GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel is actively encouraging U.N. agencies and other aid groups to take over the work of the U.N. Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, Israel's ambassador said on Monday, after banning the agency on Israeli territory in January.

The “unofficial” programme for the enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in the Swiss city of Geneva next week was announced by the United Nations on Monday.The meeting will take place on March 17 and 18 and will see both Cyprus’ sides as well as representatives of the island’s three guarantor powers,

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Conflict in Congo has sent 63,000 refugees fleeing to neighbouring Burundi in its largest such influx in decades, with conditions dire at a crammed stadium camp and many stuck in fields outside,

The United Nations rights chief expressed deep concern on Monday about a "fundamental shift in direction" by the United States under President Donald Trump, warning that divisive rhetoric is being used to deceive and polarise people.

In the opening remarks at the 58th UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN chief Antonio Guterres said that human rights around the world are being “suffocated” and referred to horrifying human ...

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.

The voices of reason must prevail, said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva on Wednesday. Any annexation of the West Bank or forced evacuation of the Gaza Strip “could threaten ...

Regarding elections in the hill tracts, Nazrul affirmed, “Our government is committed to ensuring every Bangladeshi’s right to vote, whether in the Chittagong Hill Tracts or elsewhere. A commission is already working on local government issues to uphold this.”

On March 4-5, the 63rd round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) – a multilateral format to address security and humanitarian consequences of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war – was held in Geneva.

The United Nations has urged the international community to respond to what it called human rights violations by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government as it seeks to further consolidate power,

The UN Human Rights Chief accused Israel on Wednesday of showing an unprecedented disregard for human rights in its military actions in Gaza and said Hamas had violated international law. "Nothing justifies the appalling manner in which Israel has conducted its military operations in Gaza which consistently breached international law",