Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational repression,” aimed ...

W HEN THE Charter of the United Nations was signed, 80 years ago this week, President Harry Truman emphasised that the ...

Iran's foreign minister plans to meet in Geneva on Friday with leading European counterparts, who hope to open a window for a ...

European officials, who have been effectively sidelined in the war between Israel and Iran, will try to exert limited ...

GENEVA - The U.N. building that was once the headquarters of the first modern global organisation dedicated to peace and ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today the completion of a review of its activities, expenditure, staffing and structures, following a significant decline in humanitarian funding compared to ...

The U.N. human rights chief says Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting “horrifying, unconscionable suffering” on ...

The United Nations will organize a new photo exhibition as part of the Photoville Festival in New York City. The "Through Her Lens: Women Rising for Peace" exhibition features original photographs ...

This year’s World Environment Day theme, “Together we can beat plastic pollution”, must be powered by women’s leadership and solutions.. Since the first World Conference on Women in Mexico City, 50 ...