United Nations

UN Ad Hoc Committee on Sovereign Debt Restructuring adopts nine principles in this regard.

Jerin Mathew Jul 29, 2015

Russian football authorities need to do more to combat racism and currently don't fully understand what it means.

Adam Justice Jul 23, 2015

The UNHCR said on 10 July that Greece urgently needs help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day.

Adam Justice Jul 10, 2015

'If we delay it may well be too late to save the most vulnerable children'

Sean Martin Jul 09, 2015

Divisions remain 20 years after Serbs slaughtered 8,000 Bosnian Muslims.

Mark Piggott Jul 08, 2015

The United Nations Human Rights Office voiced its deep concern over the worsening human rights.

Adam Justice Jul 08, 2015

An internal investigation reveals that it is not equipped to deal with health outbreaks.

Sean Martin Jul 07, 2015

New date shows more details of nuclear inspection deal need to be hammered out.

Graham Lanktree Jun 30, 2015

Envoy admits security forces are at limit but says they are resilient as insurgents attempt to take territory.

Adam Justice Jun 23, 2015

Report finds 231 allegations of sexual exploitation in Haiti alone.

Tom Porter Jun 12, 2015

A UN report says that backdoor encryptions are undermining our basic human rights.

Mary-Ann Russon May 29, 2015

Terrorists of the Isis gang have gone one step further in their horrendous crimes against humanity by burning a 20-year-old girl alive because she declined to engage in an extreme sex act, according to a UN official.

Angela Sharda May 25, 2015

Brazil has highest number of homicides in the world, United Nations report finds.

Mary Papenfuss May 23, 2015

UN Middle East envoy says people of Gaza Strip are 'desperate and angry' at everyone.

Adam Justice May 20, 2015

The communist nation suddenly cancelled the trip a day before Ban Ki-moon was set to arrive.

Nicole Rojas May 20, 2015

Manila is signatory to UN convention of refugees so will 'extend humanitarian assistance' it says

Gianluca Mezzofiore May 19, 2015

IMF chief Christine Lagarde and anti-poverty group representatives to attend summit.

Jerin Mathew May 13, 2015

The UN are asked to adopt guidelines to protect consumers against electromagnetic radiation.

Adam Justice May 12, 2015

BREAKING: Soldiers on duty as UN peacemakers allegedly raped children at refugee camps in exchange for food.

Elsa Buchanan May 07, 2015

The UNHCR demanded clarification of the legal status for migrants in the EU in order to control the massive influx of people smuggled in by boats.

Adam Justice May 06, 2015

Death toll from Nepal's 7.9-magnitude earthquake at 7,040 with some 70 aftershocks recorded so far.

Maria Khan May 03, 2015

7,000 confirmed dead but final death toll probably 'much higther': Nepal government

Mark Piggott May 03, 2015

Organisation's report reveals refugee children in Central African Republic were forced into rape and sodomy in exchange for food.

Maria Khan Apr 30, 2015

The United Nations Human Rights Agency (OHCHR) said more needed to be done to tackle hate speech in the tabloid press.

Adam Justice Apr 28, 2015

Power says that humour of young often more effective than official information in undermining jihadist group.

Tom Porter Apr 27, 2015

Nepal eligible for assistance fromIMF's new Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust.

Jerin Mathew Apr 27, 2015

There are still some two billion people who do not have access to a bank.

Sean Martin Apr 16, 2015

Google wants the ability to control a robot army while the US army wants one for intelligence

Mary-Ann Russon Apr 16, 2015

UN gave the British actor a 'license to save' by making him the first global advocate for the elimination of mines and explosives.

Adam Justice Apr 15, 2015

Boko Haram Islamist militants are targeting women and girls for particularly horrific abuse.

Adam Justice Apr 01, 2015