arrive in Sudan after attacks by rebels – UN

• South Africa: UN rights chief urges protection for foreigners after brutal killing

• Aid agencies suspend work in eastern Chad because of insecurity – UN

• Darfur: Ban outlines timetable towards full deployment of hybrid force

• Five grassroots groups win special recognition from UN-backed biodiversity prize

• UN hails recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovering HIV

• Poor access hampering efforts to assess impact of Kyrgyz quake, says UN

• DPR Korea: Ban sounds alarm on lack of progress in human rights

• Applications pour in to join UN’s intangible cultural heritage list

• Illicit drug trade threatening peacebuilding efforts in Guinea-Bissau, UN warns