38 countries beat UN targets to reduce hunger
Thirty-eight countries have beaten a UN-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people.
Thirty-eight countries have beaten a UN-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people.
A U.S. group critical of China’s claim on islands off the Philippines will hold a protest rally at the United Nations headquarters here on July 24.
UNITED NATIONS —A new UN report is forecasting that the world’s population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025 and 9.6 billion in 2050. The report, released Thursday, said most of the population growth will occur in developing regions which are projected to increase from 5.9 billion in 2013 to [...]
A first group of 67 Austrian troops in the UN force monitoring the Golan ceasefire line between Syria and Israel withdrew Wednesday, days after Vienna decided to quit the mission over security concerns.
Austrian troops in the UN monitoring force on the Golan Heights will begin pulling out on Wednesday, the defense ministry said, as the UN appealed for more time to find a replacement for the departing soldiers.
The United Nations has launched a record aid appeal for Syria, warning of a regional “explosion” if the fighting does not stop, as regime forces sought to capitalize on recent victories over the rebels.
The Philippine troops will continue serving as peacekeepers in the Golan Heights unless Manila decides to withdraw them amid intense fighting in the region, Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Emmanuel Bautista said on Friday.
Civil society groups Solidarity Philippines and Kontra Daya on Tuesday said they were bringing to the attention of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) the inadequacies and lapses committed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) during the May 13 balloting.
The United Nations (UN) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday welcomed Sunday’s release of four Filipino peacekeepers who were abducted in the Golan Heights, after the Philippine government assessed the proposed pullout of the country’s troops from the conflict area.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines will follow orders if Manila will decide to pull out its peacekeeping force a UN patrolled demarcation line.
The United Nations on Wednesday pulled peacekeepers back from an observation post in the Golan Heights ceasefire zone where four Philippine troops were abducted by Syrian rebels, a spokesman said.
The Philippines said Thursday it would keep its contingent of United Nations peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, after Syrian rebels held 21 of them hostage for three days last week.
