New York, Oct 10 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon applauded the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet on being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Peace.

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): Despite significant progress towards building a solid human rights framework, the Mexican Government must nevertheless “bind itself to a new sense of urgency in solv ...

New York, Oct 9 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has requested that the Organization’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) launch an audit of the interaction be ...

New York, Oct 8 (JEN): The United Nations’ most senior refugee official is appealing to the international community to refocus its attention on Afghanistan, warning that it would be danger ...

New York, Oct 8 (JEN): A United Nations expert on torture on Wednesday urged the Government of Ghana to step up its effort to implement recommendations issued after a mission to the country ...

New Delhi, Oct 7 (JEN) Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has said the government will prepare a database on criminals engaged in human trafficking as part of its efforts to contain the ...

New York, Oct 7 (JEN): Warning that Europe’s “narrow, exclusion-focused [migration] policies have clearly failed,” the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday urge ...

New York, Oct 3 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for a renewal of the commitment to non-violence and lives of dignity for all, noting that the example set ...

New York, Oct 3 (JEN): The United Nations on Friday voiced concern about an increasing risk of human rights violations connected with the recent banning of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajik ...