With negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty reaching a “frenetic” pace at the United Nations ahead of a Friday deadline, non-governmental organizations said today (23 July) it is up to the United States and the world’s other big powers to “knuckle down” and reach agreement on an international treaty they say will save millions of [...]
The United Nations has started moving back into its historic Secretariat building, after three years of construction during which staff were dispersed in temporary offices across midtown Manhattan. UNTV
A year ago, little Ismail Mohamed was on the verge of death. The terrible famine had swept through his parents’ village in southern Somalia taking everything. The family abandoned their home and made their way to a basic camp. UNICEF