New York, Dec 17 (JEN): Just over a month since Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the United Nations and its partners Monday agreed on the need to act quickly to help the affected ...

Washington, Dec 14 (JEN) Humanitarian and early recovery needs remain great in typhoon-hit Philippines, a senior United Nations official said following a joint international mission to the a ...

New York, Dec 11 (JEN): Natural resources – which, in many conflict-affected countries, fuel and finance armed groups – can also play a major role in bringing about sustainable peace, t ...

New York, Dec 9 (JEN): One month since Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country Sunday urged the international community to continu ...

Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh; Dec 5 (JEN) Residents of Amelia village in Mahan region of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh have taken a significant step towards asserting their rights over ...

New York, Dec 5 (JEN): Senior United Nations officials hailed the opening in the Republic of Korea Wednesday of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund as a significant step in the collective effo ...

New York, Dec 5 (JEN): A team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog Wednesday praised Japan for its efforts to decommission the damaged Fukushima power station, while noting that several ...

New York, Nov 23 (JEN): The United Nations-backed International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea Friday ordered that Russia release the Greenpeace ship and its crew that it seized in Septembe ...

New York, Nov 22 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took his campaign to galvanise an urgent global response to climate change to the world’s cities Thursday , stressing t ...