There are over 40 million people who are victims of slavery, including 25 million in forced labour and 15 million in forced marriages – with at least 71 percent of them comprising women and girls

The United States has had a longstanding love-hate relationship with the United Nations ever since 1952 when the world body began operations…

Described as the worst ever recorded in the region, the drought is said to have destroyed agriculture in the breadbasket region of northern Syria

The study provides an indication of the degree of influence that corporate actors exert and their ability, in cooperation with some powerful U.N. member states, to prevent international binding rules for TNCs at the United Nations

The objective of “ensuring universal access to modern energy services” must ensure that universal access needs to be prioritised

With the richest one percent of the population now owning 40 percent of global assets, and the bottom half sharing just one…

Throwing diplomatic protocol to the winds, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched a blistering attack on the United States for illegally infiltrating its…

When the dust settles from the ongoing deadly confrontations between the Egyptian armed forces and thousands of Islamist protesters in the streets…

As the weeklong international conference on water concluded Friday, it was left to one of the keynote speakers from the United Nations…

Paradoxically, the water we “eat” is likely to become one of the growing new dangers to millions of the world’s thirsty, hungering…