6 August 2016
Politics
On anniversary of Hiroshima bombing, Ban urges all States to 'galvanize global will for disarmament'
4 August 2016
Photo:Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) meets with the Olympic Refugee Team at the Olympic.
Photo: Children affected by violence attend temporary schools in the refugee camp of Kabelewa. Forced displacement in the Diffa region, Niger's poorest, is becoming regular and is conducted by the armed group Boko Haram.
Photo: Refugees from South Sudan arrive in Elegu, northern Uganda
Photo:Children collect water at the Al-Riad shelter, Aleppo, Syria.
30 July 2016
With all eyes on Yemeni peace negotiations, the United Nations envoy for the country announced today that the UN-supported talks under way in Kuwait have been extended for an additional week.
Photo: In Yemen, internally displaced children stand outside their family tent after the family fled their home in Saada province and found refuge in Darwin camp, in the northern province of Amran.
30 July 2016
Marking the International Day of Friendship, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged everyone to unite in a shared spirit of human solidarity to overcome the crises confronting the global society.
July 29, 2016
Researchers report that they have unearthed the earliest evidence of bone tumors and cancers, dating back almost 2 million years.
The discoveries challenge the belief that cancer is a disease of modern life, the study authors said.