UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives and protecting the rights of refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

This synthesis report on the technical dialogue of the first global stocktake is based on inputs received throughout the process and discussions held during each of the three meetings of the technical ...

The United Nations Security Council last week took a historic step, of sorts. For the first time in its 21 years of existence, it resorted to mandatory economic sanctions to try to bring down a ...

Russia sends chilling message to world dashing hopes that Ukraine war is close to ending The disturbing warning from the Kremlin follows Volodymyr Zelensky's claim this week that the war with ...

Luanda – Angolan President, João Lourenço, is travelling Sunday to New York, USA, where he will participate in the top level debates week, with highlight on the 79th Session of the United Nations ...

The Maputo-KaTembe bridge access viaduct which provides access to the Avenida da Organização das Nações Unidas [avenida da ONU] in Maputo, has just been closed due to cracks which compromise the ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has joined the Secretary-General in voicing concern over the situation in Venezuela following the recent presidential election.

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited Antarctica in an effort to highlight global warming. Mr Ban - the first UN chief to visit the continent - wanted to see for himself the effects ...

El titular de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, no se postulará para ser el próximo secretario general de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York y, en su lugar ...

ARCHIVO - Simon Stiell, secretario ejecutivo de la Convencin Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climtico, habla durante una sesin plenaria en la Cumbre Climtica COP27 de la ONU, el ...

The 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) opened on Tuesday, 13 September 2022, with the high level debate running from Tuesday, 20 September to Monday, 26 September. This year ...