In crisis-torn Sahel, UN anti-drugs and crime agency helps bolster justice system
Africa’s vast Sahel – plagued by humanitarian crises, armed conflict and terrorism – is now witnessing improvements in its criminal justice system thanks to a […]
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UN launches new global data collection tool to help reduce disaster, losses taking ‘a huge toll’
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) kick-offed on Thursday a historic new effort to collect comprehensive global data on disaster losses. UN […]
UN Committee against Torture issues new guidelines on asylum seekers’ rights
New guidelines developed by the United Nations Committee against Torture aim to help Governments avoid violating international human rights law, and to help asylum seekers […]
UN chief condemns abduction of school girls in northeast Nigeria, calls for their immediate release
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has denounced the abduction of more than one hundred school girls by suspected Boko Haram insurgents during an attack on […]
With proposed reforms, UN closer than ever to a development system that is ‘fit for purpose’
There are serious threats to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the United Nations, especially its development system, must be effectively reformed in order […]
Syrian refugee children in Jordan deprived of the most basic needs – UNICEF
Eighty five per cent of Syrian refugee children in Jordan are living below the poverty line and a staggering 94 per cent of those under […]