The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has voiced his outrage at the deaths of three female international aid workers and their Afghan colleague after their vehicle was attacked.
A new documentary, funded in part by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), airs this week on BBC, spotlighting the issue of 700,000 missing girls in India as a result of the country’s drive to have male children.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have handed over a cold chain facility, which can preserve an eight-month supply of six types of vaccinations for all of Myanmar, to the country’s Ministry of Health.
The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today joined graduating students from Kabul’s Polytechnic to launch a countdown to the annual International Peace Day intended to be marked by a global ceasefire on 21 September.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed for restraint by the parties to the conflict in the southern Philippines, where ongoing clashes between Muslim rebels and Government troops have forced about 130,000 people to flee their homes.
United Nations agencies are continuing to help millions of people rebuild their lives in south-western China, three months after the region was devastated by an earthquake that left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.
A United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the approval of a new constitution in the Maldives, saying it demonstrated the country’s progress towards upholding democratic principles and ensuring the independence of the judiciary.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), along with the Government of Norway, is providing $5.2 million so that businesses in Viet Nam will be able to register more quickly and efficiently, it was announced today.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing food aid to villagers in the Pakistani district of Peshawar who are coping with the impact of last week’s deadly floods, which reportedly killed over 35 people and injured many more.
United Nations humanitarian and development officials are monitoring the situation in the mountains of northern Viet Nam, where heavy rains resulting from a recent tropical storm have killed dozens of people and caused a series of flash floods and landslides.
