On International Day, UN honours midwives as family 'partners for life'
As rainy season starts, UN health agency warns of cholera outbreak in drought-hit Somalia
Somalia is suffering from the largest cholera outbreak in the past five years and the number of people killed is expected to double by the end of June, the United Nations health agency.
Efforts to impeach Nepalese Chief Justice 'an assault on human rights' – UN rights chief
Raising alarm over moves to impeach the Chief Justice of Nepal – who has been instrumental in a number of high-profile and politically sensitive decisions – the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, warned today that such actions suggest a concerted attempt by the Government to undermine the independence of the judiciary.
UN migration agency transports hundreds of South Sudanese refugees from border into Ethiopia
On Global Road Safety Week, UN health agency urges 'Save Lives: Slow Down'
Spotlighting the relationship between speeding and traffic fatalities – speeding contributes to one in three traffic deaths – the UN health agency, ahead of Global Road Safety Week, is urging countries to take measures to curb dangerous driving behaviour.