Who Won the 1981
Nobel Prize Peace

UN marks International day Against Homophobia
Newsday
Sidibe spoke a day after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay delivered UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message at the International Forum on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, in The Hague, the ...

UN human rights chief welcomes signing of Bangladesh work safety accord by ...
UN News Centre
“By the midnight deadline on 15 May, 37 companies including major retailers in Europe such as Inditex, Carrefour and H&M, had signed the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh,” the spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human ...

Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark, says UN agency
UN News Centre
“The Syrian conflict continues to have a devastating impact on the lives of those who are forced to flee,” Dan McNorton, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a news conference in Geneva. He added that the real number ...

Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for 'population cleansing' – UN ...
UN News Centre
In a press briefing in Geneva, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, reiterated calls on Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria to cease their “cowardly attacks” against ...