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Following a missile launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling on the country's Government “to halt its provocative actions and return to compliance with its international obligations.”

UK Institute of Economic Affairs has undertaken extensive research on so-called ‘sock puppets’, exposing the practice of taxpayers’ money given to pressure groups being diverted to fund lobbying rather than the good causes or public services.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the opening of the Conference Supporting Syria and the Region.

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Women chat Halajay Gawra, northern Iraq one of the villages UNICEF is working with to become “FGM-free”.

Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura updates the press on the Intra-Syrian Geneva Talks.

Secretary-General Ban (right) receives an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University of Cambridge for his humanitarian work, support for women’s rights and achievements in pursuit of global peace and security.

In the Central African Republic (CAR), a nurse vaccinates a baby in a village along the Oubangui River, which divides CAR from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

A boy from Afghanistan receives warm gloves at ta UNICEF distribution point in the Winter Reception Transit Center in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

MEPs discussed situation of refugees entering Europe and the future of Schengen

Working in tandem with the Syrian Arab Red Cross (SARC), UNHCR has delivered crucial humanitarian aid to a rural town near Damascus that has been cut off by fighting for three years, stranding thousands of residents in dire conditions without clean water or fuel for warmth.