UN ENVOY BRAHIMI BRIEFS UN SECURITY COUNCIL DURING RETREAT
UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi briefs the UN Security Council and Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) at a weekend retreat on June 5, 2004. On left is Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under Secretary -General of Peace Keeping. (UPI Photo/UN pool Eskinder Debebe).
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Syrian authorities Thursday said the government has freed 500 prisoners arrested in the pro-democracy demonstrations that began 14 months ago.
Rebel forces in Syria Wednesday gave President Bashar Assad's government 48 hours to implement a United Nations cease-fire plan, a rebel leader said.
The U.N.-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan is warning that escalating violence is leading to a rapidly deteriorating security situation.
The U.N. Security Council says Eritrea's obstruction of the U.N. mission is undermining stabilization efforts in the region.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was reported Friday considering a try at reopening negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina on the status of Kosovo.
The U.N. Security Council Thursday voted to extend its mission to Afghanistan and announced plans to expand political initiatives in the country.
A top U.N. official says the ruthlessness of the insurgency in Afghanistan requires a refocused approach from the U.N. Security Council.
Uneven international support for U.N. peacekeeping missions is threatening security gains in conflict areas, a top U.N. official reported.
Recent talks discussing the deployment of the United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur have been described as constructive.
The United Nations has asked the Philippines to consider sending more police officers to help meet the growing demand for peacekeepers in conflict areas.
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