However high-ranking an individual might be, or however "full" the powers they might be entrusted within the process of political transition in Syria,...
SITTWE, Myanmar — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of people into the sea. ...
ROME — The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: ...
The Americans and the Russians have agreed to revive the Geneva agreement and work towards a second iteration, after modifications have been made to t...
Not every mother will receive multi-colored tulips or intricate pieces of customized jewelry, but every mom deserves to feel loved, supported and hono...
GENEVA — Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'...
Soon the ICC will celebrate its 11th anniversary. It is a good time to take another look at the Rome Statute system and to focus on some aspects of it that need special focus. One of them is how states are equipped to exercise their primary jurisdiction over atrocity crimes.
Elections in the Middle East have become a blood-spattered means of exclusion that voids democracy of its core values, as well as a blatant way to mon...
There are crises where the end point can be seen and generally agreed by both sides but the path to that point seems difficult, perhaps impossible. And then there are crises with no agreed end point or route to resolution. These are the most dangerous crises.
By caring about the global state of women and children, you are obviously concerned for the men who are brothers, husbands and sons of women. But the care of the female has never been more of a priority than it is right now and it's exciting. And it is women who are leading that concern.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made it perfectly clear what he has in mind in an interview with Syrian News Channel Al-Ikhbariya this week. He said ...
The United Nations offers a crucial platform for raising awareness about anti-LGBT bullying and exchanging best practices to counteract the problem. Similarly, sports, with their exceptional capacity to straddle varying belief systems, serve as a universal language for communicating this message.
At the turn of the millennium, the world came together to promise that by 2015, every child would complete a full course of primary schooling.
Syria, North Korea, and Iran. Intractable, entrenched destructive conflicts like these typically reject out of hand strong-arm attempts pressing for peace and stability. Peace does sometimes emerge out of long-term conflicts, and one path is through the power of powerlessness.
Last year, the first elephant dung coffee debuted on the scene at a whopping $1,100 per kilogram. Don't worry, the coffee doesn't actually taste like ...
Every time signs of a political détente appear in the country, people in Lebanon like to ask, "And what will the summer be like?" The question is not...
* Launches 10-year action plan against twin killers * Aims to halt 2 million child deaths a year by 2025 * Ambitious pla...
Amnesty International has produced compelling evidence of massacres, mass abduction, detention beatings, killings and torture by anti-Libyan militia -- backed by the British, French and U.S. So will a post-Assad Syria be any different?
The major regional and international players would do good to pause and consider the future of countries neighboring Syria, given the continued influx...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The former United Nations human rights monitor in Haiti is taking a swipe at the Caribbean nation's legal system as he l...
Headlines describing the 24th Arab Summit held in Doha this week reflect profound division over Syria and Qatar's role in effecting change in the Arab...
The Middle East region looks at President Barack Obama from the perspective of his relations with three "I's", namely: Islamists, Iran and Israel. For...
Control Arms released a chilling video Tuesday that calls attention to the mass atrocities taking place globally due to the lack of rules on the global arms trade.
After years of campaigning to bring the arms trade under control, we sometimes forget who we are fighting for. The negotiations get technical and it all gets a bit tedious. But we must never forget why we're doing this.
Last Friday, governments at the UN adopted an outcome document at the conclusion of the 2 weeks session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (C...
