The UN cultural agency, UNESCO has formed an alliance with the Internet giant Google to provide virtual visits to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The United Nations independent expert on freedom of religion or belief has expressed concern about the outcome of a referendum that would prohibit the construction of minarets in Switzerland.

One of the most devastating animal diseases, rinderpest, will be declared a thing of the past in the next 18 months, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says that through its investments in health programmes in 140 countries, it has saved nearly 5 million lives, since its creation in 2002.

On the eve of World AIDS Day, December 1st, the World Health Organization has revised its recommendations for treatment of HIV/AIDS.

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