I have written several articles on some of our travels highlighting some interesting points about the places and people we met. However, this time I am far more excited about sharing some of the highlights from our trip with you because, this was our first experience staying in a five star resort.…
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) are experiencing outbreaks of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1).
With competition on the rise between humans and other species for the world's limited water supplies, governments must take environmental issues into consideration when drafting laws on the use of water to avert an impending water crisis, cautions a new United Nations report.
More than 100 of the world's top insurance companies have issued a United Nations-backed call for governments to use risk management techniques and insurance know-how to help developing nations adapt to climate change.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has unveiled plans to further reduce its own carbon footprint by slashing the amount of employee air travel and cutting the use of paper and electricity in its office.
Two years after the Nepalese Government abolished the system of indentured labour that was prevalent in the country's west, many of the freed agricultural workers still live in miserable conditions, United Nations agencies have reported, calling on authorities to step up the pace of reform to…
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived today in Kigali, where he plans to meet with Rwandan leaders to discuss the soon-to-be-released United Nations report on serious human rights violations committed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) between 1993 and 2003.
An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on governments and the international community to promptly tackle the renewed instability of global food markets, noting the related social unrest that has hit some countries in recent weeks.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people.
The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is visiting Montenegro and Moldova to highlight the two countries' poverty reduction and social development efforts ahead of the UN summit to review global progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
The Department of Environmental Protection is continuing to investigate the source of stray methane gas detected in the Susquehanna River and at six private water wells in Wilmont Township, Bradford County, ...
To shine sunlight on the growth and economic opportunities presented by the expanding solar industry, the Department of Environmental Protection is coordinating a tour of facilities located in Northeast ...