The General Assembly today condemned all acts or threats of violence, destruction, damage or endangerment against religious sites, as it adopted a resolution on the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations.
States can learn from one another in the effort to halt violence, an "enormous but preventable global health problem," the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said today.
United Nations officials have signalled their strong support for a new movement which aims to galvanize the world's mothers in the fight against gun violence.
The new commander of the international security force in Kosovo (KFOR) today urged Kosovars to help KFOR and the United Nations isolate extremists pursuing political ends through violence.
