UN launches Environmental Rights Initiative
Taking a stand against ongoing threats, harassment and murder of environmental defenders, the United Nations on Tuesday launched an initiative enlisting business communities to champion […]
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‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continues – senior UN rights official
The “frenzied” scale of unspeakable violence against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar has shifted to a “lower intensity campaign of terror and forced […]
‘No other conclusion,’ ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar continuing – senior UN rights official
The “frenzied” scale of unspeakable violence against the minority Muslim Rohingya community in Myanmar has shifted to a “lower intensity campaign of terror and forced […]
Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing
Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy […]
Urgent need to step-up protection of children in crises – UN rights wing
Children in crisis situations face a raft of challenges – from family separation and forced recruitment to sexual exploitation and abject poverty – the deputy […]
On World Wildlife Day, UN joins call for protection of planet’s big cats
Big cats, the planet’s most majestic predators, are under increasing threat – mostly caused by human activities – and this year’s World Wildlife Day, the […]
‘Dossiers are being built up’ for prosecution of crimes in Syria, says UN rights chief
War crimes, potentially crimes against humanity, are likely being committed in east Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria, the United Nations human rights chief warned on […]
Despite decades-long effort, one-in-five children worldwide out of school – UN cultural agency
Updated data reveals that some 263 million – one-in-five – children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out school, a figure that has barely changed over […]
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 […]
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 […]