With picture-perfect Switzerland a ghostly landscape, UN agencies are largely shuttered and reduced to telework
Rights Chief Michele Bachelet says she is 'profoundly concerned' by emergency powers that governments are adopting, as well as growing inequality and discrimination resulting from the pandemic
Not having enough nurses puts millions at risk, especially during COVID Pandemic
World Health Organization confirms 10 cases of COVID-19, including two deaths, in Sudan
Most of the Malian refugees are choosing to return home because of the growing violence in Burkina Faso, judging it to be the lesser of two evils
The UNHCR is calling for the orderly release of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees held in Libya under conditions that threaten their health and well-being
Nations should immediately release those who posing no risk to society, including political prisoners and dissidents, world body's human rights o0ffice says
The World Health Organization and International Monetary Fund joining forces to help protect the world against virus heath and economic crises
If the planes are not flying, you cannot move the mail, says Switzerland-based Universal Postal Union, adding that decision is not political
More than 19 million people in West Africa will go hungry during the upcoming lean season between June and September
UN officials warn COVID 19 spread may siphon resources to fight measles and other preventable epidemics, putting more children at risk of dying
While older people are hardest hit by coronavirus, young people are not invincible or immune, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls the virus an unprecedented threat and says no country, community or person is immune to it
World Health Organization urges governments to implement comprehensive, aggressive approach in tackling Covid-19
World Food Program reports communities in the south of the country are suffering from severe food shortages because of prolonged drought
Most at imminent risk are the 960,000 displaced in Syria’s embattled northwest Idlib province
Islamic State and al-Qaida-linked groups, traffickers and criminal gangs add to the country's instability
The spread of the coronavirus has forced the UN to take increasingly restrictive measures to create a safe environment for the hundreds of delegates attending the annual Human Rights Council session
UN commission has appealed for transparency but there are few signs that will happen, officials say
The UN human rights office says it has documented attacks on dissidents, demonstrators and journalists by security forces and government supporters
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