Children suffer grave violations in Sudan’s conflict – UN reports
Children attend a math class in grade 3 in Yasin Bay Primary School in the city of El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. Photo:...
Genocide Watch
Mar 27, 2017
With Somalia in the Throes of Famine, UN Warns of Worsening Crisis
With famine already ravaging Somalia, the U.N. warns South Sudan, Nigeria, and Yemen are also in danger. 1.Internally displaced men and...
!Aa NBC News 1
Mar 27, 2017
UN urges political dialogue between warring parties to avoid famine in Yemen
The United Nations (UN) under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’Brien has called upon the warring parties in Yemen to...
The Express Tribune
Mar 27, 2017
UN appalled at killing of aid workers in South Sudan
An armed individual in the town of Pibor, in Jonglei state. Pibor has seen violent clashes and confrontations that have resulted in...
Genocide Watch
Mar 26, 2017
Myanmar: U.N. Orders Vital Inquiry into Severe Rights Violations
Accountability Needed for Gross Violations in Rakhine, Kachin, and Shan States After weeks of negotiations, the United Nations Human...
Fortify Rights International
Mar 25, 2017
U.N. Peacekeeping Faces Overhaul as U.S. Threatens to Cut Funding
United Nations peacekeepers patrolling areas around Bentiu, in South Sudan, last month. More than 200,000 civilians are sheltering on...
New York Times 1
Mar 25, 2017
The U.N. Has Agreed to Investigate Myanmar's Alleged Abuse of Rohingya
Asia is 8 months pregnant as she stands for a photo with her son in the Balu Kali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Jan. 17,...
TIME (Time Magazine)
Mar 24, 2017
U.N. Takes Step Toward Future Prosecutions Against North Korea
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Friday that authorizes the use of criminal justice experts to devise...
New York Times 1
Mar 24, 2017
Powerful resignation letter by UN’s Rima Khalaf about removal of UN apartheid report
The following is the resignation letter by ESWA Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf in response to the formal request by UN Secretary General...
IsraelPalestineNews
Mar 23, 2017
UN report decries Israeli settlements' 'alarming pace'
srael plans to build 6,000 new housing units in Palestinian areas [Mikkel Bahl/Danwatch] The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied...
Al Jazeera
Mar 22, 2017
GENOCIDE 1971: Govt moves to get UN recognition
By Inam Ahmed and Shakhawat Liton At the end of his ruthless massacre and war against an unarmed people, General Amir Abdullah Khan...
Daily Star
Mar 21, 2017
Trump budget: UN sounds alarm over foreign aid cuts
The United States provides 28 percent of the United Nations budget for peacekeeping missions [Siegfried Modola/Reuters] US President...
Al Jazeera
Mar 17, 2017
