The Body Shop and the United Nations Secretary-General Envoy on Youth are working together to achieve this goal Did you know that almost half of the world's population is below 30 years old? But with such a big number, they only make 2.6 percent of the parliamentaries around the world. This means...
PARIS, France -- Negotiators from almost 200 countries met in Germany Monday for climate talks tasked with reigniting momentum on tackling global warming, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine overshadows the threat from rising emissions. The conference will set the stage for a fresh round of major...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- Turkey has told the United Nations that, at the behest of its president, it wishes from now on to be called "Turkiye" in all languages, the UN announced Thursday. "The change is immediate," Stephane Dujarric, the UN chief's spokesperson, told AFP by email. He noted...
Lawmakers in the United States (US) Senate pressed anew for the release of detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima who has been detained for five years. During Thursday’s US Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs hearing on the budget request of...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- China and Russia on Thursday vetoed a US-led bid at the United Nations to toughen sanctions on North Korea over its missile launches, laying bare divisions that Western envoys fear would be exploited by Pyongyang. The Security Council resolution put forward by the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States of America -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was deeply shocked and saddened by the heinous mass shooting in an elementary school in Texas, the United States, said his spokesman on Tuesday. It is particularly heart-wrenching that most of the victims are...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping held a video call with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday, as she visits Xinjiang during a mission overshadowed by fresh allegations of Uyghur abuses and fears she is being used as a public relations tool. This handout image taken and...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed the number of forcibly displaced people around the world above 100 million for the first time ever, the United Nations said on Monday. "The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now...
NAIROBI, Kenya -- The United Nations top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region which has already affected more than 18 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Villager Caroline is seen in a withered maize crops field in Kidemu sub-location in...
PARIS, France -- The number of people facing hunger rose to 193 million last year as conflict, climate change and economic crises ravaged people's livelihoods, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization said Wednesday. While experts have warned that Russia's war in Ukraine could cause famine, the...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United Nations secretary-general on Saturday slammed a bomb blast in the Afghan capital the day before that ripped through a mosque and killed at least 10 worshippers. "The Secretary-General strongly condemns yesterday's deadly attack on the Khalifa Sahib Mosque...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russian forces bombarded Ukraine's capital late Thursday during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who decried the "absurdity" of war in the 21st century, as US President Joe Biden asked for $33 billion more to support Kyiv. At least three people were wounded in the...
