The Human Rights Council devoted a full-day discussion with two panels on children’s rights to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The...
Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom will be working to make the world a better place for young people as he steps into his new role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged countries not to waver in their commitments to women and girls in the midst of the ongoing economic crisis, particularly in ensuring their basic human...
By Peter Heinlein
Goma, Congo (RPRN) 5/19/2009--The U.N. Security Council, on a tour of Africa, has given a vote of confidence to its controversial peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of...
Twelve year-old activist Bilaal Rajan is living life barefoot for an entire week to raise awareness about global child poverty and to inspire people to volunteer.
TORONTO, Canada (RPRN) 04/21/09–...
By Lisa Schlein
GENEVA (RPRN)23 March 2009- The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization says there is a close relationship between weather-climate systems and global pollution. The organization says these relationships also...
WASHINGTON (RPRN) 03/23/09-Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is in neighboring Eritrea, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for his arrest. Eritrea invited the Sudanese president...
NEW YORK (RushPRnews) 03/18/09-Burmese pro democracy leader and Nobel peace prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has spent 13 years detained by the Burmese military junta. She and thousands of...
By Lisa Schlein
GENEVA (RushPRnews) 03/17/09-The World Food Program warns the United Nations will be forced to close its West African Humanitarian Air Service on Friday because it has run out...
Tibetan Groups Urgently Appeal for UN Intervention
By Lisa Schlein
Geneva (RushPRnews) 13 March 2009-Tibetan groups are calling for urgent intervention in Tibet by U.N. human rights bodies. They appealed to the...