United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned yesterday’s terrorist bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, underscoring that the targeting of mourners at a civilian hospital made the attack “particularly appalling.”... read more →
With more than two million people impacted by the fighting in and around war-ravaged Aleppo, where wide swaths of the area are now without power and water supplies are dwindling,... read more →
A new United Nations report has found that e-government is an effective tool for facilitating integrated policies and public service by promoting accountable and transparent institutions, such as through open... read more →
On anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, Ban urges all States to ‘galvanize global will for disarmament’
With global tensions rising and progress on nuclear disarmament hard to find, “the world needs the Hibakusha spirit more than ever,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday, citing the determination and... read more →
The United Nations envoy facilitating peace talks on Yemen announced yesterday that as the discussions wind down for a one-month break, the process will enter a “new phase,” during which... read more →
What should governments do to achieve the SDGs? Addressing tobacco is a proven approach, with built-in revenue. Let me explain. In 2015, the world agreed to a new blueprint for... read more →
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon participated in the Olympic Torch Relay in Rio de Janeiro yesterday morning as the historic torch, after having made its journey from Greece, was just hours away... read more →
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday that it is responding to a growing food security emergency causing malnutrition in children in both rural and urban areas of crisis-gripped... read more →
More people are forcibly displaced from their homes today than at any time since the end of the Second World War. But the plight of these people is so politically... read more →
Just back from crisis-riven northern Iraq, where he visited refugee camps for Iraqi and Syrian families and children, actor Ewan McGregor, an Ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has called... read more →