This is China's final progress report on the MDGs before the adoption of the post-2015 development agenda later this year. According to the report, China has seen unprecedented transformational results in accomplishing the vision that was set out by...
The UN Security Council has unanimously endorsed the historic agreement reached between Iran and major world powers on Iranian nuclear issues, paving the way to lift the sanctions imposed by the US, EU and UN on Iran. It marks the formal UN approval...
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The United Nations is calling for a stronger international response to support Iraqi and Syrian refugees. Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said altogether some 15 million people have been displaced by the conflicts in I...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community for more investment in tested approaches to prevent Malaria. Ban says that despite the improvement in prevention tools, there is still need to invest in getting wider access t...
The United Nations is reporting some progress in the fight against Ebola. 联合国报告支出,与埃博拉病毒的战斗取得了一些进展。 David Nabarro is the senior U.N. coordinator1 for the international response to Ebola. In parts of W...
The UN Security Council has held an emergency meeting over the urgent humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. UN personnel reported that the situation in the area was steadily worsening as power and water supplies became scarce, homes were being d...
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The 12-hour ceasefire in Middle East is far less than the week-long truce jointly requested by US Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. That joint proposal was rejected by the Israeli security cabinet on Friday. But stil...
BEIRUT, May 25 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Sunday expressed hopes that the vacuum in Lebanon's presidency would not be long and a new president could be elected as soon as possible, according to the press office of former Lebanese...