Politics

Report highlights UN progress in fight to stamp out sexual exploitation and abuse

13 March 2018

UN Affairs

UN urges new, ‘post-ISIL’ Iraq to draw on diversity, support religious minorities

13 March 2018

Economic Development

As Iraq rebuilds after defeating a terrorist group, the country must draw on its religious diversity and protect minorities, including Yezidi and Christians, a senior United Nations official has said.

Syria ‘bleeding inside and out’ as conflict enters eighth year, says UN chief

12 March 2018

Peace and Security

UN women’s commission opens annual session at ‘pivotal moment’ for gender equality movement

12 March 2018

Women

Ahead of rainy season, UN under ‘time pressure’ to deliver aid in South Sudan

12 March 2018

Humanitarian Aid

14 Years Since 'Disappearance' of Thai Rights Lawyer

March 11, 2018
The Thai government has allowed another year to pass without resolving the enforced disappearance of prominent human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit.

China: Allow UN Rights Experts into Tibet

March 8, 2018
(New York) – The Chinese government’s repression of political dissent in Tibetan areas warrants fact-finding visits by United Nations human rights experts, Human Rights Watch said today, releasing a new compilation of cases and sentences against Tibetans.

A Year On, Fog of War Not Lifting Over Deadly Raqqa Strikes

March 9, 2018

Tillerson Visits Africa, Where Women’s Reproductive Rights Are Key to Future

March 9, 2018

UN envoy on conflict-related sexual violence reports on visits to Iraq and Sudan

9 March 2018

Women

A senior United Nations official has stressed the need to ensure survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in Iraq are fully protected and that perpetrators are brought to justice.