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UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN calls for urgent action against human trafficking 30 July 2023 IOM Port of Spain Venezuelan migrant Manuela Molina (not her real name) was promised a decent job in Trinidad, but minutes after her arrival she was forced into a van and taken to a secret location. Global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, the UN warned on Sunday, the World…

INTERVIEW: Heatwaves endanger workers and reduce productivity

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home INTERVIEW: Heatwaves endanger workers and reduce productivity 29 July 2023 © ILO/Bobot Go Construction workers walk along a road in Daan Hari, Philippines. Sharply rising temperatures across the globe continue to endanger the safety of workers and impact communities with the “least capacity for adaptation,” according to a senior economist at the International Labour Organization (ILO).…

Niger: Security Council strongly condemns ‘efforts to unconstitutionally change’ Government

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Niger: Security Council strongly condemns ‘efforts to unconstitutionally change’ Government 29 July 2023 UN Photo/Manuel Elías Security Council members unanimously vote to adopt resolution 2692 which reauthorizes the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH). In a press statement published on Friday, the Security Council members called for the immediate and…

UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN pledges to ‘remain engaged and committed’ amid attempted coup in Niger 28 July 2023 © WFP/Evelyn Fey Mothers in Niger are receiving guidance from the UN on how to feed under-nourished children. Humanitarian operations, development support and peace programmes in Niger continue in the wake of the attempted military coup this week, the top UN official in the country said on Friday in a…

World entering a ‘humanitarian doom loop’, warns UN food aid official

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home World entering a ‘humanitarian doom loop’, warns UN food aid official 28 July 2023 © FAO/Eilaf Abdelbasit Sudan is among the places worst affected by acute hunger and food insecurity. Russia has not offered any free grain to the UN food relief agency so far, and its policy of buying supplies from Ukraine has been based on its competitive price and quality, a senior WFP official said on…

UN missions battle old and emerging threats to protect civilians

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN missions battle old and emerging threats to protect civilians 28 July 2023 UN Photo/Michael Ali UN peacekeepers patrol Mutwanga in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Heads of UN peacekeeping forces on Thursday highlighted the work of ‘blue helmets’ in some of the most challenging environments, protecting those in need not only from war and terror but also increasingly from…

UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home UNHCR urges solidarity with Burkina Faso’s victims of extremist violence 28 July 2023 © UNHCR/Insa Wawa Diatta Women and children who have fled violence in Burkina Faso seek help in Côte d'Ivoire. Civilians fleeing attacks by extremist groups in Burkina Faso must be allowed to shelter in neighbouring countries and not sent back, amid a spike in violence and horrifying rights abuses, the…

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection 28 July 2023 © UNHCR/Socrates Baltagiannis UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Gillian Triggs (left) meets a group of asylum seekers on Samos island, Greece. The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, concluded a four-day visit to Greece on Friday,…

OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban 28 July 2023 Unsplash/Swapnil Bapat “We deplore the multiple executions carried out this week in Kuwait and Singapore and oppose the death penalty under all circumstances,” said OHCHR Spokesperson Seif Magango. Five prisoners were executed in Kuwait and two in Singapore this week, including the first Singaporean woman…

Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health

1 year 9 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia urged to free opposition leader Kara-Murza amid failing health 28 July 2023 Daria Kornilova Russian journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is imprisoned in the Russian Federation. An independent UN human rights expert on Friday appealed for Russia to immediately release detained journalist and prominent opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, whose life…