With some 6.5 million people dying annually from air pollution and 92 per cent of the world’s population living in places where levels exceed recommended limits, the United Nations yesterday... read more →
The world faces growing nuclear dangers and tensions, yet progress in multilateral nuclear disarmament has come to a “standstill,” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared in his message on International Day for... read more →
Six candidates from Africa, Asia and Europe have been nominated for the position of director general of the World Health Organization, at a time when experts have emphasized the need for... read more →
The United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have delivered life-saving food aid to 60,000 people under siege in four Syrian towns, their first supplies since April, but extreme... read more →
The United Nations Global Pulse initiative announced a partnership with Twitter that will provide the UN with access to the platform’s data tools to support efforts to achieve the Sustainable... read more →
Unless progress speeds up considerably with full support from the international community, the world's least developed countries (LDCs) will miss the growth and productivity targets they have set themselves by... read more →
Senior United Nations officials yesterday called for those responsible for human rights violations and crimes associated with human trafficking and forced migration to be held accountable, noting that some of... read more →
Substantial change will be required in the way global epidemics such as tuberculosis and HIV are treated if the international community is to eliminate them completely by 2030, a study has... read more →
Religious leaders from different faiths met at the United Nations in New York yesterday, at an event where Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama... read more →
A senior United Nations official unveiled a draft set of principles that urge the international community to build on the momentum created by the adoption, by UN Member States, of... read more →