19 February 2014 – The independent United Nations expert tasked with monitoring the human rights situation in Myanmar today welcomed…
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19 February 2014 – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today there is no evidence that human…
18 February 2014 – The United Nations refugee agency today highlighted the need to address “significant shortcomings” in the process…
18 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, today urged the…
17 February 2014 – A grim array of human rights abuses, driven by “policies established at the highest level of…
16 February 2014 – The United Nations and its partners in the Philippines are warning today that millions of people…
14 February 2014 – David Beckham, a United Nations Children’s Fund Goodwill Ambassador, today met with children in the storm-ravaged…
14 February 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the two Koreas to build on the momentum generated by their…
12 February 2014 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged the Government of Tajikistan to fully implement…
11 February 2014 – Afghanistan’s new national policy to protect the rights of some 630,000 internally displaced people recognizes that…
8 February 2014 – Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by 14 per cent last year, according to a new report…
7 February 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today deplored the killing…
7 February 2014 – Three months after Typhoon Haiyan devastated central Philippines, United Nations agencies and their partners are refocusing…
6 February 2014 – Nearly four months after a massive earthquake devastated parts of Bohol Island, the top United Nations…
5 February 2014 – Calling the role of women in decision-making vital for Afghanistan’s future, the top United Nations official…
4 February 2014 – Concerned that some Thai people were unable to vote after national elections were reportedly disrupted by…
2 February 2014 – Strongly condemning the killing of two campaign aides who were shot dead in the western city…
30 January 2014 – The decision by India’s Supreme Court to commute 15 death sentences to life imprisonment is a…
28 January 2014 – The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom today condemned the separate…
28 January 2014 – Amid reports that riot police have been deployed in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh to break…