With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions*, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right.
Punitive and discriminatory laws that stigmatize marginalized communities are hindering the fight against HIV/AIDS, says a senior UN health expert, interviewed by UN News ahead of the 2022 International AIDS conference.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the official start of the operation based in the Turkish city of Istanbul, that will help implement the UN-brokered deal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, amid the ongoing conflict and rising food prices worldwide.
A top UN-appointed human rights expert on Thursday raised the issue of an alleged "double standard" in Poland and Belarus towards those forced to flee the war in Ukraine.
The UN health agency on Thursday recommended the use of a new long-acting "safe and highly effective" prevention option for people at "substantial risk" of HIV infection, known as cabotegravir (CAB-LA).
According to the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) 2021 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights published on Thursday, nearly 50,000 migrants were assisted to voluntarily return to their country of origin in 2021.
The world is currently facing a new outbreak of "unexplained acute hepatitis infections" affecting children, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday, World Hepatitis Day.
