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NPR's senior news analyst says that even if prospective United Nations ambassador John Bolton survives the nomination battle and is confirmed, it may be difficult for him to work with U.N. delegates who are aware of his lukewarm support in his own country.

An independent review found "conflicting orders" within the United Nations mission in Juba resulted in failure to respond to an attack during which South Sudanese soldiers raped Western aid workers.

As inspectors continue looking for weapons in Iraq, the U.N. and the United States begin to examine the country's official response to charges it has ongoing weapons programs. Iraq says it has no weapons of mass destruction. The Bush Administration says Iraq is lying. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and Vicky O'Hara.

The U.N. special envoy for AIDS in Africa praises President Bush's pledge to combat global AIDS. Half of the $15 billion program would be spent on treatment, a third on prevention and the rest on care. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Rachel Swarns of The New York Times.

Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix tells the Security Council that Iraq has not genuinely accepted disarmament. Meanwhile, chief nuclear watchdog Mohamed ElBaradei says inspectors have found no evidence so far that Iraq has renewed its nuclear weapons program. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

Russian, French and German leaders wind up two days of meetings held to discuss postwar Iraq, and reassert their demands for a leading U.N. role in postwar affairs. But the chief opponents of the U.S.-led war cautiously welcome the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Foreign ministers from Germany, Great Britain and France meet in Berlin and decide to ask the International Atomic Energy Agency to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council. The United Nations could impose sanctions on Iran for reactivating its nuclear program earlier this week.

In Geneva, Switzerland, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council discuss a U.S.-backed resolution which would give the U.N. a larger role in post-war Iraq. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Robert Kagan, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the resolution's prospects.

"Harmful health advice and snake-oil solutions are proliferating," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said. "Wild conspiracy theories are infecting the Internet. Hatred is going viral."

Diplomats at the United Nations are calling for peace. They held an emergency meeting after Russia blocked a security council resolution calling on Russia to withdraw.