Statelessness, rising intolerance and hate-speech are some of the key challenges faced by many religious and other vulnerable minorities around the world.
That’s according to Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues, who underlines the importance of recognizing the human rights of communities at risk.
Most major corruption cases that occur around the world, cut across national borders.
That’s according to the Dean and Executive Secretary for the International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), Martin Kreutner, who addressed the issue at a conference hosted by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) in Vienna last week.
He told delegates at the world’s largest anti-corruption event, that in order to fight the scourge, there had to be a focus on prevention, education and international cooperation.
It is “extremely critical” that major “gaps” in equipment and staff needed to maintain UN peacekeeping operations are filled “in the shortest possible time”.
That’s according to Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Field Support, which administers a budget of more than $7 billion to sustain 35 peacekeeping and other UN field missions around the world.
In Iraq, investigating the numerous and unique cases of sexual violence has been a “very difficult” experience.
That’s according to Rabiaa, former investigator for UN Women missions in Iraq and Syria on sexual violence in conflict-related areas.
Her hope is that the database of collected cases she helped form, will be useful for studying and preventing this “world problem,” that extends beyond conflict zones.
Rabiaa talked to Agnese Pastorino about the strategies and findings of her research.
The number of South Sudanese forced to flee their country could approach the three million mark by the end of next year, unless brutal civil conflict stops.
That’s the stark assessment of Arnauld Akodjenou, the UN Regional Refugee Coordinator for South Sudan, with Refugee Agency UNHCR.
So far, he has been to four of the six countries which are hosting South Sudanese refugees, including northern Uganda, which has taken in more than a million.
Islam’s mandatory system of charitable giving, known as Zakat, could unlock billions of dollars needed for the world to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
That’s the hope that lies at the heart of a new innovative collaboration between the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Indonesia’s National Board of Zakat, known as Baznas.
From racism to refugees, Kevin Feinberg, had much to say at the UN on Thursday after an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Anne Frank Diary.
Honouring the legacy of the young Jewish girl who recorded her experiences while hiding in an Amsterdam attic during World War II, some 500 school children participated in “From Desperation to Inspiration.”
Cybercrime is becoming such a huge threat to society that nothing less than a “Digital Geneva Convention” for the world is needed, the President of tech giant Microsoft said at the UN on Thursday.
Some 120,000 hectares of land in South Sudan have been cleared of landmines and other unexploded ordinance; one of the significant achievements of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) there.
That’s according to Programme Officer Tim Lardner, speaking recently to our colleagues at the UN mission in the country.
South Sudan became independent in 2011, but the mine action programme has been there since 2004, when it was still part of Sudan.
“Building peace” and “bringing hope” are at the core of UN Police work, says the highest-ranking woman police officer serving in the UN system.
Priscilla Makotose, is Police Commissioner for the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), and was appointed in March last year.
She says that professionalism, integrity, and honesty lie at the heart of the job, together with applying a “zero-tolerance” approach to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse.
