Independent UN rights expert calls for compassion, not sanctions on Venezuela
The crisis in Venezuela will not be solved by sanctions that “can lead to starvation”, a UN-appointed rights expert said on Thursday. Special Rapporteur Idriss […]
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Palestinian children’s education deeply impacted by ‘interference’ around West Bank schools, UN warns
Alarmed by a high number of reported incidents of interference in or near Palestinian schools in the West Bank since the beginning of the school […]
‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
Six people died every day last year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe – “the world’s deadliest sea crossing” – the UN refugee […]
‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
Six people died every day last year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe – “the world’s deadliest sea crossing” – the UN refugee […]
Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high, new UN report shows
The latest Global Report On Trafficking In Persons, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at UN headquarters in New […]
Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high, new UN report shows
The latest Global Report On Trafficking In Persons, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at UN headquarters in New […]
Palestine refugee crisis ‘expanding’; leaving highest number at risk this century across Gaza
“Alarming and expanding” problems affecting Palestine refugees, risk further destabilizing the Middle East, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, […]
‘Humiliation was the worst’; Holocaust survivor asks the world to act with ‘empathy and compassion’
More than seven decades ago in Auschwitz, Jewish teenager Marian Turski felt he “had no name, he had nothing, but a number” tattooed on his […]
Bigotry ‘moving at lightning speed’ as UN marks the Holocaust
Amid an “alarming increase” in anti-Semitism, International Holocaust Remembrance Day was commemorated at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday, honouring the memory of some […]
Solidarity needed to overcome ‘isolated’ attacks on Venezuela refugees, migrants
Attacks and hate speech against Venezuelans seeking shelter in neighbouring countries should be condemned “with a clear and forceful message of rejection” and solidarity, a […]