Officials say international community can help fractured country by supporting short-term and long-term needs of millions of destitute people
New appeal for $2 billion for 20 million hungry people across the region in 2014
Reports of harassment, detention and prosecution of journalists are alarming, says UN Human Rights Office
UN international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi also said Thursday's negotiations had not produced a deal to deliver humanitarian aid to the flashpoint city of Homs
Latest report says 42,000 Somalis sought asylum in neighboring countries and elsewhere last year, due to continued armed conflict and human rights abuses
United Nations mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said the talks remain deadlocked on crucial political and humanitarian issues
Mediator says Syrian parties still discussing how women and children can leave besieged city of Homs, but there is no decision on allowing humanitarian access
Ministry of Health confirms outbreak among more than 59,000 South Sudanese
UN chief describes situation as a 'crisis of epic proportions,' warning Muslim-Christian enmity could take root
Nearly 202 million workers unemployed in 2013, up 5 million from year before
Cast of more than 2,500 business, government, academic and civil society leaders expected to attend this year’s event in Swiss town, Jan. 22-25
Fact-finding team confirms large-scale killings of Christian and Muslim civilians took place in early December in Bangui and Bossangoa
UNHCR spokeswoman credits Iraqi authorities' new, more flexible approach for latest exodus
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Mia Farrow, is calling for a high-level diplomatic intervention to protect civilian population and aid agencies
Campaign says it wants UN to draft global treaty to outlaw specific types of robotic weapons
Greenhouse gasses will mean 'a warmer future,' says head of World Meteorological Organization
United Nations issues official appeal as government estimates 11.3 million people have been badly affected by largest typhoon on record
World Health Organization and UN children’s fund are joining forces to immunize more than 20 million children in seven countries and territories during coming six months
World Meteorological Organization says accelerating trend will have devastating consequences, unless nations do more to to rein in emissions
UN Human Rights Office condemns attack that killed more than 30 wedding guests in northern Nigeria warns perpetrators face possible prosecution
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