Burundi risks becoming a forgotten refugee crisis

UN Commission condemns upsurge of violence in Syria

Fresh violence in DRC displaces thousands

A village and cemetery in Vanuatu connected to a chief who ruled four centuries ago are an example of Pacific Island heritage that must be protected, according to an official with the UN cultural agency, UNESCO, in the region. Akatsuki Takahashi, a UNESCO Culture Specialist based in Samoa, was in Australia recently to attend a [...]

It is "virtually impossible" to fully serve and protect civilians who rely on UN peacekeeping missions around the world without the participation of women within the ranks. That's the firm view of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which goes by the acronym UNFICYP. In an [...]

Burundi risks becoming a forgotten refugee crisis The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has expressed "great concern" about low levels of humanitarian funding for "desperate refugees" from Burundi. The agency said on Tuesday that Burundian refugees receive just 21 per cent of the aid they need, which falls short of "acceptable humanitarian standards". UNHCR, and its [...]

It's exactly 25 years since the UN created a new international emergency response team to respond to disasters around the world. Officially known as the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination system (UNDAC) the team pools expertise from Member States to rush to the aid of fellow Member States hit by sudden-onset emergencies. On Tuesday, the [...]

She describes herself as "only an ordinary woman" but Eva Lavi made an extraordinary contribution inside the UN's General Assembly Hall in January, fulfilling what she said was her God-given destiny: to bear witness to the evil of the Holocaust. Ms. Lavi is the youngest survivor to be saved from the Nazis by the German [...]

Further proof of chemical weapons use in Syria should be met with “meaningful response”: UN Disarmament Affairs chief

“Human cost” of prolonged crisis in Libya highlighted in $313 million appeal

World’s poorest countries need faster growth to reach SDGs: UNCTAD