UN Environment Program reports the global threat to human and environmental health from mercury is growing
Refugee agency says it is seeking immediate and unconditional access to the tens of thousands of refugees and civilians displaced by the recent fighting in the north and east of the country
Discussions focused on the implementation of a plan for ending the war, which was proposed by the Action Group for Syria in June
Goal is to reduce tobacco consumption by cracking down on illicit cigarette trade and cheap smokes
New study finds more than 52 million, mainly women, are employed as domestic workers and most are vulnerable to human rights abuses
A spokeswoman says hundreds of tons of food aid have been stolen from warehouses across the country
UN agency says it is partnering with other groups to monitor, verify and respond to grave violations of child rights
The International Organization for Migration is distributing essential non-food items to the most vulnerable victims in remote areas
Officials call attacks on human rights defenders and recent murder of prominent Juba blogger an assault on freedom of expression
Navi Pillay says she has numerous concerns about the text, which she believes weakens and undermines many of the human rights and freedoms of the Egyptian people
Current epidemic in Darfur is worst to strike Africa in two decades, and WHO campaign will cover 5.5 million people
ILO annual Global Wage Report finds wages in emerging, developing world generally more resilient than in developed world
UN says rising number of thefts, rapes is preventing delivery of urgently needed assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people
Opening week-long review of 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in Geneva, advocates make push to permanently eradicate antipersonnel landmines
IOM says migrants are disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS in high-income countries
UNHCR's says half of hospitals in Homs not functional, 60 percent of doctors have left along with other medical personnel
UN's Least Developed Countries Report 2012 also examines ways to reverse so-called 'brain drain'
UNICEF says children under 18 comprise more than half of those reportedly uprooted by fighting and capture of key city
UNHCR says growing numbers of internally displaced people in southern Yemen return to their homes
Cameroon's penal code, which criminalizes same-sex relations, breaches country's international human rights commitments
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