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Pakistan's representative to UN meets Hollywood actor during UN General Assembly session

The 75-year-old faces several police charges including sexual harassment

Term of the current secretary general of UN, Ban Ki-moon, is almost over and selection of his successor is underway

Schools and health facilities have come under increasing threat as violence spreads in Afghanistan

Ban made the comments in telephone calls with President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar

Between January and March, 161 children were killed and 449 others injured

He said these calls to hatred, stigmatizing and demonizing minorities, begin the validation of violence

Senator Bob Corker's criticism comes as candidates to replace Ban Ki-Moon hold town meetings with UN diplomats

Common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression are increasing worldwide

Deir al-Zor is important for Islamic State, linking its de facto capital in Raqqa with fighters in Iraq

"An estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014, compared to 108 million in 1980" UN health agency

Sources say Chinese action was in 'consultation' with Pakistan, which is not on the UN Committee

Business ventures should not be allowed to make profits at the cost of devastating lives of marginalised communities

'We are here to address the biggest refugee and displacement crisis of our time' Ban

Ban was travelling with World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim and Islamic Development Bank head Ahmad al-Madani

Pakistani diplomats read out messages by President Mamnoon and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif

With a judgement on Bosnian Serb leader due on Thursday, prosecutors say they have fulfilled a tough mission

Some 650 million people do not have access to clean water

Aamna Qureshi was determined from a young age to achieve the ‘impossible’

The screening took place during the 60th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

The event was organised by Pakistan's Mission to the UN and co-sponsored by UN-Women in conjunction with Equality Now

The UN envoy overseeing Syrian peace talks said on Monday he hoped a woman might become the country's next president.

Aamar Aftab Qureshi says political realities could not be changed by false claims over occupied territories

Contestants were asked to illustrate what freedom means to them

Most of the youth also raided cattle, stole personal property as a form of payment, report adds

Now, nearly a quarter of all UN missions are headed by women

Israel says the projects are built illegally but aid groups say that obtaining necessary permits is nearly impossible

A first round of talks in early February was cut short amid intensifying Russian air strikes in Syria

The FBI wants to unlocked the iPhone used by Syed Farook, who was behind the San Bernardino massacre

Change in the OECD’s definition of official development assistance will influence how UN & World Bank think about aid

US welcomed the sweeping measures as "a firm, united, and appropriate response" to the January 6 nuclear test

North Korea has been under UN sanctions since 2006 because of its multiple nuclear tests and rocket launches

The first major truce in five years of conflict was expected to allow aid workers to bring supplies to 154,000 people

Egyptian diplomat is likely to be best remembered as the secretary-general whose second term was blocked by a US veto

Fiza Farhan is CEO of Buksh Foundation and director of Buksh Energy

UN chief teleph­ones the PM and asks him to play a vital role in normal­ising ties betwee­n the region­al rivals­

The country with the highest rate of FGM remains Somalia where figures show 98 percent of girls have been cut

'I will always defend the right of Palestinians to have a state of their own'

Staffan de Mistura said that indirect talks between the government and the opposition are now 'starting officially'

United Nations Secretary-General made the statement in Oman's capital Muscat

Island will seek in March to persuade the UN's highest court to take up a lawsuit against the three countries

An independent review panel last month accused the UN and its agencies of grossly mishandling the allegations

Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi drew attention to Pakistan’s contribution to promoting harmony in the region

Poisonous ideologies do not emerge from thin air. Oppression, corruption and injustice are greenhouses for resentment

We are going to aim at proximity talks starting on the 29th and on-going for six months, says UN envoy De Mistura

UN report says N Korean security chiefs should face intl justice for ordering systematic torture and killings

The US State Department says the aim would be to obtain an increase in funding from $10 billion

A convoy of 44 aid trucks loaded with food and medicine on Thursday entered Madaya

'Around 400 are in need of being evacuated for life-saving medical attention' UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien

UN tweets 'Immunity of Heads of State and State Officials for International Crimes' was most-checked-out book in...