New York, May 8 (JEN): The number of internally displaced persons seeking refuge with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has grown to 53,000 following the latest bout of figh ...

New York, May 8 (JEN): Thousands of women and children in regions where Boko Haram violence has spilled into Cameroon, Niger and Chad, face a gruelling lean season and worsening malnutrition ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the killing of two United Nations peacekeepers and the wounding of thirteen others in the Democratic Republic of t ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): The devastating earthquake that hit Nepal two weeks ago is expected to impact one third of the country’s labour force, the Kathmandu office of the United Nation ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): A group of United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday called on Nauru to set up an independent monitoring body to ensure that the country meets its obligations t ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): As one of the oldest outdoor gifts at the United Nations, the Peace Bell represents the “collective desire for the world to live in peace,” Secretary-Gen ...

New York, May 7 (JEN): The United Nations Special Envoy on Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, is conducting intensive consultations aimed at getting the political process back on track for the ...

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.