The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned recent attacks on religious groups in various countries and urged an end to discrimination against minorities.

A UN peacekeepimg convoy has been attacked in Abidjan as leaders of neighbouring states call on Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish power

Barack Obama has been urged to support the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. The United States is the only country that still opposes it.

The UN has voted to remove sexual orientation from a list of characteristics that make people particularly vulnerable to prejudice-motivated murder.