25 June 2014 – Disconnecting water from people who cannot pay their bills is an affront to their human rights,…
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20 June 2014 – A group of United Nations human rights experts on the African diaspora today called on the…
16 June 2014 – Following confirmation that President Juan Manuel Santos has been re-elected, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today…
15 June 2014 – As the Group of 77 Summit ends today with a focus on creating a new sustainable…
14 June 2014 – Addressing the bloc of developing countries known as the Group of 77 (G77) and China, Secretary-General…
12 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in São Paulo, Brazil, today to attend the opening game of the…
10 June 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the announced start of peace talks between the Government of Colombia…
4 June 2014 – Thousands of people are forcibly displaced and hundreds killed every month in Colombia, a senior United…
2 June 2014 – Big cities like New York are on the frontlines of the climate threat as well as…
2 June 2014 – United Nations officials today welcomed the initiative announced by President Barack Obama to limit emissions from…
30 May 2014 – Citing a new ruling issued by the United States Supreme Court, the United Nations human rights…
29 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon mourned the death of celebrated African-American poet and author Maya Angelou, saying the…
28 May 2014 – The Haitian Prime Minister, the UN Special Representative to Haiti and the UN Senior Coordinator for…
17 May 2014 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has today welcomed the agreement reached between Colombia’s Government and the…
9 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights office today voiced concern at renewed violence in Venezuela, and at…
2 May 2014 – The suffering of United States inmate Clayton Lockett during his execution in Oklahoma on 29 April…
1 May 2014 – Significant gains in the fight against the cholera epidemic in Haiti have been recorded as the…
28 April 2014 – Honduras must immediately adopt measures to effectively protect children, without discrimination, from all forms of violence,…
16 April 2014 – A United Nations human rights panel said today that Argentine authorities failed to ensure that a…
16 April 2014 – As the FIFA World Cup in Brazil draws closer, the United Nations agency leading the response…