New York, Nov 14 (JEN): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has achieved significant progress in the past year, implementing an increasing number of mandates despite inadequate ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): The United Nations Wednesday welcomed the completion of the third phase of Afghanistan’s voter registration exercise which has resulted in the addition of an ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed the importance of respecting the right to freedom of assembly as well as peaceful protest, as the state of ...

New York, Nov 14 (JEN): The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Wednesday issued an urgent call to action as opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan hit a record hig ...

New York, Nov 9 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday congratulated the non-governmental organization Transparency International on its 20th anniversary, praising its w ...

New York, Nov 9 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday announced the appointment of Juan Somavía of Chile as his Special Adviser on Inter-regional Policy Cooperation.

New York, Nov 9 (JEN): With myriad technological, demographic and financial factors impacting all facets of labour – perhaps even giving the idea of work an altogether different mean ...

New York, Nov 8 (JEN): The President of the General Assembly Thursday urged Member States to embrace a spirit of compromise as they renewed their discussion of a topic that has eluded conse ...

New York, Nov 7 (JEN): Partnerships are vital if countries want to reduce poverty and advance economic and social progress, United Nations officials stressed Wednesday, as they considered w ...