The top United Nations official in Iraq today welcomed the relocation to Albania of 27 residents from an exile camp near western Baghdad.
Volcano, trading cities and whaling town given UN World Heritage status
Mount Fuji was today recognized as a United Nation educational and cultural agency's World Heritage site, along with seven others on a list that for the first time includes sites in Fiji and Qatar.
Following latest clashes in Benghazi, Security Council urges dialogue among Libyans
The United Nations Security Council has renewed its call to Libyans to resolve disagreements peacefully and through dialogue following recent fighting in Benghazi.
Soaring temperatures add to threats facing children in Syria, warns UNICEF
Soaring summer temperatures, overcrowding and worsening hygiene are among the latest threats facing Syrian children, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today, stressing the need to provide sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene to some four million young people affected by the ongoing conflict.
UN official calls for urgent action to improve air quality in Asia-Pacific region
With smog levels hitting all time highs in cities across the Asia-Pacific region, a senior United Nations official there is calling on Governments to do more, with greater urgency, to tackle the myriad challenges associated with worsening air quality.
UN relief officials sound alarm over deepening food insecurity in Palestine
The heads of two United Nations aid agencies today raised the alarm over the worsening food insecurity in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, where one in three Palestinian households now struggle to feed their families.
Music icon Stevie Wonder urges UN forum to ‘sign, seal, deliver’ treaty for visually impaired
Stevie Wonder has appealed to more than 600 negotiators at a United Nations forum in Marrakesh to finalize a new global treaty easing access to books for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled people – promising to celebrate with them in Morocco when the agreement is concluded.
Central Asian mountain ranges among natural wonders granted UN World Heritage status
Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains, the Hill Forts of Rajasthan and the Namib Sand Sea are among the eight natural and man-made wonders included as of today in the United Nations educational and cultural agency’s World Heritage List.
Sudan: UN expert voices concern at human rights situation in Kordofan, Blue Nile states
While welcoming overall positive human rights developments in Sudan, an independent United Nations expert today expressed concerns about specific situations in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, which have been plagued by ongoing clashes and hostilities.
UN expert: former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia must not silence critical media
An independent United Nations expert today urged the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to allow space for critical media saying the closure of a television station and some newspapers in 2011 sends worrying signals about free expression in the country.