Haiti: Surge in gun trafficking fuels spike in gang violence
Increasingly sophisticated and high-calibre firearms and ammunition are being trafficked into Haiti, fuelling an ongoing surge of gang violence that has plagued…
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UN Human Rights Council Statement
Mr. Secretary-General, High Commissioner Turk, President Bálek, fellow members of the United Nations Human Rights Council: we are marking 75 years since…
UN special adviser denounces genocide denial in Bosnia
Raising concerns over such continuous reports of revisionism concerning atrocity crimes perpetrated during the three-year-long conflict that began in 1992, she also pointed to recent…
UN Security Council hears echoed demands to end war in Ukraine
“Life is a living hell for the people of Ukraine,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Council, which has held more than 40 debates on…
UNODC and Cafés Malongo celebrate 5th anniversary of cooperation to help farmers worldwide
Vienna (Austria), 13 February 2023 — In many of the world’s drug crop-growing areas, isolation and poverty are inherent. Farmers in vulnerable populations…
SUDAN: The Vice President of the Sovereign Council receives the UN Independent Expert for Human Rights
The Vice President of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, received today the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights in Sudan,…
Holocaust remembrance: beware ‘siren songs of hate’ – UN chief
In his speech, delivered at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres recalled that, within months, the Nazis had dismantled fundamental constitutional rights…
Horn of Africa faces most severe drought in more than two generations – UNICEF
The number of children suffering from dire drought conditions across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia has more than doubled in five months, the…
Need fast facts on drugs, crime, or criminal justice? Check out our updated Data Portal
More than 250,000 data points available on the Data Portal of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), now with a new,…
UN Development Programme calls for debt relief now for 54 countries
The UNDP calls for urgent debt relief for 54 countries with high poverty rates. Without action, poverty will increase and climate investments…