The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today hailed the Government of the Philippines for deferring the execution of a convict who would have been the country's first prisoner to be put to death since 1999.
With Mexico facing ongoing difficulties with its internally displaced people, a United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government to expedite action on their behalf.
The United Nations has pressed the Government of Eritrea to extend a deadline contained in a directive ordering international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in mine action activities to cease all work by the end of this month.
Calling the problem of lynching in Guatemala a sign of the country's deteriorating human rights situation, a new United Nations report urges a stepped-up government response to the crime.
After touring refugee camps near Sierra Leone's border with Liberia, where fighting has produced an intermittent influx of people as clashes flare, a senior United Nations official has pledged greater efforts to bolster the resources available at the sites.
In a bid to reverse years of declining fish stocks, negotiators at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, agreed today to restore depleted fisheries by 2015.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, arrived today in Lesotho, where he repeated calls for action to fight the AIDS epidemic and the looming famine in southern Africa.
Over 100 senior judges from across the planet meeting at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, have adopted an action plan to enforce laws aimed at guarding nature, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.
Responding to reports of severe food shortages in Zimbabwe, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for the country to adopt a proper land reform effort that would ease the situation.