New York, Dec 10 (JEN): The Government of Israel has decided to resume the transfer of construction materials for United Nations projects in Gaza, the top UN envoy for the Middle East confir ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): Corruption is a barrier to achieving universally accepted development goals, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday, calling on Governments, the pri ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): Intellectual property patent filings worldwide grew at their fastest pace in almost two decades in 2012, driven by China, according to the United Nations agency charg ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): A United Nations human rights expert and the World Medical Association (WMA) Monday urged the Turkish parliament to reconsider a draft law that would criminalize the ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Monday urged a return to constitutional order in Guinea-Bissau, which has postponed presidential and legislative elections ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): The continued “precariousness” of security in Libya highlights the need for dialogue between the Government and the main armed militias, the top United Na ...

New York, Dec 10 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Johannesburg, where he will join scores of world leaders at the official memorial service for former South African ...

New York, Dec 9 (JEN): With hundreds of thousands of protestors reportedly rallying anew in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday appealed direct ...

New York, Dec 7 (JEN): The United Nations General Assembly has elected Jordan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) to fill a seat that Saudi Arabia had, in an earlier ...