New York, Dec 4 (JEN): Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations is calling for global efforts to ensure that the more than one billion people worldwide ...

New York, Dec 3 (JEN): Expressing deep regret at the recent deaths of nine Afghan aid workers in two separate attacks, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the country has called ...

New York, Dec 3 (JEN): The United Nations human rights chief Monday delivered a “mixed report” on human rights progress around the world, with slow and steady advances in some areas alo ...

New York, Dec 3 (JEN): Top United Nations officials marked the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Monday with a call for concerted action to eradicate the contemporary forms of ...

New York, Dec 2 (JEN): Deeply worried by rising levels of violence in Bangladesh, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Sunday urged the country's political leaders t ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern at the recent deaths at sea after a boat capsized earlier this week in the Bahamas, the ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom expressed alarm Friday over violent suppression of the media in Iraq, following the killing ...

New York, Nov 30 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office Friday called on authorities in South Sudan to stop the use of the death penalty, stressing that the country’s nascent judic ...

New York, Nov 28 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday expressed serious concern about the detentions and violent dispersal of protesters in Egypt, including reports ...