The United Nations (UN) said Thursday it was allocating US$110 million from its emergency fund for life-saving assistance in ...

Six months ago, the United Nations General Assembly asked Switzerland to organise a conference on the fourth Geneva Convention, which offers protection to civilians in armed conflicts, to address the ...

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a ...

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, will present the report at a special event in Geneva, Switzerland.

Switzerland is considering sending 200 soldiers to Ukraine if a ceasefire with Russia is reached, revealed Thomas Suessli, ...

Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the ...

Switzerland is concerned about the disengagement of certain states from the UN Human Rights Council, said foreign minister Ignazio Cassis. The United States and Israel are currently boycotting the ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world. He lashed out at voices of ...

The United Nations Environment Programme says talks will resume in August this year to put together a draft for the first-ever international treaty aimed at reducing plastic pollution.

Volker Turk criticized both sides for humanitarian law violations, called for accountability, and warned against ...

Switzerland said it will host an international conference on March 7 on the protection of Palestinian civilians in the ...