The U.N. special representative for children and armed conflict, Leila Zerrougui, says the outlook is promising because nations are unanimous that using children to fight in war is unacceptable and must end
Report submitted to U.N. Human Rights Council paints a much bleaker picture, however, of drone use in Afghanistan and Yemen
At least 10,000 kids killed since March 2011; Many who have country to refugee camps still fear they will be bombed, kidnapped or killed
Commissioners will investigate scope and gravity of alleged human rights violations during months of violence
UNHCR warns that tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in neighboring South Sudan face severe food shortage
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator says state has no institutions that can deliver basic services, and has no capacity to stop violence
Comments made in what is Pillay’s final annual report to the UN Council before stepping down as High Commissioner for Human Rights in August
UN investigators foresee no end to massacres or brutal human rights violations committed by all armed parties in the Syrian conflict
Report by Inter-Parliamentary Union shows last year, women occupied nearly 22 percent of parliamentary seats
UN humanitarian agencies say desperate millions in these war-torn countries are suffering from lack of food, medical care, other basic needs because appeals are going unheeded
Senior UN refugee official says additional civilian massacres inevitable without increased international forces
Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy bestows its first Courage Award to blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, who escaped Chinese arrest by fleeing to US in 2012
Human Rights Office says at least 80 people have been executed since the beginning of the year, but some reports put that figure as high as 95
UNICEF says many are racing against time to avert severe acute malnutrition within 45 to 60 days
Fatal crash that killed one crew member was 28th mercy flight since International Organization for Migration began its air operation on January 31
UN-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says delegations ended second round of talks Saturday without even discussing a date for resuming negotiations
Senior WHO official says medical care throughout much of the devastated country is practically non-existent
Syrian goverment, Opposition negotiators blame each other for deadlock in Geneva talks aimed at finding a political solution to their country's nearly three-year-old civil war
International Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced development during Geneva press conference adding that UN will 'not leave one stone unturned if there is a possibility to move forward'
UN appeals for $569 million to provide food, medical care, other life-saving assistance to millions of Malians emerging from years of conflict
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