
Second round of U.N. emergency cash provided for crisis hotspots
More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen ($20 million) and Ethiopia ($15 million).
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More than a third of the funds will support aid efforts for people in Yemen ($20 million) and Ethiopia ($15 million).
The World Bank approved US$2 billion in financing for COVID-19 vaccines in 17 developing countries as part of a two-year US$12 billion package.
Fifty nations ratified a treaty to ban nuclear weapons that will enter into force in 90 days, the U.N. confirmed on the same day it was founded 75 years ago.
An upsurge in domestic violence has been reported in all regions as many people grapple with stay-at-home orders.
The U.N. migration agency was providing aid and arranging the return home of more than 140 migrants from Honduras.
A warning that sovereignty and national borders are being invoked to prevent human rights issues from being addressed.
The U.N. food agency plans to offer food assistance to 700,000 people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Villagers near a power plant in Gujarat, India, held the International Finance Corporation accountable for pollution that damaged their fishing and farming livelihoods.
As demands grow for a U.N. probe of Khashoggi's murder, an Arete News review finds just eight previous such orders.
The U.N. human rights office said the 'zero tolerance' policy violates children's rights by breaking up families from Mexico.