The UN Security Council welcomed the new power-sharing agreement in Kenya and urged President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga to implement it “in full and without delay”.

Serbia’s foreign minister has urged the UN Security Council to oppose Kosovo’s expected declaration of independence and called on the secretary-general to order that any proclamation be declared null and void.

The latest proposal for a new Human Rights Council calls on the UN General Assembly to elect a 45-nation body taking into account a country’s human rights record – but rights groups warn that offending nations could still gain membership.