The former German foreign minister will be the president of the United Nation's General Assembly for a period of one year — ...

More than 60 United Nations offices, agencies and operations have been ordered to submit proposals by mid-June to cut 20% of their staff.

The United Nations (UN) today (2 June) urgently called on donors to step forward and contribute generously to ensure that the vulnerable communities in Cox's Bazar – Rohingyas and host communities - ...

A divided U.N. Security Council has voted to extend an arms embargo on South Sudan, where escalating political tensions have ...

The United Nations is looking to cut its budget and eliminate nearly 7,000 jobs, an internal memo obtained by Reuters found. The directive from the U.N. Secretariat asked staff to detail cuts by June ...

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Tom Fletcher, Chief of Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, tells Fergal Keane, the BBC’s special correspondent, that Israel is subjecting Gaza to enforced starvation. Gaza faced an aid ...

International nonprofit organisation Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said one of its vessels left the Italian port of ...

The United Nations Secretariat is preparing to cut its $3.7 billion budget by 20% and slash about 6,900 jobs, according to an ...

Alongside cuts in US foreign aid under President Donald Trump that have severely impacted UN humanitarian agencies, the US ...