BAGHDAD, June 16 (UPI) -- Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. special envoy to Iraq, left Baghdad to take up a position as a deputy executive for the World Food Program.

UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Iraq has emerged from six years of conflict as a sovereign country meeting the expectations of the international community, the U.N. envoy to Iraq says.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- A top U.N. official in Iraq hailed the provincial elections in Iraq, saying they strengthened the possibility of holding national elections in late 2009.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- The top U.N. envoy to Iraq condemned the assassination of a leading candidate in Mosul as political violence simmers ahead of provincial elections.

KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- The U.N. special envoy to Iraq issued a formal condemnation of the assassination of a women's rights advocate in Kirkuk.

NAJAF, Iraq, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres met with the revered Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to brief him on the status of displaced persons.

Many Iraqis say that the Sons of Iraq, a paramilitary force trained, funded, armed and supported by U.S. forces, is a carefully planned American project. Many others, however, believe the opposite.

BAGHDAD, June 30 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization plans to set up a permanent presence in downtown Baghdad to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraq's people, a U.N. envoy said.

ERBIL, Iraq, June 12 (UPI) -- Kurdish officials expressed dismay over a U.N. report suggesting various scenarios for the Iraqi government to address internal border disputes.