New York, Feb 20 (JEN): An estimated 240,000 Syrian remain trapped in areas under siege resulting in severe hardship, suffering and deaths of civilians, in clear breach of the obligations un ...

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): Stressing that the rule of law is at the heart of the work of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday that ...

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): Authorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) will be held personally accountable for the serious human rights violations committed in the country, Navi Pillay, t ...

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees expressed his “outrage and shock” on Wednesday, strongly condemning a bomb attack that killed 18 pe ...

New York, Feb 19 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on several villages in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday that led to the death of more ...

New York, Feb 19 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday highlighted the need to address “significant shortcomings” in the process by which Australia moves asylum-seekers to ...

New York, Feb 19 (JEN): The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that heavy fighting broke out earlier on Tuesday between pro-Government and opposition f ...

New York, Feb 19 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, on Tuesday urged the Democratic People’s Republic ...

New York, Feb 17 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned Sunday's terrorist attack on a bus in the southern Sinai town of Taba, which reportedly killed fou ...