United Nations

• Israeli law aims to make ultrathin models obsolete

  By Aron Heller  |  January 9, 2013

  A new Israeli law that prohibits the employment of underweight fashion models.

• GOP opposition downs UN disability treaty

  By Jim Abrams  |  December 4, 2012

  Republican opposition has led to Senate rejection of a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.

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  Clinton releases road map for AIDS-free generation

  By Lauran Neergaard  |  November 29, 2012

  In an ambitious road map for slashing the global spread of AIDS, the Obama administration says treating people sooner and more rapid expansion of other proven tools could help even the hardest-hit countries begin turning the tide of the epidemic over the next three to five years.

• Multibillion-dollar health fund fires watchdog

  By The Associated Press  |  November 15, 2012

  The board of a $23 billion health fund trying to restore its image fired its top internal watchdog, whose office has been uncovering financial losses.

• UN says contraception access a human right

  By The Associated Press  |  November 14, 2012

  The United Nations says access to contraception is a universal human right that could dramatically improve the lives of women and children in poor countries.

• Time to outlaw pension plans

  By Christopher Carosa  |  November 2, 2012

  The problem with pensions did not start with the advent of pension plans.

• Ex-Goldman Sachs director sentenced for insider training

  By Ashley Post  |  October 25, 2012

  Rajat Gupta, the fomer Goldman Sachs Group board member, will spend two years in prison for insider trading crimes the judge called 'a terrible breach of trust."

• TB numbers drop worldwide

  By Maria Cheng  |  October 17, 2012

  The number of people who caught tuberculosis last year inched downward according to an estimate by the World Health Organization, but the agency warned that drug-resistant strains are still spreading.

• Child deaths fell below 7 million last year

  By Edith M. Lederer  |  September 13, 2012

  The number of children under the age of five who die annually fell to less than 7 million in 2011, but around 19,000 boys and girls around the world are still dying every day from largely preventable causes, the U.N. children's agency said in a report released Wednesday night.

• UN says global youth jobless rate will rise

  By The Associated Press  |  September 4, 2012

  The U.N.'s labor office says youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.9 percent by 2017 as more young people leave the work force and the euro crisis spreads to emerging economies.