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New York: A new United Nations report calls for an independent probe into alleged human rights abuses committed in Yemen since the start of protests earlier this year, as well as immediate action to protect civilians and address the “deteriorating” humanitarian situation in the country.

New York: The transitional committee tasked with designing a new fund to mobilize resources to help developing countries mitigate the impact of global warming under the United Nations climate change convention today reported “solid progress” after a three-day meeting in Geneva.

New York: Global malaria deaths have dropped by about 38 per cent over the past decade, saving the lives of more than one million people, mostly children, through the efforts of a United Nations-led global partnership that put emphasis on prevention and treatment, particularly the use of insecticide-treated nets, according to a report unveiled today.

New York: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is formally re-starting operations in Tunisia for the first time in 13 years and will immediately begin a cash-for-work project aimed at assisting the North African country’s neediest people.

New York: A new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) highlights significant gaps in areas such as education and health, mostly favouring males, as boys and girls in developing countries grow older.

New York: The United Nations and a coalition of financial institutions warned today that huge losses, both financial and environmental, could result from a failure to agree on a climate change agreement that spurs private sector investment in efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation.

New York: The use of amphetamine-type stimulants such as ecstasy and meth is surging around the world, a new United Nations report finds, warning that the growing trade in these illegal drugs and the high profits they bring to criminals are posing an increasing threat to health and security.

New York: Hailing the Nepalese Government’s commitment to establish long awaited transitional justice mechanisms to address the abuses of its decade-long civil war, the United Nations today warned against granting pardons or case withdrawals that would violate international human rights law.

New York: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today launched a programme honouring Rabindrânâth Tagore, Pablo Neruda and Aimé Césaire, three poets who, each in his own way, carried high the standard of humanist values.

Not many people except those belonging to Col Muammar el-Qadhafi’s inner circle will shed tears if he is captured (hopefully alive) or dead by Western-backed rebel forces, which are closing in on him near the Niger border. This may happen any day now. Qadhafi ruled Libya for 42 years, tyrannising his people and using the country’s great oil wealth to fund various misadventures, including the Lockerbie terrorist attack on an airliner, and attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.