The UN Environment Program (UNEP) launched a new online initiative Wednesday that aims to help governments in developing countries share expertise and experiences dealing with environmental issues. “Given the global events of the last few years never has the need for South-South Cooperation been so prominent,” Amina Mohamed, President of UN High-Level Committee…

UN Security Council members will be traveling to West Africa over the weekend, where they will be visiting Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone. Members of the 15 nation security body will be meeting political leaders to discuss the United Nations ongoing role in the region as well as recent security…

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The head of the United Nations’ Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) told reporters today that his committee is upping the ante when it comes to prosecuting UN peacekeeping forces who are found guilty of sexual abuse and exploitation.

Department of State spokesperson Victoria Nuland announced on Monday that the United States has suspended operations in the Embassy in Damascus, and that the U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, along with all other American personnel, have left the country. According to CNN, 17 embassy officials, including Ambassador Ford, left the…

U.S. State Department spokesman Victoria Nuland fielded questions Jan. 20, over the embattled nation of Syria. In recent weeks, at least 16 people were killed by security forces in Damascus. More than 5,400 people who have died since mid-March, when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad began the crackdown on anti-government protesters,…