World
Millions mark World Refugee Day at events across the globe
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, visits a Syrian refugee family in Turkey's Midyat camp on World Refugee Day.
- Read more
- 321 reads
UN report cites possible war crimes by both Israel and Palestinian groups in 2014 Gaza conflict
Mary McGowan Davis, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict, at press conference in Geneva.
- Read more
- 303 reads
As Burundi elections draw near, Ban sends Special Envoy in support of regional efforts
UNICEF Tanzania and partners are working hard to provide lifesaving medicines, medical supplies, cholera beds, buckets, blankets and vaccines as refugees from Burundi continue to arrive in high numbers.
- Read more
- 333 reads
Yemen facing serious food insecurity as conflict deteriorates, new UN study finds
A WFP food distribution point in Yemen.
- Read more
- 301 reads
UN warns of ‘record high’ 60 million displaced amid expanding global conflicts
Hundreds of refugees and migrants aboard a fishing boat moments before being rescued by the Italian Navy in June 2014.
- Read more
- 296 reads
As UN-backed talks continue, Security Council calls for political solution to Libyan crisis
Special Representative and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Bernardino León briefs reporters in Skhirat, Morocco.
- Read more
- 286 reads
Worldwide displacement hits all-time high as war and persecution increase
Global Trends 2014
- Read more
- 271 reads
Unspeakable violence against children in South Sudan – UNICEF chief
“The violence against children in South Sudan has reached a new level of brutality.
- Read more
- 261 reads
‘Essential shifts’ needed for UN to tackle new peacekeeping challenges, report reveals
Special intervention brigade forces from Tanzania, part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - MONUSCO, on duty in Sake, North Kivu (July 2013).
- Read more
- 303 reads
South Sudan: amid ‘intensifying’ crisis, UN and European Union mobilize $275 million in aid
In Pathai, a settlement in Jonglei State, South Sudan, persons displaced by conflict await registration for food distribution.
- Read more
- 340 reads
Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020