New Initiative to Protect Girls from Child Marriage
A new multi-country initiative to accelerate action to end child marriage will help protect the rights of millions of the…
Is War-Torn Syria Ready for the Elections?
The United Nations believes that after nearly six years of conflict, Syria will have the democratic elections in the next…
UN Peacekeepers Face Sexual Abuse Allegations
With 99 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse uncovered by the United Nations in 2015 – 69 of these in…
Security Council Imposes New Sanctions on North Korea
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution that imposes new sanctions and tightens some of its…
How the UN Plans to Protect Human Rights
At the opening of the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, senior UN officials emphasized the link…
South Sudan: Call for End to Civilian Suffering
The United Nations deputy humanitarian chief on Friday called on all parties to the conflict in South Sudan to protect…