The State Department says Iran's continued defiance over its nuclear program should be met with more sanctions resolutions in the U.N. Security Council.

Georgia has accused Russia of withholding key information from a UN investigation into an attack on Kodori Gorge in March and is calling for the probe to be reopened, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reported.

A senior United Nations official traveling in Damascus has called for Iraqi refugee parents to send their children to public schools in Syria, pointing out that these young people hold the key to Iraq's future.

Russian experts believe the West has decided to grant Kosovo independence despite objections from Russia and Serbia to the proposal, adding that Russia will veto a UN Security Council vote expected later Friday.

Until now, the European Union has been a firm supporter of resolving the dispute over Kosovo's future status in the UN Security Council. But the EU seems to be acknowledging that this may prove impossible.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned that its aid programmes for hungry people in Somalia could be jeopardized without fresh contributions allowing the flow of relief to continue.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to push for action to facilitate the speedy deployment of peacekeepers to the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, while at the same time moving decisively to foster a lasting political settlement to the conflict there.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that any abrupt withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq could deepen the crisis there. Ban said the United States and the international community have a responsibility not to abandon the Iraqi people.

The United Nations is considering a proposal to set up a joint U.N.-European Union peacekeeping force to help protect Darfur refugees in Eastern Chad.

The Russian foreign minister dismissed remarks by a UN envoy Friday as inappropriate suggesting Russia's role at the UN Security Council should be reduced over its hard line against Western states' Kosovo plan.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says stopping the killing and finding a political solution in the Darfur region of Sudan remain his highest priorities. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London, the U.N. chief has been meeting with Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair.

A new U.S.-backed U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo would only lead to the province's independence and was rejected by Serbia on Wednesday, state’s prime minister said.