Protecting the rainforests is critical for climate change
The protection of the rainforests needs to be one of the top priorities for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in the year ahead, according to its executive director.
The protection of the rainforests needs to be one of the top priorities for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in the year ahead, according to its executive director.
The peaceful transition of power in the Gambia to President Adama Barrow this week is “clear evidence” of the power of “preventive diplomacy”.
The death has been announced of pioneering anti-torture human rights expert Sir Nigel Rodley; he was 75.
Tributes have been paid to Sir Nigel from all around the world, not least for his major contribution to drafting international law on torture and ill-treatment in all its forms.
It is “imperative” that the upcoming elections in Somalia are handled correctly given that the electoral process for parliament was marred by corruption and intimidation.
A Japanese diplomat who rescued 6,000 Jewish families fleeing Nazi persecution in Lithuania showed how one person can make a difference, Cellin Gluck, the Director of a movie entitled "Persona Non Grata" has said.
The Nazi party in Germany used “strong graphic images” like the swastika to brand themselves and make the “jump from obscurity to political prominence”, Steven Luckert, Senior Programme Curator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has said.
Ensuring peace and stability and accelerating infrastructure projects are the main priorities of the new head of the UN’s Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
A new UN project is highlighting how estimating the cost of violence against women in the Arab region can be an effective way of addressing this fundamental human rights violation.
UN project highlights cost of violence against women in Arab Region
Somalia terror attack “desperate attempt” to disrupt electoral process