AFP - The new UN Human Rights rapporteur for Myanmar, Tomas Ojea Quintana, will conduct his first mission next week after getting the go-ahead from the military junta, the United Nations said Thursday.

AFP - The Security Council was set Thursday to extend the mandate of UN-African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region after taking note of African concerns about a possible indictment of Sudan's president on genocide charges.

Reuters - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time on Thursday to answer genocide charges after his dramatic arrest that ended 11 years on the run.

Reuters - The United Nations is encouraging its New York staff to trade wool business suits for cooler attire this summer so the organization can slash air conditioning costs and help the environment.

AP - The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to end an 8-year-long peacekeeping mission between Eritrea and Ethiopia despite continuing tensions, a move that the United Nations' chief has warned could lead to a new war.

AFP - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to slap new, biting sanctions on Iran to force it to scale down its nuclear ambitions.

AP - More than 100 nonaligned nations backed Iran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear power on Wednesday, an endorsement sought by Tehran in its standoff with the U.N. Security Council over its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment.

Reuters - The U.N. Security Council is set to renew a mandate for peacekeepers in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region on Thursday in a resolution calling for redoubled efforts to end a 5-year humanitarian disaster.

Reuters - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was taken to a prison cell in The Hague on Wednesday to face trial at a U.N. war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnia war.

AP - Flooding and poor harvests have caused North Korea's worst food crisis since the late 1990s and have put millions at risk, the United Nations' food agency said Wednesday.

AFP - Hezbollah accused Israel on Wednesday of intensifying its violations of Lebanese airspace and called for action by the United Nations and the government in Beirut.

AFP - Hunger in North Korea is at its worst since the 1990s, the United Nations said Wednesday, prompting the resumption of emergency UN food shipments after a two-year hiatus.

Reuters - U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Marie Guehenno said on Tuesday he was worried about a possible plan to send U.N. troops to Somalia when it is unclear who controls militants on the ground.

Reuters - War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was taken into custody by the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war.