New York, Oct 3 (JEN): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has taken note of the trial judgement handed down by a German court against the President and Vice-President of the Forces démocratiques ...

New York, Oct 2 (JEN): The United Nations is on Thursday urging countries to improve older persons’ accessibility to urban infrastructure, facilities and services as two phenomena – rapi ...

New York, Oct 2 (JEN): Addressing the General Assembly on Thursday, President Filip Vujanoviÿ of Montenegro spoke about his country’s intensification in efforts to improve human rights fo ...

New York, Oct 1 (JEN): Amid reports of extrajudicial executions, abductions and other abuses in Kunduz following this week’s attack by the Taliban, the United Nations on Wednesday reminded ...

New York, Oct 1 (JEN): As the annual high-level segment of the General Assembly entered its third day, leaders from Central America stressed reform of United Nations institutions and the urg ...

New York, Sept 30 (JEN): As momentum continues to build towards abolishing the death penalty, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday stressed the need to ensure that the rights of victims a ...

New York, Sept 29 (JEN): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned Sunday’s suicide attack at a volleyball game in the south-eastern province of Paktika that k ...

New York, Sept 29 (JEN): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Monday reported an alarming upsurge in arrests, detention and killings in Burundi since the beginning of Sep ...

New York, Sept 29 (JEN): The global drug problem violates human rights in five key areas – the right to health, the rights relating to criminal justice and discrimination, the rights of th ...