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As record-breaking heat has been enveloping the earth this year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said it was also “a pivotal time for climate action”, […]

Tackling economic and political inequality is at the root of strengthening democratic institutions at a time when they are under huge strain, said United Nations […]

While health, education, and income levels have improved overall across the globe, “wide inequalities” both among and within countries, are casting a shadow on sustained […]

An innovative approach to supporting the poorest and most vulnerable in Rwanda, is helping to address environmental problems and achieve ambitious development goals there, according […]

Genocide remains a “threat and a reality” in the 21st century, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday, in an appeal to States to […]

Economic sanctions must not be allowed to degenerate into blockades which “expose people to the ravages of economic war in peacetime” said the UN independent […]

As part of the 40th anniversary of the International Day for South-South Cooperation, the United Nations launched on Wednesday, more than 100 best practices from […]

All parties to the seven-year Syria conflict and the States that support them should do “everything in their power” to prevent a full-scale military assault […]

An alarming and “shameful” level of harsh reprisals and intimidation against those who cooperate with the United Nations in an effort to uphold human rights, […]