Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is calling for at least $750 million to treat some 3.5 million cases of obstetric fistula by 2015 in an effort to cure the debilitati
The United Nations on Sunday condemned the killing of British aid worker Linda Norgrove, stating that her death is a loss to the people of Afghanistan whom she served as well as her colleagues in the humanitarian and development community.
Days after the United Nations issued new guidelines to facilitate treatment of depression, alcohol abuse, epilepsy and other common mental disorders, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on world governments to step up to the plate and deliver the necessary services.
The top United Nations climate change official said on Saturday that countries have made progress over the past week in defining what could be achieved at the negotiations slated to begin next month in Cancún, Mexico.
Recently revived efforts to resolve the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict must not falter, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today, calling for statesmanship and wisdom by all to keep the peace process moving forward.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that good progress has been made to help the displaced and returnees four months after violence rocked southern Kyrgyzstan.
Most Iraqi refugees living in Syria are reluctant to permanently return to their home country, according to a survey carried out by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) today called on the Government to launch a “transparent and impartial” investigation into the death of a man detained in a military camp for throwing stones at President Joseph Kabila’s motorcade.
More than 6,300 cases of visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease also known as kala-azar, have been recorded in southern Sudan over the past one year, the United Nations health agency reported today, saying $700,000 is required to combat the recurring outbreaks of the illness in the region.
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today reversed an earlier decision to suspend the case against a notorious Congolese warlord, ruling that his trial will resume.