An independent expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor the issue of torture globally has indicted governments of the…
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Ahead of a joint International Women’s Day event on Monday, heads of three United Nations’ food agencies have rang out…
A United Nations independent human rights expert is calling for greater protection for rights activists and urging countries to find…
United Nations cultural agency, UNESCO says of Pope Francis’ touchdown in Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq that it is…
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Wednesday told the General Assembly that human rights have been battered in the COVID-19…
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed grave concern over an outbreak of violence in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Farhan Haq, at the weekend,…
UN human rights office, OHCHR, has welcomed progress on the investigation in Colombia of people falsely presented as having been killed in combat as “an important step in fighting impunity”. So-called “false…
In South Sudan, children are carrying weapons, and the levels of violence “have already surpassed” those documented in December 2013,…
Launching a major report on the environment on Thursday, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said without nature’s help, “we will not…
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday told member states that with the COVID-19 pandemic exposing social and economic inequalities rooted in racism,…
In a new analysis released on Wednesday, United Nations agriculture agency, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says poor rain fall, flooding and…
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, is shopping for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
United Nations counter-terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, on Wednesday told the Security Council that the threat to international peace and security posed by…
United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, said there had to be “constructive international diplomacy” if the peace process is to…
An independent UN human rights expert says the ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it does have jurisdiction…
A top disarmament official of the United Nations is pushing for those who used chemical weapons in Syria to be…
A group of UN independent human rights experts are urging the Biden administration to end the outsourcing of all detention…
January 2021 has marked the beginning of what many within the United Nations and beyond are viewing as “the most…
Fresh evidence from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is showing the complexity of many human-trafficking-related cases,…
Israel is showing disdain for the country’s international obligations, so say United Nations independent rights experts. They are reacting to Israel’s conviction of human rights…
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, has joined global organisation’s Secretary-General, António Guterres, in welcoming the plan for elections…
In his new report to member states, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Mukhisa Kituyi, outlines…
Continued from yesterday… Although the UN claims to spend close to $8bn (£6.5bn) every year on peacekeeping mission around the…
…commends effort of UN, EU through Spotlight Initiative Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba,…
A massacre in an anglophone region of Cameroon left up to 22 villagers dead including 14 children, the UN said…
Initiatives developed through the International Labour Organisation (ILO)-supported Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) programme and the Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) have…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is currently helping the Government of Ukraine to provide immediate assistance to the victims of…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), a United Nations agency, has assisted 143 Somali returnees stranded in Yemen to return…
Since 2016, Senegal, a key transit country for many West Africans traveling to Europe is witnessing an increase of departures…
A fresh report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has unveiled the necessary conditions for meeting…
