Secretary-General António Guterres briefs journalists on his priorities for 2020 and on the work of the organization. 4 February 2020 UN...

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Convened by the United Nations and hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, the “2020 United Nations Conference to Support the...

For most of her life, Mueda Nawanat only knew an existence without a nationality.  Her parents, from Karen State in Myanmar, fled to...

Photo: UNAMI/Sanaa Kareem Street scene in Baghdad, Iraq. 30 January 2020 Peace and Security Amidst ongoing anti-government protests,...

Gender equality is at the very heart of human rights and United Nations values. A fundamental principle of the United Nations Charter...

GENEVA/TRIPOLI (27 January 2020) –In a new report on the July 2019 airstrikes in Libya that killed at least 53 migrants and refugees at...

Alejandro D’Alessandro señaló que “la Cumbre Mundial por la Paz se llevará adelante del 21 al 23 de septiembre en Argentina y...

22 January 2020 Bonn, Germany Over the past fifty years, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme has mobilized tens of thousands of...

#UPR35 States express concerns about the high level of impunity for #HumanHights violations in #GuineaBissau, including...

Democrats make their case against Trump as Republican-controlled Sen The Republican-controlled United States Senate heard opening...

GENEVA (22 January 2020) – UN human rights experts are gravely concerned by information they have received suggesting that, in...

In a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Committee has found it is unlawful for governments to send people back to countries where...

World Bank/Sarah Farhat Students attend class at Zanaki primary school in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 21 January 2020 Economic Development...

GENEVA (21 January 2020) – In its first ruling on a complaint by an individual seeking asylum from the effects of climate change, the UN...

IT STARTS WITH YOU Stand up for someone’s rights today There is no action that is too small. Together, let’s take a stand for more...

GENEVA (21 January 2020) – In its first ruling on a complaint by an individual seeking asylum from the effects of climate change, the UN...

GENEVA (19 January 2020) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is to undertake a five-day official visit to the...

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FOUNDER DR SUNNY SHAH CELEBRATED BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE ON 19TH JANUARY,...

General Assembly resolution 69/269 (2 April 2015) provides the Statute of the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize, including a...