United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is all set to visit Geneva and Madrid and then to Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Algeria. “He will also designate...
United Nations: The UN launched Friday an iLibrary, the first electronic library of its kind .This iLibrary comprises of comprehensive global search, discovery, and dissemination platform for...
United Nations: Up to 40,000 people fled towns in northern Syria amid intensified conflict between government forces and rebel groups, a UN spokesman has said, citing the...
United Nations: Up to 10 million people in Iraq, including vulnerable people in areas currently controlled by the Islamic State (IS), will require some form of humanitarian...
United Nations: After a visit to Jordan and Lebanon, World Food Programme (WFP) executive director Ertharin Cousin has called upon the international community to continue to support...
United Nations: The World Food Programme (WFP) is working to provide emergency food assistance to 435,000 people in Myanmar. “A one-month supply of rice, chickpeas, cooking oil,...
United Nations: The UN humanitarian chief visited Iraq and met senior officials as well as people from Anbar and Saladin Governorates who remain displaced in the capital...
United Nations: The newly appointed UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Stephen O’Brien, will be travelling to Iraq for three days starting Sunday, an official said. “O’Brien will...
United Nations: The United Nations will commemorate the World Oceans Day, which falls on Monday, with a reception and music performance, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. This...
United Nations: As the UN peacekeeping operations in South Sudan struggles with inadequate resources and widening mandates, an Indian Army colonel was injured in crossfire between two...
