New York, Sept 11 (JEN): The number of people in Afghanistan resorting to selling land or turning to friends or family for help because of food insecurity has doubled in the last year, accor ...

New York, Sept 11 (JEN): Top United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the existential threat posed by nuclear testing, and called for all States that have not yet done so to sign an ...

New York, Sept 11 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s authorization to set up an investigative mechanism to identify who i ...

New York, Sep 10 (JEN): The top United Nations official who oversaw the negotiations that whittled down more than 500 proposals into 17 goals to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and inj ...

New York, Sep 10 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday discussed the refugee and migrant crisis with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, as he continued to confer ...

Bangalore, Sept 8 (JEN) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded a cooperative agreement grant to Manipal University to support hospital-based surveillance of Ac ...

New York, Sep 9 (JEN): Urging governments and partners to join forces for universal literacy as a key component of “the future we want,” the United Nations is emphasizing that li ...

New York, Sep 9 (JEN): Refugees have to be dealt with as human beings, and the broader migrant community, including economic migrants, cannot be dismissed “with a wave of the hand,â� ...

New York, Sep 9 (JEN): Citing numerous crises around the world, including in Syria, Yemen and South Sudan, United Nations officials on Tuesday stressed that the principle of ‘responsib ...