The trend of deadly attacks against United Nations personnel continued in 2009, with at least 28 civilian staff members losing their lives due to acts of violence, according to the United Nations Staff Union Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service.

On Thursday, 4 June, the United Nations Secretariat will sign a Cooperation Agreement with the International Chamber of Commerce’s World Chambers Federation during the Sixth World Chambers Conference, which is being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 4 to 6 June.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its ninth session at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 17 to 19 February 2010.