Eight countries holding the world “hostage” over nuclear treaty
Eight countries which have so far failed to ratify a Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty are holding the international community “hostage”.
Eight countries which have so far failed to ratify a Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty are holding the international community “hostage”.
Women activists from war-torn Syria have been a “glimmer of hope” in a peace process that has been very “challenging and depressing”, the head of UN Women’s Arab States Section has said.
Eight oil-producing countries in Africa are facing a “very significant” economic shock following the collapse in oil prices over the past two years.
A barrel currently costs around US$50 on global markets, down from a high of US$125.
Tributes have been paid following the death of the first woman to serve as a United Nations Under-Secretary-General; the third highest rank in the global organization.
In Nigeria, the terror campaign carried out by Boko Haram extremists and the government’s efforts to defeat them have left civilians malnourished to the point of starvation, a leading UN rights expert has said.
Time wasted collecting water is a “double whammy” for women and girls around the world.
That’s according to Sanjay Wijesekera, Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmes at the UN Children’s Fund, (UNICEF).
The ‘horrendous’ practice of enforced disappearances can affect entire communities by creating an atmosphere of fear and chaos.
Israeli authorities should “cease and reverse” illegal settlement-building on occupied Palestinian land as prospects “dwindle” for a two-state solution to the conflict.