New York, May 15 (JEN): Conflict and violence uprooted a record 33.3 million people within their countries last year, according to a new United Nations-backed report released on Wednesday, w ...

New York, May 15 (JEN): The United Nations expert committee tasked with monitoring discrimination against women on Wednesday added its voice to the chorus of condemnation of the abduction of ...

New York, May 15 (JEN): The political situation in Burundi remains tense with limited political space not conducive to protection of human rights, a United Nations envoy on Wednesday told th ...

New York, May 15 (JEN): United Nations officials have offered their condolences to the families affected by the coal mine explosion in the town of Soma in western Turkey that reportedly resu ...

New York, May 15 (JEN): The top United Nations official in Geneva on Wednesday urged bold action by diplomats at the start of the world body's first ever meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons ...

New York, May 14 (JEN): The United Nations on Tuesday voiced deep concern at the rising death toll from boat accidents in the Mediterranean Sea this year as increasing numbers of asylum-seek ...

New York, May 14 (JEN): Amidst an international community “hopelessly divided” over how to end more than three years of bloodshed in Syria, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon o ...

New York, May 14 (JEN): Ensuring that there is no impunity for those alleged to have committed serious crimes in Libya is crucial to bring lasting peace to the country, the Prosecutor of the ...

New York, May 13 (JEN): Significant gains have been made in recent years in combating the threat of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) but the countries of Central Africa still face nu ...