Last year’s epic flow of refugees seeking sanctuary in Europe transfixed the world and finally put the issue of migration at the top of the political agenda. To that end, the 71st General Assembly...
The reputation of UN peacekeepers reputation suffered another blow with blue helmets in South Sudan failing to protect foreign aid-workers in a recent attack. The United Nations says it’s investigating the incident which it...
The United Nations is marking “World Humanitarian Day” today. A celebrity-laden event at its headquarters in New York is intended to highlight the dangers faced by humanitarian workers around the world, who dedicate their...
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is leaving office in January 2017 and the process to find his successor is underway. In the past, that process has taken place behind closed doors, with...
The United Nations World Food Program is ramping up distribution of humanitarian aid in Syria as part of a tentative deal to gain access to at least 18 besieged towns. Shannon Young has more....
Humanitarian aid finally began to trickle into three towns in Syria this week where aid workers described horrific scenes of both adults and children literally starving to death. Download Audio UN Secretary General Ban...
Earlier this month, a three-judge panel in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that immigration courts must distinguish between sexual orientation and gender identity in immigrants seeking asylum or relief from deportation....
Netanyahu back peddles; U.S. still to reevaluate backing Israel at UN Netanyahu reelection raises concerns in Gaza and renews calls for unity among Palestinans Regional elections in Spain will be first test for anti-austerity...
The United Nations weighed in Thursday on Turkeys’ recently passed internet censorship and surveillance bill, calling it incompatible with the nation’s international human rights obligations. UN High Commissioner for Human Right spokesperson Rupert Colville...
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