More than 150 presidents, prime ministers to attend this year’s General Assembly session which also marks UN’s 70th anniversary
Government is marking 20-year anniversary of global effort to empower women by highlighting prisoners' cases in campaign called "Free the 20"
Twenty years ago in Beijing, women leaders met to lay out a road map for advancing gender equality and empowering women. The U.S. government is marking the anniversary this month by highlighting the cases of 20 female political prisoners from 13 countries in a social media campaign called "Free the 20." VOA's Margaret Besheer reports.
Watchlist report describes students walking to school in fear of being attacked or suffering invasions by armed men in their classrooms
Vote is 119-8; more than 50 states co-sponsor resolution, but opponents say it reverses traditional stance that only full member states can fly national flags
One man claims Islamic State militants hunt down gay people through cell phone and Facebook contacts of people they capture
Cases would be latest in growing list of sexual abuse allegations against UN mission personnel in the country
UNICEF warns that nearly 400 children have been killed and 600 wounded in fighting since March
Dr. Margaret Chan says that current surveillance, response capacities have greatly improved and health workers have a better picture of how disease spreads
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon asks for and accepts resignation of his top envoy in C.A.R., Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye
US Ambassador Samantha Power says Security Council's unanimous vote to establish joint investigation mechanism to identify perpetrators of chlorine, toxic chemical attacks in Syria, sends strong message
UN official Security Council nearly a half-million eligible voters have registered - mostly in Bangui - and process is beginning in rest of country
The U.N. envoy fighting sexual violence in conflict is warning girls thinking of joining the self-proclaimed Islamic State militant group that it is a “one-way ticket” and the biggest mistake of their lives. In an interview with VOA’s United Nations correspondent Margaret Besheer, Zainab Hawa Bangura spoke of meeting women and girls who have survived unspeakable abuses at the hands of ISIS fighters.
Zainab Hawa Bangura tells VOA's Margaret Besheer a recent trip to Mideast to meet refugees, survivors of Islamic State violence left her in tears
A recent trip to the Middle East to meet refugees and survivors of Islamic State violence left the U.N. envoy on sexual violence in conflict in tears. Zainab Hawa Bangura told VOA's Margaret Besheer at the U.N. in New York that the ordeals of women and girls, particularly those of the Yazidi religious minority, were heartbreaking.
Measure would lift all international sanctions related to Islamic Republic’s nuclear program but arms embargo will remain in place for 5 years
US Ambassador to UN, Samantha Power says US will submit a draft Security Council resolution 'in the coming days' on behalf of the five powers
At New York conference, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf also calls on nations to forgive billions in debt owed by Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone
At UN, President Koroma also warns against complacency as number of remaining cases dwindles
UN secretary-general expresses concern about 'limited political space and the deterioration in human rights environment' in wake of current political crisis
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