17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency is working with the Government of Sudan and partners to reduce…
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17 December 2013 – The United Nations refugee agency said today it has deployed additional emergency teams in the Central…
17 December 2013 – Amid reports of continued clashes today in South Sudan, senior United Nations officials are calling for…
16 December 2013 – The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sent attack helicopters and…
16 December 2013 – The Central African Republic (CAR), wracked by conflict that has killed thousands of people and driven…
16 December 2013 – Voicing concern over the lack of a national action plan by the Bahamas to address trafficking…
Attacks by Islamist group Boko Haram in Nigeria’s restive northeast have killed more than 1,200 people since May, when a state of emergency was declared in the region, the United Nations said Monday. Nigeria placed the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…
16 December 2013 – Just over a month since Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the United Nations and its partners…
13 December 2013 – Humanitarian and early recovery needs remain great in typhoon-hit Philippines, a senior United Nations official said…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights chief today voiced her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex…
11 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the release of 44 prisoners of conscience…
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,…