Day: March 7, 2017

Pakistani migrants in Kos, Greece, showing a map he received with information about the closure of…

WOMEN’S PROGRESS UNEVEN AND FACING BACKLASH, UN RIGHTS CHIEF WARNS AHEAD OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

Women and girls in the garment industry are often subject to forced overtime and low wages,…

U.S

DISASTERS IN AMERICAS SHOW CHALLENGE OF MEETING GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION TARGETS – SENIOR UN OFFICIAL

Robert Glasser, head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), addressing the opening of…

World

UN AGENCY EXPANDING CAMPS AROUND MOSUL TO COPE WITH SURGE IN DISPLACEMENT

This three-year-old boy arrived just two days ago at one of UNHCR’s camps for displaced families…

Politics War

Breaking News:UN MIGRATION AGENCY SEEKS $25 MILLION TO AID FAMILIES IN EASTERN UKRAINE

Elderly people have been particularly hard hit by the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Photo: IOM/UN/Volodymyr Shuvayev…

Breaking News:IN SOMALIA, UN CHIEF GUTERRES URGES GLOBAL SUPPORT TO AVERT FAMINE, TACKLE CHOLERA

Another distressed Somali family made destitute by drought, arrives in Doolow, a southern town near the…

UN AGENCY CONCERNED NEW US REFUGEE PLAN MAY ‘COMPOUND THE ANGUISH’ OF PEOPLE FLEEING CONFLICT

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. (file) Photo: UNHCR/S. Hopper UN AGENCY CONCERNED…

WEST AFRICA CAN SERVE AS A MODEL FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY – UN POLITICAL CHIEF

Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, briefs on his recently concluded visit to six West African…

Breaking News:UN CHIEF GUTERRES CONDEMNS REPORTED FIRING OF MULTIPLE BALLISTIC MISSILES BY DPR KOREA

Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file) UN CHIEF GUTERRES CONDEMNS REPORTED FIRING OF MULTIPLE BALLISTIC…

UN GLOBAL AVIATION BODY ADOPTS NEW CARBON EMISSIONS STANDARDS FOR AIRCRAFT

Passengers gaze out the window of their plane and take pictures as they fly over the…

World

WORLD MUST ‘ACT FAST,’ SCALE UP LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN DROUGHT-HIT SOMALIA – UN