According to the United Nations Children's Fund, known as UNICEF, sexual violence against minors grew 1,000% between 2023 and ...

The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over six weeks ...

The Geneva Business Improvement District announced the end of its long-running Cruisin’ Night and Block Party, citing rising costs and security concerns. The annual downtown event, held each July for ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: To find a specialty of western Switzerland, make your way to one of Geneva's oldest restaurants ... is home to the United Nations' European office. You'll have to join ...

The existence of international days predates the establishment of the United Nations, but the UN has embraced them as a powerful advocacy tool. We also mark other UN observances.

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...

Discussions on this sensitive humanitarian issue will be taken forward in Geneva on the basis of an ... and called for a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its ...

Pepsi India bottler Varun Beverages misses profit view as costs bite February 10 ... Republic of Congo will present a motion to the United Nations Human Rights Council seeking an investigation ...

Mr Mohamed – the world’s only First Nations People Ambassador – went abroad five times between July and December 2024, beginning with his third trip to Geneva and ending with his sixth visit ...

By Farnaz Fassihi The United Nations announced on Monday that it was suspending all humanitarian operations in a large Houthi-controlled area in northern Yemen in response to the arbitrary ...

The NHL will hold its first best-on-best tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey when the 4 Nations Face-Off begins on Wednesday. NHL players from the United States, Canada, Finland and ...