Topic: Michelle Montas

The Sudanese government ordered several aid agencies to leave the country after an arrest warrant was issued for the country's president, a U.N. official said.

After recent attacks on aid workers, the United Nations has closed offices in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.

Japan donated $10 million to the U.N. Democracy Fund, a program financing projects to strengthen new and restored democracies.

A surge in tribal violence in South Darfur has killed 150 people according to the United Nations.

The first question reporters asked new U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday was, "Should Saddam Hussein have been executed?" which triggered more queries.

U.N. Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon has announced his first appointments, naming Vijay Nambiar of India as chef de cabinet, effective Monday.

Ban Ki-moon, the new U.N. secretary-general, has appointed an Indian diplomat as his chief of staff and a Haitian reporter to head communications.