New York, Oct 12 (JEN): The newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer an opportunity for a global commitment to breaking intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence, e ...

New York, Sept 26 (JEN) Warning of a “massive” increase in the numbers of children on the move to Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Friday that it will b ...

New York, Sept 23 (JEN) Addressing on Tuesday a high-level gathering at United Nations Headquarters, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) declared that the empowermen ...

New York, Sept 18 (JEN): Five months after she first met with two girls from the Yazidi community who had been held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the United Nations off ...

New York, Sept 16 (JEN): Afghan refugee teacher Aqeela Asifi, who has dedicated her life to bringing education to refugee girls in Pakistan, has been named as the winner of the United Nation ...

New York, Sep 10 (JEN): Increased attention needs to be given to women so they can be empowered to actively help counter terrorism and violent extremism around the world, a senior United Nat ...

New York, Sep 3 (JEN): United Nations staff in the Central African Republic (CAR) learned on 30 August that a girl was allegedly sexually abused around a year ago by a member of the French m ...

New York, Aug 29 (JEN): A group of independent United Nations human rights experts have voiced alarm after a female Sudanese student was sentenced to public flogging and a heavy fine for cha ...

New York, Aug 14 (JEN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon conducted on Friday an urgent video conference with the heads of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Force Commanders, and Police C ...