WORLD MUST STEP UP ROHINGYA AID

The international community must rally," David Beasley, head of the UN's World Food Programme, said after observing a handout of food to refugees at Kutupalong camp, near Cox's Bazar... READ MORE›

'THE SCALE IS JUST VAST': AUTHORITIES, AID WORKERS IN BANGLADESH OVERWHELMED BY ROHINGYA REFUGEES

The movement of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh is an exodus of vast proportions that has bewildered even the most seasoned aid workers, writes Nahlah Ayed... READ MORE›

GLOBAL HUNGER RISING DUE TO WARS, CLIMATE SHOCKS

There are fewer chronically undernourished people worldwide than in 2000, but a trend of overall decline has been reversed, according to a United Nations report... READ MORE›

AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST

The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY

MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›

THE U.N. ASKED FOR BILLIONS TO AVERT FOUR HUNGER CRISES. THE MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE.

In South Sudan, the United Nations says that 2,800 people are fleeing worsening violence and looming famine every day... READ MORE›

NIGERIA: SUICIDE ATTACKS KILL DOZENS IN MADAGALI

Attack on a vegetable market near a Boko Haram stronghold kills at least 30 people and wounds more than 50... READ MORE›

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE

Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'

An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE›

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES

In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›

Boko Haram Appears to Be Using Abducted Girls as Suicide Bombers Experts... READ MORE›

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH

Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE›

ALLIES BEGIN PUSH AGAINST BOKO HARAM

Col Kukasheka called on Nigerians to be more security conscious because given the onslaught on Boko Haram definitely they are bound to spring surprises ... READ MORE›

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS

In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS

We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›

PRESIDENT XI JINPING OF CHINA PLEDGES 2 BILLION TO FIGHT POVERTY

President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Saturday that China would pledge 2 billion as an initial investment for development assistance to the poorest countries... READ MORE›

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA

To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM FALLS VICTIM TO A FOOD CRISIS IT CREATED

Such attacks are becoming increasingly common in the areas bordering Boko Haram's base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

UN ACCUSED OF FAILING AS NORTH-EAST NIGERIA AT RISK OF FAMINE

But Maj Gen Leo Irabor, who leads the military operation against Boko Haram in the region, said hunger in the Bama camp was relative ... READ MORE›

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS

The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE›

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE

70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS

In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015

The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›

A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS A HUMAN RIGHT

We could have added environmental human rights to that legacy last weekend but we failed... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL IN PEACEKEEPER SEX ABUSE CASE RESIGNS

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a panel to review how the United Nations system as a whole handles allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers... READ MORE›

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME PINS HOPES ON APP TO NOURISH 20,000 SYRIAN CHILDREN

In July this year, the WFP announced that it would have to halve the value of food vouchers given to Syrian refugees in Lebanon... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN ENEMIES FIND UNEASY REFUGE TOGETHER AT A UN BASE

Any trip to and from the base requires an armed escort of more than a dozen United Nations peacekeepers... READ MORE›

UN PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING STREET CHILDREN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The United Nations did not identify which country the troops were from but a UN official said it was an African contingent... READ MORE›

United Nations personnel in Camp Faouar went into shelter, the report says... READ MORE›

SYRIA SAID TO AGREE TO FOOD AID FOR STARVING TOWN

The medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders said in a statement that 23 patients had died of starvation at one health center in Madaya since Dec. 1... READ MORE›