Security Council delivers “strong and united” statement on Syria.
The Security Council has sent what it describes as a “strong and united message” to help end the deadly year-long crisis in Syria.
The Security Council has sent what it describes as a “strong and united message” to help end the deadly year-long crisis in Syria.
The problem of racism and conflict is under the spotlight as the United Nations observes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21st March.
Afghanistan will soon begin a period of transition and transformation.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is now in its fourth decade since it was first diagnosed. Major milestones have been made in the prevention, control and the treatment of the disease.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting four countries in Asia.
At a training centre for peacekeepers in Indonesia, Mr. Ban gave a lecture on the challenges and opportunities the country and region face when it comes to peacekeeping.
Eighteen African states, the UN, the private sector and other groups have agreed on a set of priority actions to better manage electronic waste – or ewaste - in Africa.
Over the last few years, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have benefited from the rise in commodity prices.
But being wealthy in natural resources brings its own problems such as reducing competitiveness by raising exchange rates or a narrow tax base and increasing volatility.
Israel is being urged to stop using deadly attacks against Palestinian civilians.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is also calling for an end to the firing of projectiles from Gaza into Israel.
Twenty-two UN independent human rights experts want to make sure global goals are not only set at the Rio+20 conference in June, but also met.
Over the weekend the citizens of Timor-Leste took to the polls to vote for a new president. Results so far show incumbent Jose Ramos-Horta will not be among candidates for a run-off scheduled for April.