The financial situation of the United Nations showed some improvement in 2008, although it remained fragile. Cash availability under the regular budget was lower than in 2007 and stood at $19 million by year's end. Assessments ...

In 2009, the United Nations and the international community continued to work towards protecting the environment through legally binding instruments and the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...

In 2009, the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN system on international trade, finance and transport dealt mainly with the global economic and financial crisis that began the ...

In 2009, with the world economy mired in the worst financial and economic crisis since the Second World War, most advanced economies were already in recession, and the outlook for emerging and other developing economies ...

In 2009, the United Nations, through the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), continued to mobilize and coordinate humanitarian assistance. During the year, consolidated inter-agency and flash appeals ...

In 2009, the UN system continued to provide development assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)— the central UN body for technical ...

The conservation, development and use of energy and natural resources continued to be the focus of several UN bodies in 2009, including the Commission on Sustainable Development. The Commission continued to focus on the ...

In 2009, the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda worked towards the completion of their mandates. The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations ...