Venezuela’s ruling party-controlled National Assembly has declared Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for ...

The state needs to fulfil its legal obligations to protect women and girls. South Sudan has signed up to numerous ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Internal Affairs, David Muhoozi, has reaffirmed the government’s ...

SDG3, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, seeks to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” But activists say Uganda must do more to address gaps in areas such as mental ...

Days after Israel began striking Iran’s nuclear and military sites earlier this month, a US non-profit that has provided ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

Venezuelan opposition member Pedro Urruchurtu spoke to the UN about spending more than 400 days sheltering in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas as Maduro operatives had rifles pointed at him and his ...

The World Day against Trafficking in Persons was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/68/192.

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom report found continued “intense persecution” of Ukrainian Orthodox, ...

Israel has agreed to the "necessary conditions" for a 60-day cease-fire in order to negotiate an end to the war in Gaza, ...

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and DAVID RISING DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of staff members, two inmates and a bystander ...