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...

Despite protests against the current president's bid for a third term in office, Burundi's leaders insist on going forward with the election stating that the country is fully stable. For the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon “the crisis threatens to undo more than a decade of work to consolidate peace...

In preparation for the Paris Conference on Climate Change, at the United Nations Headquarters, the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and actor Robert Redford warn world Leaders that climate change has real consequences on people’s lives and is a threat to peace, while disrupting national economies. Affordable, scalable solutions are available to keep global warming below...

Yemen’s political turmoil and violent insurgence had, a few years ago, totally dwarfed the fact that more than half the country’s population were under starvation. Attention was highly focused on the war and conflict that regular citizens who have nothing to do with the massacres were the ones bearing the...

Young adults from nine countries each win a €20,000 award for their innovative projects to help combat intolerance, exclusion and injustice around the world. Celebrating with them Lakshmi Puri, Assistant Secretary General for Gender Equality and Mariarosa Cutillo, Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility for the Benetton Group and President/CEO of the UNHate Foundation

“Thank you for joining us to celebrate the founding of the United Nations – the indispensable organization I am proud to serve. UN values and U.S. values are one and the same – equality, freedom, dignity and peace.”    Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations 

For the UN, the era of silence is gradually being replaced by international recognition and is the basis for June 19 being named as the International Day against Sexual Violence in Conflict. Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities...

The maiming, killing, abductions, sexual exploitation and deprivation of liberty are only some of the violent tactics being used by extremist groups against children in targeting particular ethnic groups and  religious communities.  During an all-day open debate at the Security Council the United Nations called for corrective actions. Italian minister for...

Scores of human-trafficking rings and graves discovered near prisons in the jungles of Thailand show the desperation of the Rohingya people and other Myanmar citizens fleeing persecution and seeking refuge into one of the five neighboring countries

In observation of The International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, women who have survived the practice were invited to speak at the United Nations. FGM is now internationally recognized as a violation of ​human rights and collaborative efforts around the world are showing great results. Still, too many countries consider it as a part of their tradition.