An independent panel reviewing the effectiveness of the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has proposed the programme be recast as the Organization's 'urban champion,' including through the establishment of a... read more →
Describing the situation in Yemen as “very bleak,” with “no end in sight,” a senior United Nations official envoy said the war-torn country, already reeling from malnutrition and dwindling health... read more →
Park rangers across the world face increasing challenges and risks due to a surge in poaching and illicit trafficking in wildlife, the head of the United Nations entity on protection... read more →
The fight against racism must be unremitting to be successful, according to the oldest of the United Nations treaty-monitoring bodies, which opened its latest session in Geneva yesterday. “Many people... read more →
Criminal groups feed off the instability created by conflicts, and as links between wars, trafficking and migrant smuggling become more widely known, the United Nations is calling on the international... read more →
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a three-day (July 25-27) workshop on biosphere reserves around the Caspian Sea with representatives from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia.... read more →
While no one expects an overnight transition to democracy in Myanmar, there has to be real progress on human rights, an independent United Nations expert said, highlighting reported killings, tortures,... read more →
Although the net benefits of migration far outweigh its costs, the public perception is often the opposite, a senior United Nations official pointed out yesterday, as the latest round of... read more →
The United Nations migration agency said that perhaps 80 per cent of Nigerian migrant women and girls arriving on Europe's shores in Italy could potentially be sex trafficking victims, spotlighting... read more →
Yemen is facing the world's largest cholera outbreak, the United Nations health agency warned, with 5,000 Yemenis falling sick every day – the majority of them children and the elderly.... read more →