U.N. panel demands combatants protect humanitarian aid workers
The vote reflects the alarming number of attacks and threats that aid workers face each year around the world.
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The vote reflects the alarming number of attacks and threats that aid workers face each year around the world.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
A new U.N. report finds the number of women and girls living in conflict-affected nations doubled in five years.
A new report's evidence of threats and retaliation extends to 12 of the U.N. Human Rights Council's 47 member nations.
Education Cannot Wait said Afghan girls are the "furthest behind" in efforts to erase poverty and reduce inequality.
The debate over who should succeed Jens Stoltenberg, a Norwegian former prime minister, has become complicated. It's also possible he could agree to a fourth contract extension.
Some 52% of all refugees and others who needed international protection came from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine.
A top U.S. diplomatic official said the ICC won't pursue war crimes charges against Americans if the U.S. courts handle it.
A new study finds economic sanctions in target countries contribute to increases in mortality, poverty, and inequality, and to declines in per-capita income and human rights.
A U.N. Security Council resolution calls on Afghanistan's de factor rulers to quickly restore the rights of women and girls to 'full, equal, meaningful and safe' participation in society.
Most of the employees who work for the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan are Afghan nationals, women and men, who have been told to stay home because of the ban.
It is a fight that spans the continent and entangles international organizations, border security and others.
Most of the world's 8 billion inhabitants prefer to stay within their nation of birth, but almost 1-in-20 have left that behind.
NGOs and humanitarian organizations, many staffed and led by women, provide critical life-saving services in Afghanistan.
With 50 million 'a step away from starvation,' humanitarian groups calculate a person dies of hunger every four seconds.