Cambridge, Dec 3 (JEN). Harvard students and community organizations launched a 365-day relay fast on Tuesday in support of survivors of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, the world’s worst industri ...

New York, Dec 4 (JEN): The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees Tuesday appealed for USD 687 million so that it can provide basic services to this vulnerable population next ...

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 ...