Afghanistan's Government has made important commitments to protect children from the impact of armed conflict, according to a new United Nations report.
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today strongly condemned yesterday's deadly attack on a mosque in the troubled country's capital, Mogadishu, calling for an end to indiscriminate killings.
Focusing on the theme “One Earth, One United Nations,” the world body hopes to showcase the breadth of its work at its state-of-the-art pavilion the World Exposition in Shanghai, China, which kicked off today and is expected to draw 70 million people.
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) begins a four-country visit to Africa today to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight anti-poverty targets agreed upon by world leaders with a 2015 deadline.
Today's May Day protests staged by Maoists across Nepal have been organized and peaceful, with security forces also acting in a restrained manner, the United Nations human rights office in the country said today.
The top United Nations humanitarian official today condemned the “horrific” atrocities committed by a notorious Uganda rebel group in the volatile northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).