It started early one morning on the 16th of July 1945, at a desert test site in New Mexico. It was here the United States exploded the first atomic bomb, and sparked a global race for the ultimate...
They're calling them a "scarred generation" And, worldwide, it's an increasing pattern - as the dire economic climate continues, the globe's youngest are...
BY JOHN O’CONNOR ANCHOR CANDICE AVILES United Nations officials have announced the observer peace mission in Syria is suspended until further notice. CNN has the latest. “The United Nations is...

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Secretary general, Honorable chairpersons, Delegates and guests good morning, Secretary general, Honorable chairpersons, Delegates and guests good morning, From its deepest collective, costa rica...
The first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan last year was commemorated this week at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The concert, entitled "Overcoming...
I now give the floor to his excellency Mr. John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States of America. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much, and thank you, Mr. Secretary General, distinguished...
Today is International Literacy Day. And the focus this year is on women and girls. There are 796 million illiterate adults in the world. Nearly 70 per cent of them are women. Irina Bokova is the...
There are hundreds of thousands of us working in every country around the world to save lives and rebuild livelihoods we wage war on Disease Hunger and Violence against Women we work in dangerous...
In the hours after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Japan Friday, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke out, voicing his solidarity with the country. "The world is...
One in four Africans nearly 218 million people remain undernourished. UNDP - African Human Development Report 2012 There has been rapid economic growth the last 10 years in Africa. On average 5-6...