Geneva [Switzerland]/ New York [US], August 30 (ANI): Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients receive care and at toilets in these facilities, according to the latest Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) re
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): United Nations will launch a USD 160 million appeals for Pakistan, the country currently witnessing a devastating flood situation, according to media reports.
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): A United Nations relief agency in its report said that at least 2,18,000 houses were completely destroyed and 458 thousand houses were damaged in the past two weeks in Pakistan floods.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 26 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet has signalled that she might not release a long-awaited report on human rights abuses in China's far western region of Xinjiang before she leaves office next week, as she had promised.
Beijing [China], August 25 (ANI): Beijing is facing a difficult situation after the UN Special Rapporteur stated that China is involved in the suppression of the minority Uyghur Muslim population in Xinjiang.
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Modern Slavery's report has found it "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour has been taking place in China's Xinjiang province.
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI): The Afghan people continue to stand in dire need of international assistance despite an ongoing humanitarian response of unprecedented scale and nature, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday.
Geneva [Switzerland], August 3 (ANI): Journalists in Cambodia are increasingly being subjected to various forms of harassment and pressure, as well as violence, a report published by the UN Human Rights Office said on Wednesday, amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in
Madrid [Spain], August 1 (ANI): A UN report on Monday said international tourism saw a strong rebound in the first five months of 2022, with almost 250 million international arrivals recorded, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri is confirmed to be living in Afghanistan and 'communicating freely', according to a recent report by the United Nations which also warned against the growing strength of terrorist groups including Al Qaeda and Islamic Stat
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): China has strongly responded to reports that it is trying to suppress the UN report detailing the human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 21 (ANI): Rejecting the UN report on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, the spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that its findings are not true.