New York, May 7 (JEN): By the end of 2014, a record-breaking 38 million people had been forced to flee their homes within their own country because of conflict or violence, prompting the Uni ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): A new United Nations-backed report that woodlands could be the key to ending hunger and will be intimately linked to the global fight against climate change.

New York, May 7 (JEN); The United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday expressed its deep concern over the discovery of dozens of bodies in smugglers’ camps in Thailand, appealing for ...

New York, May 6 (JEN): Seventy years ago, in 1945, from the ashes of one of humanity's darkest moments, the United Nations was founded to lead the world “out of horror and into peace,à ...

New York, May 6 (JEN): A series of consultations that began on Tuesday in Geneva aim to redouble international efforts in search of a political process to resolve the conflict in Syria, the ...

New York, May 6 (JEN): Beset by multiple crises themselves, Niger and Chad are making heroic efforts to cope with the impact of the turmoil swirling around them, but the international commun ...

New York, May 6 (JEN): Two United Nations agencies on Tuesday issued a new guide to address the growing needs of millions of adults and children suffering from mental health problems in huma ...

New York, May 5 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban K-moon and the General Assembly President Sam Kutesa on Monday drew attention to the importance of the Organization’s coope ...

New York, May 5 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Piper of Australia as his new Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, a United Nations spokesp ...