United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed UN envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the organization’s political mission in Colombia. It will monitor and verify a future peace deal between the Colombian government and the FARC.
The gap between the demand for assistance and the funds available are alarmingly growing and the global community is scrambling for a solution. The United Nations (UN) is leading the search as a high level panel unveils a report entitled “Too important to fail – addressing the humanitarian financing gap.”
North Korea said on Jan. 6 that it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time. Officials across the globe immediately moved to condemn the move, while others openly doubted Pyongyang's claim.
On Friday the U.N. Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon praised U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro for striving to restore diplomatic relations between the two nations.
The Caribbean region has shown significant progress in reducing mother-to-baby HIV transmission according to a statement by the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS Monday.
United States President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled ambitious new targets for a climate change deal at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Beijing Tuesday.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised Eurovision drag queen Conchita Wurst Monday for the gay singer's fight against discrimination and intolerance.
Long Walk to Freedom, the upcoming Nelson Mandala biopic based on Mandela's 1994 autobiography, gives a detailed account of the brave South African's life as a lawyer, an activist, a prisoner and a president. The film stars the attractive British actors Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.
