Kofi Annan tells General Assembly his plan is not being implemented
The continued violence in Syria was the focus of a General Assembly meeting on Thursday.
It came a day after the killing of at least 78 villagers near the city of Hama.
The continued violence in Syria was the focus of a General Assembly meeting on Thursday.
It came a day after the killing of at least 78 villagers near the city of Hama.
The countdown has begun for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development known as Rio+20.
More than 50,000 people, including 135 heads of state, are expected to attend the forum in Brazil this month.
The amount of garbage generated by cities worldwide will outpace the rate of urbanization over the next 13 years, according to the World Bank.
Gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted disease is becoming a serious threat to health as available anti-biotics to treat it are no longer effective.
This warning has come from the World Health Organization (WHO) in a report released on Wednesday.
A cultural event featuring the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra is taking place in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday evening.
What is needed to put people back to work and revive lacklustre economies?
The International Organsation of Employers, says it’s a combination of things, including new jobs, fewer government regulations and incentives to invest.
United Nations agencies have been given the green light to begin delivering humanitarian assistance in Syria.
Thousands of refugees from Sudan have massed at a border area in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
Twenty years ago thousands fled Somaliland into neighbouring countries.
Today peace has returned to this corner of war-torn Somalia, bringing many refugees and displaced back home.
Most initially return to makeshift camps and continue to live as displaced people.
A sewing project has been started in Juba Maximum Prison where some of South Sudan’s worst offenders are imprisoned.
The prison which has tall walls with barbed wire at the top, houses both males and females.