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The United Nation's High Commissioner for Human rights, Mary Robinson, and former president of Ireland. She'll discuss the murders last week of three UN human rights workers in West Timor.

NPR's Sunni Khalid reports from a UN-controlled refugee camp in Tyre, Lebanon. Whatever may be happening on diplomatic circles, refugees on the ground see no end to the disruption of their lives.

special assistant to the new U.N. Secretary General, about the challenges facing Kofi Annan.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the intensity of the violence in the West Bank and Gaza appears to have diminished amid ongoing efforts to defuse the crisis by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers.

Israel has destroyed tens of thousands of residences in Gaza since war broke out last October. A U.N. official says the widespread or systematic destruction of homes should be considered a crime.

NPR's Anne Cooper reports on the efforts to investigate alleged atrocities committed by the troops of Laurent Kabila, who this week was sworn in as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire. Kabila has resisted attempts by UN officials to allow access to

NPR's Diplomatic Correspondent Ted Clark reports President Clinton is preparing for separate meetings at the UN tomorrow with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, in hopes of finding a way to resolve the impasse in the peace process.

NPR's Margo Adler reports concerns about traffic and security are tremendous, as the UN Millennium Summit gets under way in New York City.

A court translator reads from the international arrest warrants issued today by the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal for Radovan Karadzic (RAH-doh-vahn KARE-uh-jitch) and General Ratko Mladic (RAHT-koh MLAH-ditch).