Volunteers play a key role in promoting public health and providing health care, including prevention of epidemics such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. From participating in community sanitation campaigns to donating time and resources for building hospitals, voluntary efforts can be seen in myriad forms....
European Commission president Romano Prodi said on Feb. 18 he was considering unblocking a multi-million euro aid package to the Palestinians to help them cove...
U.N. experts warned last week that the political crisis in Haiti could cause a humanitarian disaster after the rebellion against President Jean-Bertrand Aristi...
Barcellona, Spain – July 7-13: 10,000 people of faith, spirit, and goodwill will attend the 2004 Parliament of the Worlds Religions in Barcelona, Spain -...
Vienna, 27 January (UN Information Service) - The Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea, supplementary to the United Nations Conven...
The first Conference Planning Committee meeting for the 57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference is scheduled to take place at the UN in New York on 15 January 2004 from...
Vienna, 8 July -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is providing member states a new form of assistance in bringing their national legislat...
The UN Security Council heard its first full update report on Iraq July 22 since it recognized the U.S.-run Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), with many me...
International non-governmental organizations (NGOs) must become more accountable if they are to retain their influence and position of trust, according to a UN...
Thousands of residents who fled inter-militia fighting in the town of Bunia in northeastern DRC have begun returning to their homes, the UN peacekeeping missio...
The new African oil boom - centered on the oil-rich Atlantic waters of the Gulf of Guinea, from Nigeria to Angola - is a moment of great opportunity and great ...
A senior UN rights official has expressed grave concern over the recent murder of a human rights activist in Guatemala. The Acting UN High Commissioner for Hum...
It seems like every few years I feel obligated to warn NASWA members of a new threat to our ability to listen to shortwave radio. I remember my first Tech Topi...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.