More than half of world’s refugee children ‘do not get an education’, warns UNHCR
Refugee children in their millions are missing out on an education, the UN said on Friday, in an appeal to host countries to back more […]
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Thursday’s Daily Brief: UN refugee agency on Venezuelan migrant crisis, dramatic resurgence’ of measles in Europe, a UN News visit to former nuclear test site, Colombian law for disabled persons receives praise, Security Council on violence in Yemen
A recap of Thursday’s stories: ‘No end in sight’ to massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees; ‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles threatens Europe; Report from […]
Venezuela migrant crisis begs a ‘coherent, predictable and harmonized’ response: UNHCR
There is “no end in sight” to the massive movement of Venezuelan migrants and refugees, now at around 4.3 million in number, the UN refugee […]
Teen activist Greta Thunberg arrives in New York by boat, putting ‘climate crisis’ in spotlight
After a two-week sail across the Atlantic Ocean, young climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in the Big Apple on Wednesday to participate in two major climate […]
Partnerships with civil society and youth ‘essential’ for a future that leaves no one behind: General Assembly President
Partnerships with civil society and youth are essential to achieving the goals of key UN-backed international agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, […]
‘Perseverance is key’ to Iraq’s future, UN envoy tells Security Council
Although Iraq is “hard at work building on progress made to date”, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday that decades […]
Corruption undermines democracy and contributes to instability, warns senior UN anti-crime official
Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability, Mirella Dummar-Frahi, Civil Society Team Leader at the United Nations Office on Drugs […]
‘There has never been a more urgent time,’ to safeguard children’s right to safe water and sanitation, says UNICEF
Access to safe drinking water is a right critical to a child’s survival, yet protracted crises have left some 420 million children without basic sanitation, […]
Football is ‘refuge for those who have left everything’; UN initiative aims to bolster well-being of refugee, migrant children in Peru
Sport brings people together “regardless of conditions or flags”, a senior United Nations official in Perú said on Tuesday referring to a new initiative launched over this past weekend to […]
Marginalized groups hit hardest by inequality and stigma in cities
Millicent Auma Otieno, a Kenya-based human rights and community activist, campaigns on behalf of women and persons with disabilities who face stigmatization, as a result […]