Category - United Nations

Humanitarian Aid 12 March 2020 UN agencies have underscored their commitment to continue supporting civilians affected by the war in Syria, which this month...

Human Rights 11 March 2020 Threats, unlawful surveillance and harassment by the authorities, are just some of the concerns facing journalists in Iran...

Human Rights 11 March 2020 Daily fighting in Myanmar, widespread internet blackouts and reporting restrictions, indicate that the shift to more democratic rule...

The United Kingdom’s health minister has been diagnosed with novel coronavirus infection – one of nearly 400 confirmed cases in that country, as Turkey...

Women March 2020 Despite constraints imposed by the new coronavirus disease, activists for gender equality gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday for the latest...

Health 07 March 2020 In his daily briefing to the press on Friday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that supplies of...

Health March 2020 The organizing committee of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a major UN conference scheduled to take place in March, has decided...

Health 5 March 2020 School closures in 13 countries linked to the COVID-19 virus epidemic have disrupted the education of more than 290 million students, a...

Women 27 February 2020 The 21st century must be the century of women’s equality, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday evening, in a call to...