We live in exciting times - not least because the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons has been signed at the UN! On Wednesday 20 September...

International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September, is an opportunity for Governments, civil society and stakeholders to...

On 25 August, staff at UNH Scotland welcomed WFUNA Treasurer Sundeep Bhutoria to the office. Mr Bhutoria is in Edinburgh for British...

In 2015, world leaders within the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, which are 17 interrelated goals and 169...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) captures the full spectrum of human rights abuses committed under human trafficking such as...

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In February 2017, the Spanish company Memondo Network’s information and entertainment portal, 'Cribeo’, made a video about the current...

This post is part of the Pathways to Peace Seminar Series. Registration for Yemen: The Forgotten People is now open. ‘Yemenis are not...

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A new report from the European Leadership Network (ELN) has identified at least five potential near-term crisis between Russia and the...

US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, speaks outside the General Assembly on 27 March, 2017 in New York. (Image Courtesy AFP) More than...

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Images from inside the Global Education Monitoring Report Launch. Read the event report for more details about the launch.

Images from the UNHS/ACRONYM Institute Conference on the Humantitarian and Environmental Impacts and Responsibilities of Nuclear Weapons....