The World Health Organization says non-communicable diseases cause two-thirds of all global deaths and mainly affect people in poorer countries
World Food Program says based on strong results, it will expand program for children to other accessible parts of Somalia
World Wide Fund for Nature launches its Living Planet Report
Returnees on two convoys this week are among 143,000 civilians who fled to escape inter-ethnic clashes in Equateur in 2009
The International Organization for Migration is urgently appealing for $3 million to enable it to airlift the refugees to Juba
UN refugee agency reports a boat carrying 90 Somali refugees landed on one of Malta's most popular beaches last weekend
Refugees were threatened with immediate expulsion from Sudan
International conference agrees on plan for voluntary repatriation and reintegration of millions of Afghan refugees
Two-day UN conference in Geneva seeks solutions for the three million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and Iran
Relief officials are concerned Sudan may try to push people across border
Twenty-six-and-a-half million people were internally displaced by conflicts around globe in 2011 - a 20 percent rise from prior year
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says this will raise tensions and negatively affect Pyongyang's relations with its neighbors
New report indicates drinking water, sanitation services undermined by unwise government investments
New report says number of people living with dementia worldwide will surge from nearly 36 million to more than 115 million
More than one million children in region are at risk of dying from malnutrition
They say they will explore other options if diplomatic efforts to end the Syrian crisis fail
Advocates hope 'Lend Your Leg' campaign will raise global awareness
UN expresses deep concern about crisis in northern Mali, where Tuareg rebels are waging a separatist bid
The United Nations Human Rights Office says systematic torture has been going on in Syria for the past four decades
UNICEF-WHO report says nearly 90 percent of the world’s population now use improved drinking water sources
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