The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to pursue an international treaty on the rights of older people is a landmark victory ...

UN Member States met on Wednesday for the first of three key meetings to advance a global agreement that pledges concrete ...

Donate menstrual products at select collection sites across Greater Sudbury to help the Labour Council of Sudbury and United Way Centraide North East Ontario end period poverty in the community.

The King David Hotel in Jerusalem, a symbol of Israel's history, from British Mandate to modern conflicts, and peace efforts.

The Nations League returns this week, entering the play-off and knockout stages of the competition. The group stage of the new-look tournament concluded in November. Eight teams remain in the main ...

On December 14, 1959, the Banyarwanda and Barundi Abadahemuka, exiled in Kampala, Uganda, penned a searing petition to the United Nations Trusteeship Council (circulated January 27, 1960, as ...

1924-1946 In 1924, then in 1946, the League of Nations and the United Nations officially assigned Belgium a trusteeship over Rwanda with obligations ... Under Belgian pressure, on April 21, the ...

The Rwandan government decided to sever diplomatic relations with Belgium on Monday, March 17, after the European country “consistently undermined Rwanda, both well before and during the ongoing ...

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