Detainees on Pacific island "completely without hope" Migrants and refugees being held on the Pacific island of Nauru are "completely without hope" according to the regional head of the UN human rights office, OHCHR. Nauru has been operating an off-shore processing centre for the Australian government despite calls from the UN and other organizations to [...]

Listen to a bulletin of news and features from United Nations Radio, with Jocelyne Sambira and Matthew Wells. In today's programme… the former Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Guterres has been nominated as the next United Nations Secretary-General So, what can the rest of the world expect from Mr Guterres when he becomes the world's [...]

Very serious challenges remain "on the ground" in South Sudan Very serious challenges remain "on the ground" in South Sudan which are preventing the United Nations from carrying out its work effectively; that's the assessment of a senior UN peacekeeping official who is currently in the African country. South Sudan is recovering from almost three [...]

Very serious challenges remain "on the ground" in South Sudan which are preventing the United Nations from carrying out its work effectively; that's the assessment of a senior UN peacekeeping official who is currently in the African country. South Sudan is recovering from almost three years of internal conflict which has led to the deaths [...]

The UN Security Council has confirmed António Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, as its choice for the next UN Secretary-General. Mr Guterres has said that he put himself up for the job because it was the best way to address the immense suffering he saw in his [...]

Climate agreement entering into force is "historic moment" The entering into force of the Paris Agreement on climate change is a "historic moment for people everywhere" according to the UN's top climate official. Patricia Espinosa, who heads up the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), said that the speed at which more than 55 [...]

The former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres has been nominated as  the next United Nations Secretary-General…in what was described as an "important show of unity" by the Security Council. A formal vote was held by acclamation behind closed doors. It followed an unprecedented selection process during which all 13 candidates made open presentations to [...]

    "Vision, political skills" make Guterres the right choice: UNHCR chief A combination of "vision, political skills and a deep sense of humanity" make António Guterres the right choice to lead the UN. That's according to his successor in charge of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi. Mr Guterres ran the agency for [...]

Future trade agreements between the US and Sub-Saharan African countries could become a "powerful" tool to enforce labour standards, a senior UN official has said. The International Labour Organization's Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas Chuma recently attended a forum on trade and economic cooperation between the two blocs. The African Growth and [...]

Slavery and other labour abuses are at a "significant" level in the seafood sector, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Seafood industry representatives, fish workers' unions, government representatives and international organizations such as FAO have been meeting in Spain to discuss, amongst other issues, how best to ensure that employees are not [...]