New York, Nov 18 (JEN) While the majority of countries around the world are expected to cut public expenditures in 2015 and beyond, others will be moving in the opposite direction to expand ...

New York, Nov 17 (JEN) On the margins of the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday met with senior European officials as well as Turkey's ...

New York, Nov 17 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a recommitment to make roads safer for all who use them, as countries around the world marked the World Day of ...

New York, Nov 15 (JEN) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Fridaycongratulated the people of Burkina Faso on the consensus adoption of a Charter of the Transition, which will pro ...

New York, Nov 15 (JEN)The number of asylum-seekers in Europe from Eritrea during the first 10 months of 2014 has tripled compared with last year, with large numbers of refugees from the coun ...

New York, Nov 15 (JEN) In the wake of car bombings in Tripoli and deadly clashes between rival armed groups in cities across long-troubled Libya, the United Nations human rights office on F ...

New York, Nov 15 (JEN) The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Fridaycautioned against jumping to conclusions regarding the “complex and ongoing” investigation into the ...

New York, Nov 15 (JEN) Starting on Saturday, about half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia and South Sudan, living in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps in remote areas in northern Kenya will ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN) Asia – and indeed the world – will benefit greatly from a future-oriented Asian region that is ever more integrated, engaged and assuming greater respons ...