Two women who fled North Korea have been telling the United Nations about the plight of people still living in the country ...

The U.S. provides more funding than any other country ... genocides, human rights violations and even pandemics." Specifically, Roy pointed to U.N. groups like the United Nations Relief and ...

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Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council held a session exploring ... The shortfalls of measuring a country’s headway using GDP is an issue of rising importance on global agendas and ...

The United States was the only country to vote against it ... and that between 720 million and 811 million people faced hunger.” Delegates of other nations criticized the US due to its ...

Almost every country in the world is affected ... of the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, managed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

The No. 1 country ... the annual report that marks the United Nations International Day of Happiness on March 20. The report draws on global survey data from people in more than 140 countries.

CARACAS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Venezuela's government has asked staff from the United Nations' human rights body to leave the country within three days, saying it will conduct a revision of its ...

The United Nations has defined a broad range ... measures taken and challenges to be met to improve the human rights situation in their country and to meet their international obligations The ...