Reuters - A United Nations summit on the global food crisis called on Tuesday for trade barriers to be reduced and food export bans scrapped to help stop the spread of hunger that threatens nearly one billion people.

AFP - The UN Security Council was set Monday to adopt a resolution empowering states to send warships into Somalia's territorial waters with the government's consent to combat piracy and armed robbery at sea.

Reuters - A U.N. agency accused by the United States of financial mismanagement in North Korea escaped charges of major wrongdoing in a review made public on Monday, and its chief said this brought closure to the affair.

AFP - The UN Security Council on Monday voted unanimously to extend for another six months the mandate of the UN panel probing the 2005 murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

AP - Foreign ships gained authorization Monday to enter Somali waters when fighting piracy and armed robbery — rampant problems along the African nation's lawless coast.

AP - A panel of auditors said Monday it found no evidence that a U.N. anti-poverty program in North Korea knew of any counterfeiting, money laundering or other improper financial dealings linked to U.N. money.

Reuters - The African Union and United Nations are working to appoint a joint chief mediator to jumpstart efforts to bring peace to Sudan's Darfur region, U.N. Darfur envoy Jan Eliasson said on Monday.

AFP - Myanmar insisted Tuesday that cyclone aid was being delivered "without delay," even though the United Nations says more than one million people have yet to receive any help, one month after the storm.

AP - More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and it's not clear what the military junta is doing to help them, the United Nations said Tuesday.

AFP - Myanmar denied Tuesday any delays to cyclone aid, but the United Nations said the operation to help 2.4 million survivors is still moving too slowly a month after the deadly storm.

AP - World leaders meeting at a U.N. summit Tuesday will try to figure out how to head off skyrocketing food prices before millions more join the multitudes across the globe who already lack enough to eat.

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council arrived in Djibouti on Monday to meet key players in Somalia's conflict to try to persuade the disparate factions to help end fighting in the Horn of Africa nation.