New York, May 22 (JEN): The United Nations has hailed the “transformative” vision for education over the next 15 years that was adopted on Thursday at a global forum in Incheon, ...

New York, May 20 (JEN): To mark HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, has renewed its call for a sustained worldwide commitment to finding an ...

New York, May 13 (JEN): A deadly outburst of violence between residents of a United Nations protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in the South Sudanese capital of Juba has prompted the Organiza ...

New York, May 8 (JEN): A report on agricultural commodity prices released on Thursday by the United Nations agricultural agency says that hefty supply levels mean rates will continue to decl ...

New York, Apr 17 (JEN): The European Union must intensify its efforts in placing the rights of migrants at the centre of its migration policies, a United Nations human rights committee affir ...

New York, Apr 11 (JEN): A global campaign launched by the big-box retailer Ikea has raised millions of dollars to help the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in its efforts to provide ref ...

New York, Mar 7 (JEN): The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday said “a critical shortage of funding” has forced it to reduce the number of Syrian refugees it can ...

New York, Mar 3 (JEN): The United Nations Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) congratulated the parties involved in reaching a draft agreement on peace and reconciliation, which was initialled in Algi ...

New York, Feb 4 (JEN) Portuguese authorities must do more to ensure wider access to the country's justice system, enhancing its legal aid programmes amid growing poverty, the United Nations ...