In terms of civil liberties for people with autism, the international community overall is living in “the Dark Ages,” an autism expert said at the UN on Friday.

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen is the director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.

There has been a “dramatic increase” in food insecurity around the world the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.

“If there is a conflict, leave it to Dag” became a popular phrase in the 1950s when the late Dag Hammarskjöld was Secretary-General of the UN.

There is danger that one of the world’s most protracted crises could be “partially forgotten” by the international community, a former senior UN official fears.

The number of Syrian refugees is now more than five million and their situation is getting worse, the UN said on Thursday.

The only way for women to receive equal rights is for them to “stand up” and “demand” them, a women’s rights activist told a meeting at UN Headquarters this week.

UN to conduct inquiry into deaths of DRC experts

Scars of rape last “longer than the war”: UN Special Representative

With atrocity crimes on the rise around the world, countries have an increasing responsibility to protect their citizens, according to the UN Special Adviser on the issue.

A small red beetle that destroys palm trees is spreading rapidly, created “serious concern” for the global production of dates and coconuts, said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday.