UN General Assembly shines spotlight on food insecurity and its impact on global population and ‘hot-spot’ countries

UNESCO Chief Irina Bokova understands how tough a job she will undertake if she wins. Yet, she continues on a hard campaign, focusing on the idea that since the UN is for everybody then more women are needed, and not just for equality, but to raise the UN’s accountability status. We followed...

When in Yemen an MSF hospital was stuck by bombs early this week, the United Nations was quick to point fingers at the Saudi coalition. The Saudi Ambassador Abdallah al-Mouallimi criticized Ban Ki-Moon of issuing a statement before an investigation was done, but the Secretary-General's spokesperson confirmed that the accusations were backed by good sources in the country 

On the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, while 300 sites turn ‘UN blue’ as part of the global celebrations,  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls ​all parties around the wo​rld to the action of avoiding provocative rethoric that can further inflame passions in an already overheated environment

Peacekeeping Chief in Africa’s Central African Republic ordered to step down due to lack of competency in laying out stringent laws in his team regarding allegations of sexual abuse on young girls. United Nations officials promise to thoroughly investigate 

At the UN Conference in Addis Ababa, Countries agree on a bold set of strategies, which include the implementation of 17 goals and more than 100 concrete measures, to overhaul global finance practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and environmental challenges and expect full adoption of the...

The UN urges all parties in Yemen’s conflict to respect both international human rights and humanitarian laws and to ensure that all feasible measures are taken to protect civilians by allowing and facilitating rapid and unimpeded passage of relief for scores of civilians in need

The devastating Ebola crisis in West Africa continues to wreak havoc in the three most disease-ridden countries where 30 new cases were confirmed. At a high-level International Ebola Recovery Conference at UN Headquarters the international community explored country-based and regional anti-Ebola strategies and pledged more than 5 billion dollars to support the recovery effort. Italy has allocated...

Great Britain and Northern Ireland on July 6 proposed a resolution to the United Nations Security Council to condemn the 1995 killing of 8,000 males in Srebrenica, Bosnia, as genocide, hoping it would possibly promote a higher level of reconciliation between ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina. That proposal failed...

Libya’s former revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi bloodlessly kicked out corrupt King Idriss, became Lybia’s de facto leader and stabilized the country. Per capita income rose and so did citizens’ living standards. Today with its constant strife, bloodshed, rising death toll and almost half million internally displaced persons, the country is...