International cooperation is key to combating child pornography, according to a report presented to the United Nations. The report was presented by the Netherlands, the only country in the world with an independent expert on child pornography and other forms of sexual violence against children. Marta Santos Pais is the UN's Special Representative on Violence [...]
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is concerned about the practice of baby hatches or baby boxes in Europe, where newborns can be anonymously abandoned. The boxes are actually heated incubators that automatically ring when a baby is placed inside. They are located near hospitals and other public places. The committee [...]
Libya's announcement of a new date for elections has been welcomed by the UN Secretary-General's envoy for the North African country, Ian Martin. The High National Election Commission announced on Sunday that voting for members of a new National Congress will be held on 7 July, elections had originally been scheduled for June. About 2.7 [...]
The remaining residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq have been urged by the top United Nations envoy in the country, Martin Kobler, to relocate to Camp Hurriya. The camp has been attacked several times since it was transferred from the United States military to the Iraqi government in 2009. The residents of Camp Ashraf in [...]
It has been one year since the international community came together at the United Nations to advance the struggle against AIDS. At that meeting an historic political declaration designed to help shape the end-game of the AIDS crisis was unanimously adopted. It included the vision of a world with zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination [...]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is demanding the immediate release of four staff members detained in Libya since Thursday, 7 June. The ICC says it is very concerned about their safety, especially since it has not been able to contact them. The staffers were on an official ICC mission to meet with Saif Al-Islam Qadhafi, [...]
Kofi Annan Renewed escalation of violence and fighting between Syrian troops and opposition forces is causing serious concern for joint United Nations-Arab League special envoy, Kofi Annan. Syrian government forces are reported to have renewed their attack on the city of Homs and there are also reports of attacks in the town of Al-Haffa in [...]
AIDS ribbon logo The number of new HIV infections must be cut by one million by 2015, says United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Mr. Ban spoke in the General Assembly on Monday as it discussed implementation of the declarations that world leaders have made to combat HIV and AIDS. He said that last year's political [...]
The International Criminal Court is asking for the immediate release of four of its staff members who have been detained in the city of Zintan in north-western Libya. The four workers, including a lawyer, were detained on Thursday during a visit to Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, the son of the country's former leader Muammar Qadhafi. Saif al-Islam [...]
Singapore has ratified the International Labour Organization's (ILO) convention to promote the safety and health of workers. The announcement was made by the country's Minister of State for Manpower and National Development, Tan Chuan-Jin, during the ILO conference in Geneva on Monday. He said Singapore has been pushing to improve the safety of workers [...]
