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U.N., ad firms join to brand climate change

To guard against public indifference to climate change the United Nations has enlisted a coalition of the world's leading advertising agencies.

Ocean trash problem 'far from being solved,' U.N. says

The world's oceans are full of trash, causing "tremendous" negative impacts on coastal life and ecology, according to a U.N. report released Monday.

U.N. report alleges widespread killings by Kenyan police

A U.N. special investigator called for the resignation of top Kenyan officials and sweeping changes in the country's security forces to end reported widespread killings by police across the African nation.

U.N. seeks full access to Sri Lankan refugee camps

Shell-shocked and scarred both inside and out, they huddle in tents, water and medicine in short supply -- hundreds of thousands of people, civilian victims of Sri Lanka's recently-ended civil war.

Refugees survive on food 'cows won't eat'

It's an exodus on an almost biblical scale. And it has produced a mosaic of plastic and canvas that is now home to more than 93,000 people -- with more arriving each day.

U.N.: $450M needed to help uprooted Pakistanis

Nearly a half-billion dollars in "urgent contributions" are needed, the United Nations said Friday to aid displaced Pakistanis whose numbers are nearing 2 million.

U.N. demands full access to Sri Lanka refugees

The United Nations is demanding full access to refugee camps that are home to an estimated quarter of a million people fleeing war in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday.

Sri Lankan minister blasts U.N. comments

Sri Lanka summoned a U.N. official to protest remarks by an agency spokesman about a civilian "bloodbath" in the government's war against Tamil militants, Foreign Ministry sources told CNN Tuesday.

U.N.: Hundreds killed in Sri Lanka weekend fighting

Hundreds of civilians died during weekend fighting between Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil rebel fighters, the United Nations reported Monday.

Israel rejects blame for deaths, damage to U.N. facilities in Gaza

Israel won't accept "one word" of a U.N. report blaming it for deaths and more than $10 million in damage to U.N. buildings during its monthlong offensive in Gaza, its president said Wednesday.

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