Law and Crime Prevention

A street in Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria. The OPCW Fact-Finding Mission said there were "reasonable grounds" to believe chlorine gas had been used in a chemical weapons attack in April 2018.
UNICEF/Amer Al Shami

Given gaps, inconsistencies, Syria’s declarations on chemical weapons programme not considered ‘accurate and complete’

11 December 2020

Outstanding issues related to Syria’s initial declaration of its chemical weapons stockpile and programme cannot be considered “accurate and complete”, the head of the world body monitoring States’ implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention told the Security Council on Friday.

A billboard in Namibia, which calls on everyone to neither offer nor accept bribes.
World Bank/Philip Schuler

We cannot allow corruption to infest COVID-19 recovery, UN chief says

9 December 2020
Global

Corruption has thrived under the coronavirus pandemic and anyone involved in graft must be prevented from exploiting the rollout of new vaccines, the UN Secretary-General has said.

A sign reads 'stop hurting us' as protesters take to the streets in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, over the disputed presidential election.
Kseniya Halubovich

Belarus: End ongoing human rights violations, UN rights chief urges

4 December 2020
Europe

The human rights situation in Belarus continues to deteriorate, particularly with respect to peaceful assembly, the UN rights chief said on Friday, urging the government to put an end to ongoing violations and “take steps towards a genuine, respectful and inclusive national dialogue”. 

Unaisi Vuniwaqa, Police Commissioner with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), meets young girls at a school in the capital, Juba.
UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein

UN Police ‘vital’ across spectrum of peacekeeping, Security Council hears

4 November 2020
Global

The Security Council on Wednesday was briefed on the “vital role” UN Police play across the whole spectrum of the world body’s work, from “conflict prevention to peacekeeping to peacebuilding".   

A Yazidi Kurd from Sinjar who was abducted by ISIL, pictured here in Mamilyan Camp for internally displaced persons in Akre, Iraq.
Giles Clarke/Getty Images Reportage

Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’ 

16 July 2020
Middle East

Religious leaders from communities across Iraq called for greater “healing and reconciliation” during a UN-organized event on Thursday, reaffirming their commitment to support survivors of crimes perpetrated by ISIL terrorist fighters.

 

Director of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism, Under Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov presents the project “Preventing and combatting the illicit trafficking of small-arms and light weapons and their illicit supply to terrorists” – addressing the terrorism-arms-crime nexus.
UN Office of Counter-Terrorism

UN launches new project to address link between terrorism, arms and crime

21 February 2020
Global

Cheap and easily accessible small arms are increasingly becoming the “weapon of choice” for many terrorist groups, the UN counter-terrorism chief told an event on Friday aimed to raise awareness of the nexus between terrorism, organized crime and illicit small arms trafficking.

In Koper, Slovenia, IAEA agents coordinate a nuclear fuel shipment from Serbia.
IAEA/Greg Webb

Radioactive material ‘a magnet for groups with malicious intent’, warns UN nuclear watchdog chief

10 February 2020

Government ministers and other high-level representatives from more than 140 countries, on Monday adopted a new declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.