60,000 People to Get Emergency Health Services in Mosul
United Nations agencies are rapidly scaling up efforts in eastern Mosul to ensure that more than 60,000 people living near the frontlines of the current military operations have access to…
How to Improve the Human Rights Situation in North Korea
A United Nations (UN) rights expert has appealed to governments and civil society organizations to put people squarely at the centre of their approaches to improve the human rights situation…
Is the World Ready to Deal with Transport Challenges?
The first-ever global conference on sustainable transport takes place this weekend in Turkmenistan. It will bring together representatives from the United Nations (UN), governments, the private sector and civil society…
UN Concerned at Worsening Humanitarian Situation in Benghazi
The United Nations (UN) is extremely concerned over the continued worsening humanitarian situation in Ganfouda area in the Libyan city of Benghazi due to increased hostilities over the past week,…
Trump to Nominate Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador
President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate Governor Nikki Haley (R-South Carolina) as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, a cabinet-level position in the…
Pakistan Warns India Against Using Water for Coercion
A top Pakistani diplomat has called on the world community to ensure that international agreements on waterways, such as the 1960 World Bank-brokered Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan,…