Institutionalizing financial support for workers in the occupied Arab territories is one of a host of measures aimed at employment creation, which ranks high on the agenda as the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) opened the current session of its governing body in Geneva today.
Terje Roed-Larsen, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, held talks in Damascus today on the region’s current and looming crises with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Shara’a.
Governments meeting in Chile are looking to strengthen global action against criminal organizations profiting from the illegal harvesting, smuggling and sale of tiger skins, ivory and other wildlife products, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The United Nations has learned important lessons in the recent months relating to its efforts to deal with the impact of landmines, allowing the world body to take a more systematic approach to the problem, according to a new report released today at UN Headquarters in New York.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today provided Afghanistan's newly established Constitutional Commission with funds to cover its start-up operating costs.
Responding to incorrect news reports, the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) today issued a statement clarifying its police reform efforts.
Following intensive closed-door consultations on a proposed draft resolution aimed at returning United Nations weapons inspectors to Iraq, the United Nations Security Council this evening decided to hold a formal meeting on Friday morning to take further action on the issue.
Palestinian refugees are facing an acute humanitarian crisis marked by high rates of unemployment, poverty and malnutrition, the head of a major United Nations relief agency in the area said today.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today announced the appointment of Mohammed Yunus, the pioneering founder of a "village bank," as a Goodwill Ambassador to help fight the epidemic around the world, especially among the poor.