First Arms Trade Treaty opens for signature
Patricia O’Brien, United Nations Legal Counsel, addressing the Special Event to Mark the Opening for Signature of the Arms Trade Treaty.
Patricia O’Brien, United Nations Legal Counsel, addressing the Special Event to Mark the Opening for Signature of the Arms Trade Treaty.
A schoolboy in rural Cambodia tucks into the healthy meal of rice and cooked vegetables he and all the other children get every day during classes courtesy of WFP.
What does the global employment situation look like, five years after the start of the worldwide financial crisis?
Pastoralist communities in Kenya and Uganda depend on livestock for their livelihoods.
Animal diseases, which spread across borders, can wipe out these livelihoods, leaving communities vulnerable to hunger and poverty.
Dr. Augustine Mahiga has completed his assignment as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of the UN Political Office in Somalia.
The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed on 29 May with ceremonies to honor the men and women who served in United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations. The occasion was also honor the memory of people who died in the name of peace.
World Food Programme (WFP) Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Amir Abdulla has wrapped up a two-day visit to Syria in which he saw first-hand the hardship endured by Syrians as a result of the raging conflict that has engulfed the country.
Banning of all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship will reduce the number of tobacco users, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Children with disabilities and their communities would both benefit if society focused on what those children can achieve, rather than what they cannot do, according to UNICEF’s annual State of the World’s Children’s report.
The UN children’s agency UNICEF is calling for the inclusion of children with disabilities in discussions and decisions about development.