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UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts 11 April 2023 © UNICEF/Laurence Geai A young Syrian boy in Calais, France, is hoping to reach his uncle who is living in the UK. The United Kingdom must ensure that all children seeking asylum are properly protected and put an end to the Government policy of placing unaccompanied youngsters in hotels, where hundreds have…

Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians 11 April 2023 Unsplash/Ajay Karpur Bagan, une ville de la région de Mandalay, au Myanmar. The United Nations has denounced deadly airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Armed Forces which reportedly killed at least 100 people in an opposition stronghold in the northwest on Tuesday.…

IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’ 11 April 2023 World Bank/Dominic Chavez Men unload sacks of onions from a truck in Bamako, Mali, a landlocked developing country. Their lack of direct access to the vital trade links often result in landlocked countries paying high transport and transit costs. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in their latest World…

Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Afghanistan: UN forced to make ‘appalling choice’ following ban on women nationals 11 April 2023 © UNOCHA/Charlotte Cans An OCHA woman staff member meets displaced women in eastern Afghanistan The UN has launched an operational review in Afghanistan, and told national staff to remain at home, following the decision by the Taliban de facto authorities to ban Afghan women from working with the…

New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia 11 April 2023 UN Photo/Sourav Sarker Some 3.8 million people are internally displaced in Somalia. As part of his “solidarity visit” to Somalia on Tuesday in the midst of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was on the ground “to ring the alarm on the need of massive…

Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes 11 April 2023 © Bora Akbay The Hatay Archeology Museum was severely damaged in the February earthquake. To help protect the irreplaceable cultural heritage of the earthquake-affected regions of Türkiye, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has delivered a first shipment of twenty containers to archaeological museums in Hatay and…

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Ninth Session in Geneva

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens One Hundred and Ninth Session in Geneva 11 April 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its one hundred and ninth session in Geneva, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Argentina, Niger, Philippines, Portugal, Russian Federation and Tajikistan. The Committee heard from the…

From The Field: Brazil provides model welcome for Venezuelan migrants

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home From The Field: Brazil provides model welcome for Venezuelan migrants 10 April 2023 © IOM/Gema Cortés Venezuelan migrants are registered at a temporary accomodation centre in Pacaraima, North of Brazil. An unprecedented number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants have entered northern Brazil since 2017; the way they have been welcomed and dealt with at a UN-run facility has been praised as a…

UN commission examines threats to global education goal

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home UN commission examines threats to global education goal 10 April 2023 © UNICEF/Florine Bos Two young women in Sudan play educational games on a solar-powered tablet. Despite global promises and progress, some 263 million children and young people are out of school, indicating that achieving quality education for all by 2030 is “seriously off track”, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina…

International system crucial to countering threat of weapons diversion, Security Council hears

2 years ago Breadcrumb Home International system crucial to countering threat of weapons diversion, Security Council hears 10 April 2023 UN Photo/Stuart Price Weapons seized from suspected members of the Islamic insurgent group Al Shabaab are put on show in Mogadishu, Somalia. Implementing the many global tools aimed at controlling the trade and transfer of weapons – ranging from tracing instruments, to export rules,…