11 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the release of 44 prisoners of conscience…
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11 December 2013 – Voicing strong concern over widespread violence in Bangladesh that has left dozens of people dead since…
10 December 2013 – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay today called for an eleventh-hour stay of…
10 December 2013 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed seasoned economist Shamshad Akhtar of Pakistan as the new head of…
9 December 2013 – Two independent United Nations human rights experts today urged the Bangladeshi Government to halt the execution…
8 December 2013 – Afghan authorities registered an increased number of reported acts of violence against women and girls in…
8 December 2013 – One month since Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the…
12 December 2013 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the killing…
11 December 2013 – Amid growing debate over international drug control policy in Latin America, the United Nations drug and…
10 December 2013 – Two independent United Nations human rights experts have voiced concern about the fate of Djamel Ameziane,…
6 December 2013 – Voicing deep concern over a ruling that renders countless Dominicans of Haitian descent stateless, the United…
29 November 2013 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has voiced concern at the recent deaths at…
29 November 2013 – A United Nations independent expert today urged authorities in Argentina to undertake an audit of its…
29 November 2013 – The United Nations entity tasked with advancing gender equality today applauded the appointment of two women…
25 November 2013 – On the spot in Queens, New York where the United Nations General Assembly met during the…
22 November 2013 – On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United Nations Secretary-General recalled…
22 November 2013 – Created three years ago to actively support universally accepted principles in human rights, literacy, sustainability and…
13 December 2013 – The United Nations today called on all parties in Ukraine to exercise restraint amid reports of…
9 December 2013 – A United Nations human rights expert and the World Medical Association (WMA) today urged the Turkish…
8 December 2013 – With hundreds of thousands of protestors reportedly rallying anew in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, General…