former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Children on a train at a reception centre for refugees and migrants.
UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson

UN Gender Focus: refugees, entrepreneurship in Pakistan and women's rights

5 November 2015
UN Gender Focus

Concern at “never-ending flow” of vulnerable EU arrivals

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Children on a train at a reception centre for refugees and migrants in Gevgelija in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson

Concern at "never-ending flow" of vulnerable EU arrivals

4 November 2015
General News

Hopes that the colder weather might see a drop in the number of people risking their lives to reach Europe have proved groundless after the UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF, on Wednesday said that the number of women and children seeking safety has

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Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Senior UN official voices deep concern about human rights challenges in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

23 May 2015
Concern about the shrinking of the democratic space in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, has stressed the importance of broadening the dialogue that has begun between the Government and the opposition.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Ban ‘alarmed’ by outbreak of violence in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

11 May 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed alarm over the recent outbreak of violence in the city of Kumanovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and has extended his condolences to the families of those killed and injured.