The United States and its European allies say they will present the United Nations Security Council with a new draft resolution this week on the future status of the breakaway Serbian territory of Kosovo. Victoria Cavaliere reports from VOA's United Nations bureau Russia has threatened to veto any measure that grants independence to Kosovo.

Further delays in resolving the problem of Kosovo could spark violence in the province and of elsewhere in the region, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Tuesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says any resolution on Kosovo that is not acceptable to both Belgrade and Pristina will not pass in the UN Security Council, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reported.

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) announced on July 5th it has extended its cooperation with the United Nations to aid and improve emergency response by leveraging technological progress in telecommunications.

After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is turning to a local goth-style rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne in its quest for membership to the world body.

Georgia has paid off a portion of its United Nations dues, allowing it to be removed from a "blacklist" of nations in arrears of their financial obligations to the organization, the UN press service said.

The United Nations has given a mixed review of global efforts to lift millions of people out of extreme poverty. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva where the report has been issued.

The United Nations says it estimates that about 600 Afghan civilians have been killed in insurgency-linked violence this year, just over half of them by pro-government forces.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and France have donated nearly $400,000 worth of anti-malaria drugs to Liberia in a move immediately welcomed by the Government.

The United Nations should shelve its policy on the use of rubber bullets and reconsider whether to authorize their use in peacekeeping missions, a U.N. prosecutor said Monday.

ICC outlined its views on the role of the UN in promoting corporate social responsibility in a statement released on June 29 by its Commission on Business in Society on the occasion of the forthcoming Global Compact Leaders Summit, to be held on 5-6 July at the UN in Geneva.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an unannounced visit Friday to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops.