Rebuilding after Typhoon Bopha
The Philippines ranks third among the top three major disaster-prone countries after the Pacific Island States of Vanuatu and Tonga says IOM, the International Office for Migration.
The Philippines ranks third among the top three major disaster-prone countries after the Pacific Island States of Vanuatu and Tonga says IOM, the International Office for Migration.
Indigenous young people from around the world are at the UN this week for the first international expert group meeting to analyze how human rights standards and policies can benefit them.
With the situation in Mali evolving quickly, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it’s preparing for the possible return of thousands of people to the north of the country.
Ongoing insecurity, widespread displacement, poor access, remote communities and high exposure to natural disasters: these are just some of the obstacles to providing humanitarian aid in Afghanistan.
Haiti now has updated data on the situation of children and women, enabling analysis of the earthquake response and helping establish where and who the most vulnerable children are.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is renewing its appeal for urgent scaling up of aid for hundreds of thousands of people now displaced by the war in Mali.
The agency hopes the aid will prevent the worsening of an already acute, fragile humanitarian situation across the Sahel.
As the number of people fleeing the Syrian crisis continues to rise, neighbouring countries are doing their best to cope with the influx.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) is preparing to open a new camp in Jordan which will house up to 30,000 people.
The United Nations aims to achieve an increase of at least 20 per cent more women police officers in peacekeeping by 2014.
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution which extends the mandate of the UN mission in the Central African Republic known by its French acronym, BINUCA.
Haiti is facing two main challenges: creating economic progress and conducting legislative and local elections.
That assessment comes from Mariano Fernández, the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), who is in New York this week.