United Nations top officials today stressed the importance of providing adequate health services to older citizens and called on countries to commit resources to help their aging populations lead a healthy and active life.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan today urged South Sudanese security forces to ensure human rights are respected as the civilian disarmament process takes place in the country's Jonglei state.
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with promoting and defending the freedom of the press today called for an investigation into the killing of a citizen journalist in Bahrain during a civilian demonstration.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the Security Council’s condemnation of the seizure of power in Mali by military rebels, and its renewed call for the restoration of constitutional rule in the country.
The Syrian Government and opposition forces should have ceased all violence by Thursday, 12 April, the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations-League of Arab States, Kofi Annan, said today, adding that Damascus has informed him that the withdrawal of its troops from populated areas will be completed on Tuesday.
A United Nations independent expert today highlighted religious diversity in Cyprus, noting its complexity and putting forward recommendations on how to guarantee freedom of belief to its citizens and foster inter-faith dialogue among all communities in the country.
The wreckage of the passenger liner Titanic will now be protected by a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convention that seeks to safeguard wrecks, sites, decorated caves and other cultural relics underwater.
Qatar and the United Nations today jointly urged the international community to sustain and increase its help for the millions of people around the world affected by humanitarian disasters and emergencies, through funding of the Organizations’ global humanitarian appeal.
World food prices in March remained virtually unchanged from their February levels, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, adding that dairy prices are at their lowest level since August 2010