Founder, director of Galkayo Education Center, Hawa Aden Mohamed, honored 'for her exceptional, tireless and inspiring humanitarian work'
UNHCR warns number of displaced people in eastern provinces could rise to over 750,000 in coming months
Head of UN Human Rights Council says pro-Assad militia groups and anti-government fighters have committed war crimes
It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50 percent in many parts of the world
Report warns growth is slowing in all regions of the world
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns both sides for choosing violence over dialogue
UN Conference on Trade and Development report says growth achieved in 2011 and through early 2012 is not sustainable
Proper management of chemicals could save millions of lives, says United Nations study
Northern and Western European countries dominate the top 10 most competitive countries, as Sub-Saharan Africa ranks behind the rest of the world
New report by International Labor Organization finds that 75 million young people are unemployed around the world
UNHCR continuing to search for alternative shelter for refugees staying in schools
Last of eight barges transporting more than 2,700 South Sudanese returnees and their luggage will dock at Juba Port
UN says more than 3,000 refugees have fled Syria to Turkey in the past 24 hours alone as conflict deepens
Disease will be declared eradicated only after transmission in affected countries has been interrupted for at least three years
Syrian army bombardments kill at least 21 people in Damascus suburb, anti-government protests break out in several other cities
Agency warns governments to be prepared as several regions around the world struggle with severe drought
Singer Beyonce campaigns to encourage people to do something good for others
UNHCR notes sharpest rise in Turkey, close to Syria's besieged northern city of Aleppo
Getting accurate information from earthquake-ravaged areas of northwest Iran very difficult, says Red Cross
UNHCR says 157,577 Syrian refugees fled to Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey and 1.5 million Syrians are internally displaced
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