OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for municipal elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
A voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Petrovec during the second round of Skopje's presidential and municipal elections on 5...
Israel: End Abusive Detention Practices
Yemen: Justice Deficit Marks Transition Anniversary
UNHCR calls for urgent action to prevent boat tragedies
Hundreds of people are forced to sail to safety on their fishing boats.
PAKISTAN: Shia Genocide- Military and Militants
Pakistan’s top military spokesman Director General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asim Salim Bajwa on Thursday spoke with the media and rejected the impression that any banned organisation was being supported, saying that...
UNICEF scales up emergency help to Syria’s children and families in face of intensifying conflict and funding gap
Despite worsening violence and significant funding gaps, UNICEF is stepping up its delivery of humanitarian assistance in Syria, targeting increasing numbers of the more than 4 million people known to be in need of humanitarian assistance.
Armenian election generally well-administered with fundamental freedoms respected, but some key concerns remain, international election observers say
Voters at a polling station in Armenia, 18 February 2013.
Turkmenistan: Activists Freed After Unjust Jailing
Two Turkmen civil society activists convicted on politically motivated charges were freed on February 16, 2013, after serving out their prison terms, Human Rights Watch said on February 17. Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev, wrongfully...
UNICEF Mali: Supporting women and children through an emergency
Mali has been facing a serious food and nutrition crisis aggravated by political instability and conflict in the north since last year. As a result, nearly 400,000 people have been forced out of their homes, including some 230,000 internally displaced...
UN envoy calls on all parties in Syria conflict to cease acts of sexual violenc
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura.
