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UN rights chief calls for action to address Central Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN rights chief calls for action to address Central Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis 13 April 2023 © SOS Méditerranée/Anthony Jean Migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the NGO, SOS Méditerranée. (file) The sharp rise in migrants and asylum-seekers making the deadly Central Mediterranean crossing into Europe requires urgent action to save lives, UN High Commission for Human Rights…

UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home UN independent experts spotlight ‘prima facie war crime’ in East Jerusalem 13 April 2023 UN News/Maher Nasser A market in Jerusalem. The international community must take immediate action to stop Israel’s forced evictions and displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem as part of Israel’s annexation and “de-Palestinianization” of the city, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on…

Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gender inequalities in food and agriculture are costing world $1 trillion: FAO 13 April 2023 © FAO/Vyacheslav Oseledko Women farmers work in a field in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Levelling the playing field for women working in the food and agriculture sectors can bring growth and help feed millions, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday…

Canada: Over 30,000 Afghan refugees arrive with IOM’s support

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Canada: Over 30,000 Afghan refugees arrive with IOM’s support 13 April 2023 © Government of Canada Since August 2021, thousands of Afghans have been resettled to Canada on flights supported by IOM. The arrival of a charter flight in Toronto on Wednesday marked the successful departure to Canada of more than 30,000 Afghan refugees with the assistance of the International Organization for…

Colombia: Implementing peace deal, promoting dialogue ‘inextricably linked’

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Colombia: Implementing peace deal, promoting dialogue ‘inextricably linked’ 13 April 2023 UN Mission in Colombia/Bibiana Moreno Mural, which read 'Reconciliation with the victims', symbolizes the cultural manifestation of reintegrating ex-members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Caquetá, Colombia. Fully implementing the agreement that ended five decades of…

Reform global financial architecture to achieve sustainable development: UN deputy chief

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Reform global financial architecture to achieve sustainable development: UN deputy chief 13 April 2023 United Nations The UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed (right) addresses an event at the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are “slipping from our grasp” amid cascading global crises, highlighting the…

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 13 April 2023 PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME…

‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS 12 April 2023 © UNICEF/Rindra Ramasomanana A mother-to-be is tested for HIV in Analanjirofo Region, Madagascar. Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent, a new report backed by the UN agency devoted to ending AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed…

Mali: Civilians paying the price as terrorist violence flares up, Security Council hears

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Mali: Civilians paying the price as terrorist violence flares up, Security Council hears 12 April 2023 UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe El-Ghassim Wane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali.   The security situation in Mali remains quite…

Central Mediterranean: Deadliest first quarter for migrant deaths in six years

2 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Central Mediterranean: Deadliest first quarter for migrant deaths in six years 12 April 2023 IOM/Peter Schatzer Migrants disembark from a vessel in Lampedusa, Italy, after being rescued by a fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea. (file) Over 400 migrants died while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean between January and March of this year, making it the deadliest first quarter on…