New York, Jun 2 (JEN): The new head of the United Nations relief arm on Monday released a fresh tranche of crisis funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in order to suppo ...

New York, Jun 2 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency, which has launched a campaign, #IBelong, to end the suffering of some 10 million stateless people across the world by the year 2024, ...

New York, Jun 1 (JEN): At the conclusion of his two-day visit to Burundi, Adama Dieng, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, warned of increased tensions and the ...

New York, Jun 1 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief has urged several States to intensify their efforts to investigate long-standing allegations that soldiers in their forces sent t ...

New York, Jun 1 (JEN): The elimination of the world's illicit tobacco trade will not only save millions of lives but also generate billions of dollars in windfall for governments, the United ...

New York, May 30 (JEN): On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the “invaluable contribution” of peacekeeping to the histo ...

New York, May 30 (JEN): The United Nations General Assembly Friday commemorated the 20th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth with an acknowledgement that young people have ...

New York, May 29 (JEN): The 71st session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its ministerial session on Thursday in Bangkok, as regio ...

New York, May 29 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced concern about the escalation of fighting in Yemen in a telephone conversation with the country's President, the United Nation ...