Maternal deaths drop by nearly half over the past 20 years
The number of women worldwide dying from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth has dropped by nearly half over the past two decades.
The number of women worldwide dying from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth has dropped by nearly half over the past two decades.
A senior UN official is travelling to Colombia on Wednesday in efforts to combat impunity for crimes of sexual violence committed during the country’s armed conflict.
Just ahead of the Rio+20 conference in June, business leaders will be meeting to discuss how they can add to the forum on sustainable development.
Singer Rachelle Jeanty performs in a myriad of styles, from pop to jazz, and she has worked with artists such as Celine Dion and Johnny Halliday. But she says regardless of the type of music she sings, her Haitian heritage is always an influence.
Despite the weaker global economic environment, sub-Saharan Africa is expected to continue growing strongly in 2012, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Nearly 50,000 people in Mexico have been killed over the past six years, victims of the drug violence in the country.
A special concert will be held Tuesday night at the United Nations in support of a Permanent Memorial to the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The year 2012 will see the dawning of a new era for Guatemala and the world.
That is the message officials from the country brought to the United Nations on Monday.
Over the past weeks, elements of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been terrorizing people in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.