First Person: Caught in the crossfire in Ukraine
Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations with the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), vividly describes what it was like spending…
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UN expert sounds alarm over ‘contemporary forms of slavery’ in Canada
Tomoya Obokata, the Human Rights Council-appointed Special Rapporteur on the global scourge of modern slavery issued his statement at the end of a 14-day…
‘Not the time to forget’ Central African Republic
Attacks by armed groups against security forces in the Central African Republic (CAR), combined with increased food and fuel prices and an…
UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday called for urgent assistance for children caught up in wildfires in Greece, considered to be…
Accountability key to Sri Lanka’s future: UN rights chief
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, stressed the urgency of addressing these challenges if the country is to move forward,…
Explore Tournai: between majestic cathedral and picturesque streets
Explore Tournai: between majestic cathedral and picturesque streets Located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium, Tournai is a city full of charm…
200,000 children at risk of starvation in Mali, warn UN agencies
A nexus of protracted armed conflict, internal displacement and limited humanitarian access threatens to plunge nearly one million children under the age…
OECD Survey – EU needs a deeper Single Market and to accelerate emissions reduction to growth
The latest OECD survey looks at how European economies are reacting to the negative external shocks as well as the challenges facing Europe…
People of African descent facing ‘immense challenges’ in public square
It details how systemic racism, marginalization and exclusion, rooted in the legacies of enslavement and colonialism, continue to have a negative effect…
Urgent call for $1 billion to support millions fleeing Sudan conflict
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 64 humanitarian and national civil society organisations on Monday appealed for $1 billion to provide essential…