The widespread marches had been called for by the country's Catholic Church, which appealed for a large but peaceful demonstration... READ MORE›
As many as 5,000 people have died in the fighting that has followed, and the United Nations has identified mass graves scattered across the province... READ MORE›
The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE›
She once confided to a friend about the ad hoc nature of her United Nations assignment... READ MORE›
MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE›
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›
The head of Monusco, Maman Sidikou, said I condemn in the strongest terms this deadly attack on United Nations peacekeepers and the FARDC... READ MORE›
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›
In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE›
By contrast, all European countries now languish with fertility rates below replacement level, meaning that populations will inexorably decline without large-scale immigration... READ MORE›
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›
Local authorities say at least 34 civilians killed by Nande ethnic militia in attack on camp for displaced people... READ MORE›
In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE›
Antonio Guterres, UN secretary general, described the attack by an Islamist extremist group as a 'war crime'... READ MORE›
Guterres also called for appointing a special human rights expert who would report directly to the UN chief to be a victims' rights advocate... READ MORE›
We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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... READ MORE›
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›
For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE›
The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›
Belgium says those among about 500 Belgians in the country whose presence is not essential should leave... READ MORE›
We could have added environmental human rights to that legacy last weekend but we failed... READ MORE›
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›
Any trip to and from the base requires an armed escort of more than a dozen United Nations peacekeepers... READ MORE›
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›
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›
The government has accused the Kamuina Nsapu armed group of dumping bodies into mass graves... READ MORE›
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