Women are often more affected than men by climate change, especially if during a natural disaster. That’s according to the Deputy Executive Director of UN Women.

Members of the global civil society are being presented an opportunity to help shape the post-2015 Development Agenda.

That’s what the head of the UN Department of Public Information said ahead of the 65th DPI and NGO Conference which opened on Wednesday.

Mass atrocities by Government forces and non-State armed groups continue in Syria, causing immeasurable suffering to civilians, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.

The report marks the third anniversary of the establishment of a UN Commission of Inquiry for Syria.

A resolution calling for all parties in Libya to agree on an immediate ceasefire and an end to the fighting” has been adopted unanimously by the Security Council.

A convoy of 18 trucks carrying food to Gaza crossed the Rafah crossing from Egypt for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, says the World Food Programme (WFP).

A diversified economy is the key to future of small island developing states, according to Ambassador of Mauritius to the UN.

At the time of independence in 1968, the economy of Mauritius was almost wholly dependent on sugar.

Claims made by the manufacturers of electronic or e-cigarettes regarding the safety of the product are being disputed by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO).

The Pacific Ocean nation of Samoa is preparing to welcome the international community for a meeting focussing on the challenges faced by small island developing states.

A transit camp for Syrian refugees in Erbil, northern Iraq is making room for an influx of Iraqi citizens displaced by recent fighting, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

The population of Lugansk in eastern Ukraine is in urgent need of aid because of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the city.

That’s according to the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC.