UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that he will press ahead with setting up a special panel on accountability in Sri Lanka, despite Colombo rejecting his proposal.

World weather agencies have agreed to collect more precise temperature data to improve climate change science, officials said on Wednesday, as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged environment ministers to reject efforts by skeptics to derail a global climate deal.

A report from UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon indicates he was uncertain whether UN demands were met for "credible" investigations into allegations that Israel or the Palestinians deliberately targeted civilians during last year's Gaza conflict.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Cyprus on Sunday in a bid to re-energize slow moving talks aimed at reunifying the ethnically divided island.

The US envoy to the Middle East on Friday held talks with the Western-backed Palestinian leader as hopes were fading that Washington could restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations anytime soon.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made an emotional visit to the Haiti peacekeeping mission's devastated headquarters Sunday and delivered a message of hope to the country's earthquake victims.

The UN Secretary General has warned that Nepal's peace process was on the brink of collapse amid political deadlock among 22-party coalition and the main opposition Maoists.

On the anniversary of Israel's siege of the Gaza strip, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday said issues that led to this conflict remain unresolved and the blockade of borders by Tel Aviv was violating Palestinians' basic human rights.

UN investigators say there is sufficient reason to believe that Guinea's wounded junta leader is directly responsible for the mass killings and rapes of protesters in September, which they consider crimes against humanity, a UN diplomat said on Monday.

Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West.

A showdown between the world's two largest polluters loomed over the UN climate talks on Tuesday as China accused the United States and other rich nations of backsliding on their commitments to fight global warming.

As civil unrest grips Nepal, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the slow progress by the country in moving ahead with the peace process.

Nepal's ruling parties have angrily accused United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon of political interference after he called for the establishment of a national unity government.

Afghanistan's election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country's tumultuous ballot on Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis that began with a fraud-marred first round two and a half months ago.

Pakistan braced on Tuesday for more militant attacks ahead of an anticipated offensive against a Taliban stronghold, as the insurgents said they bombed a UN relief agency because international aid work was not in "the interest of Muslims."

The final tally in Afghanistan's contested presidential election is expected to come as soon as next week, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said.

Guinea junta troops shot and killed at least 157 people, wounded more than 1,000, and raped women when they broke up a huge rally in a stadium, opposition leaders said on Tuesday amid deadly new unrest.

Iran on Monday test-fired its long-range Shahab-3 missile which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel, as the Revolutionary Guards staged missile war games for the second straight day.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged a ministerial meeting of southeast Asian nations late on Saturday to take a tougher line with fellow member Myanmar in hopes its military junta will free political prisoners and hold fair elections.

The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution asking all non-NPT states to join the treaty at an unprecedented summit chaired by President Barack Obama who signaled that these countries which included India must come on board.

With US President Barack Obama presiding over an historic session, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a US-drafted resolution on Thursday aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders on Wednesday to cleanse the globe of nuclear weapons, tackle the threat of catastrohic climate change and combat growing poverty from the global financial crisis.

The leaders of China and Japan pledged on Tuesday to take stronger action to fight climate change but US President Barack Obama warned that prospects for a global warming deal faced tough political realities.

Islamist insurgents vowed to pursue their campaign until African Union peacekeepers leave Somalia, a day after sending the force reeling from twin suicide attacks on its headquarters.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday visited a research community in Ny-Aalesund in the Arctic's Svalbard archipelago to see the effects of climate change first-hand, officials said.