A United Nations inquiry has accused the government of failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in a whole range of areas, from health and housing to work and education.
More than one and a half million people have been forced to flee their homes in South Sudan over the last few months – in what the UN says is the world’s fastest growing refugee crisis.
Up to 20 million people are at risk from famine in parts of the Middle East and Africa: the world stands at a critical moment in history.
United Nations officials in Colombia have got into trouble after they were filmed dancing with leftist FARC rebels while they were supposed to be monitoring a peace deal.
Interview with Stephen O’Brien in New York, the head of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief at the United Nations.
Interview with Jan Egeland, from the UN’s taskforce on humanitarian access in Syria.
The former head of the United Nations, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, dies at 93.
A London conference aims to raise over £6 billion to help Syria’s neighbours provide for thousands of refugees. But in Geneva separate peace talks hoping to end the Syrian conflict collapse.
Jonathan Miller
With its report into last summer’s Gaza conflict expected shortly, Israel repeats its claim that the UN inquiry into whether war crimes were committed in there is a “kangaroo court”.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy
Shashi Tharoor is one of India’s best known politicians, with international recognition as an acclaimed author and former UN diplomat…
At least nine people, including four Unicef staff, are killed in an attack that has been claimed by militant group al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Lindsey Hilsum
Too often UN appointments are made entirely on political patronage and not at all on competence. This time the former has been tempered by the latter.
Alex Thomson
I heard the sound of shelling east of the southern port of Mariupol today and there were reports of fighting around Horlivka north of Donetsk.
More than 100,000 homes remain damaged or destroyed in Gaza six months after a conflict with Israel, as lack of funds and a blockade continue to hamper reconstruction.
Lindsey Hilsum
The Syrian government knows it’s in a strong position. If the rebels don’t agree the ceasefire, they may be crushed. Previous ‘local ceasefires’ have been a euphemism for surrender.
