Since November, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has evacuated more than 1,000 extremely vulnerable refugees from Libya, providing them “with a new chance at life”.
Bronwen Cowley spoke to Cécile Pouilly, UNHCR spokesperson, for the latest update in Geneva.
UN Women released a report on Wednesday that underscores the pervasive nature of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.
Two and half years after the Sustainable Development Goals, known as SDGs, were adopted, the report - Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda - assesses progress so far, through the lens of gender equality.
The presence of increasingly-deadly explosive hazards in liberated areas of Iraq are hindering efforts to rebuild and provide vital aid to families who are returning home, according to a senior manager with the UN Mine Action Service there (UNMAS).
UNMAS told UN News that its teams are working with partners in the “most complex and challenging environment imaginable”, to survey and clear these threats.
So-called “evil genius” tactics used by the ISIL, or Daesh, terrorist group, have significantly aggravated the situation.
Public outrage over recent cases of child rape in India is essential to prevent horrific abuse in the future, and to change a culture that fails to value girls.
That’s according to Dr Yasmin Ali Haque, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in India, speaking to UN News, in the aftermath of the rape of an eight-month-old baby girl at the end of last month.
Although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70 this year, its 30 articles upholding the inherent dignity of all people remain relevant in the Internet age.
That’s the assessment of Laurent Sauveur of the UN Human Rights Office who said the Declaration can help address emerging challenges today such as freedom of expression online and right to privacy.
A young woman poet is charting a path to peace and development in Darfur, one step at a time.
Eimtithal Ibrahim Mahmoud is walking nearly 1,300 kilometres, or more than 800 miles, from El Fasher in North Darfur to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as part of her Dreams for Peace campaign.
A Darfuri based in Philadelphia in the United States, “Emi” set off on what she calls her “one-girl walk” on 2 February.
However, more than 100 people, mostly university students, joined her for the launch, rallying under the slogan “If we can walk together, we can work together.”
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict has bemoaned the call of the international community to integrate child soldiers into society without providing the necessary financial resources.
Arguing that there is only a small amount of money for those released, Virginia Gamba flagged one case, which she described as “shameless”, in which 3,000 children were liberated with finances available to support only half of them for six months.
Interview with the UN’s Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, Panos Moumtzis, on the ‘desperate’ need for a ceasefire to deliver lifesaving aid.
Although migrant apprehensions at the US-Mexican border decreased in 2017, the number of people who died while making the crossing remained high, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) reports.
Data published this week by its Missing Migrants Project puts the death toll at 412 last year, compared to 398 in 2016.
Dianne Penn has been speaking to Joel Millman, an IOM spokesperson based in Geneva.
It is “virtually impossible” to fully serve and protect civilians who rely on UN peacekeeping missions around the world without the participation of women within the ranks.
That’s the firm view of Major General Mohammad Humayun Kabir of Bangladesh, Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, which goes by the acronym UNFICYP.
