From the field – Rehabilitating lives in Tanzania
A 15-year old girl from the East African country, Tanzania, says an operation to correct a facial disability means that she can “look forward to […]
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Rohingya refugee shelters ‘washed away’ in Bangladesh monsoon rains: UN agency
Two days of heavy monsoon rains have caused severe structural damage to camps in Bangladesh hosting one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the International Organization […]
‘We face a global emergency’ over oceans: UN chief sounds the alarm at G7 Summit event
Unless there is a change of course, the amount of plastic waste in the world’s oceans will outweigh the fish that live in them, by […]
ICC Appeals Chamber acquits former Congolese Vice President Bemba from war crimes charges
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Friday, decided to acquit Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, former Vice President of the Democratic Republic of […]
India-UN fund gets 22 development projects off the ground in first year
An India-United Nations fund aimed at supporting sustainable development for low-income nations marked its first anniversary on Friday, with 22 projects having already been approved […]
Europe and Eurasia: Portugal’s National Day
http://internationalpeoplesearch.com Press Statement Mike Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC June 8, 2018 On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I […]
World must unite against ‘preventable tragedy’ of ocean pollution: UN chief
From carrying your own water bottle, to volunteering for a local clean-up, everybody needs to do something to stop plastic pollution from getting into the […]
Europe and Eurasia: United Kingdom National Day
http://internationalpeoplesearch.com Press Statement Mike Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC June 8, 2018 On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I […]
250,000 people ‘may lose everything – even their lives’ in assault on key Yemeni port city: UN humanitarian coordinator
Any attack on the key port city of Hodeidah in Yemen “will impact hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians” and would entail around 250,000 civilians […]
Europe and Eurasia: Dismissal of Director General of Montenegro’s Public Broadcaster
http://internationalpeoplesearch.com Press Statement Heather Nauert Department Spokesperson Washington, DC June 7, 2018 The United States is disappointed by the dismissal today of Adrijana Kadija, the […]