Category : United Nations

The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a presidential statement calling on the international community to support ongoing efforts to forge a lasting peace in...

The world’s new security sector reform plan can achieve even further progress by developing the first-ever global study on women in defence, trimming reporting periods,...

Many developing countries may miss out on the benefits of the “green tech” revolution unless governments and the international community take decisive action now, the...

With the holy month of Ramadan fast approaching, warring parties in Yemen must build on relative calm across the country and the April 2022 truce – which...

Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19,...

Essential workers who kept families, societies and economies going while the world was on COVID lockdown, need better pay and conditions urgently, if countries are...

States must be “primary responders” in torture cases, to end impunity and bring justice on behalf of victims, a UN independent expert told the Human...

During a visit to a center for street children in Beirut, Lebanon, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said: “Children should be allowed to be children....

Eight UN agencies on Tuesday published a new report aimed at helping countries address chronic food insecurity and nutrition crises across Europe and Central Asia,...

Nepal is due to graduate from its current status, as one of the world’s least developed countries, in 2026. Subhash Nepali, an economist in the...