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Asylum seekers rest in their room in the Debrecen Reception Centre, Hungary. (file)

UNHCR/Béla Szandelszky

Human Rights Committee warns over shrinking checks and balances on Hungarian Government

5 April 2018

The UN Human Rights Committee has expressed concern over “major legislative reforms” by the Hungarian Government that have impacted migrants, non-governmental organizations and others, including one law passed last year that makes it possible to detain asylum seekers automatically.

Daniel Johnson in Geneva has been speaking to Committee Vice-Chair Yuval Shany.

UN Photo/Daniel Dickinson

UN Gender Focus: HIV-positive youth, ending violence against women and gender equality

1 December 2016

UN Gender Focus

HIV-positive women face more discrimination than men

HIV-positive women face more discrimination than men with HIV according to a young activist from India. Lalchhuanzuali was at the UN to talk about the problems facing young people with HIV, especially in accessing vital services. She represents Youth LEAD, an NGO which works with people up to the age of 27 who are considered to be at high risk of catching the virus. She’s been talking to Daniel Dickinson.

UN Women/Ryan Brown

UN Gender Focus: gender equal world, refugees and "comfort women"

10 March 2016

UN Gender Focus

“Step it up” for a gender-equal world, urges UN Women chief

UN Photo/Steve Tickner

Malaysia: UN experts call for protection of civil organizations seeking electoral reforms

7 June 2012

United Nations independent experts today called on the Malaysian Government to protect the members of a group of civil society organizations campaigning for electoral process reform, who have been the target of harassment and intimidation.

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Civil society crucial in advancing human rights, UN officials tell Paris meeting

3 September 2008

Top United Nations officials have highlighted the important role played by civil society in advancing human rights around the world, as a major United Nations conference bringing together some 2,000 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 90 countries got under way in Paris today.

Cooperative enterprises are a major force in global development, Annan says

23 September 2005

The international cooperative movement – providing more than 100 million jobs and affecting half the world’s people through ethical and socially inclusive enterprises – is a major force in reaching the development goals that were the focus of the World Summit, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Civil society groups launch website to spur discussion of 2005 UN World Summit

17 August 2005

With some 170 heads of State and government expected in New York in less than a month for the United Nations 2005 World Summit, civil society groups working with the UN Department of Public Information (DPI) have launched a Website to voice their views on how to strengthen the world body as it confronts the challenges of extreme poverty and global security.

Workshop examines ways to respond to critics of UN

19 February 2004

Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to hear ideas on how to explain to the world body's critics the role that it plays in maintaining peace and security and promoting development.

UN-backed NGO conference on human security to be webcast around the globe

3 September 2003

In an effort to make the proceedings of the fifty-sixth annual conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) available to a broader public, the United Nations will for the first time webcast the event around the globe.

Civic groups hold 'unique place' in UN efforts to help countries, Fréchette says

9 September 2002

The United Nations has reached out as never before to new partners in pursuit of its work around the world, with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) holding a unique place in the world body's efforts to help countries recover from the trauma of conflict, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today at the opening of a conference for civic groups.

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