Urgent action needed to protect Vietnamese workers trafficked to Serbia
“We are deeply concerned that these migrant workers may have been trafficked for purposes of forced labour, and have been living and working in appalling...
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UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
The huge, 20 km high mushroom cloud of smoke and ash, and the tsunami that followed, affected 84,000 people, more than 80 per cent of...
UN relief chief pledges support for Nigeria
The UN relief chief met the Vice-President and members of the Federal Government, the Chief of Defence Staff, as well as the Governor of Borno...
West Africa: Extreme poverty rises nearly 3 per cent due to COVID-19
Extreme poverty in West Africa rose by nearly three per cent in 2020, another fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN-backed report launched on Thursday...
UN General Assembly approves resolution condemning Holocaust denial
The United Nation’s General Assembly adopted on Thursday, by consensus, a resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust. The resolution was approved in the presence...
Top UN Colombia official calls for greater implementation of historic peace accord
Five years after its signing, the Final Peace Agreement in Colombia is setting down ever deeper roots, the Special Representative for the country told the...
General Assembly President urges solidarity, hope, laying out 2022 agenda
Outlining the five priories of his self-styled ‘Presidency of Hope’, Mr. Shahid also underscored the importance of his uplifting central theme, calling cynicism a “path...
Americas: ‘Smart’ use of rapid tests critical amid COVID surge
Caseloads in more than 17 countries and territories have at least doubled, which she said is especially concerning as hospital capacity in many islands is...
Bachelet asks for $400.5 million to support full ‘agenda of rights’
For Ms. Bachelet, “no matter how free individuals are to speak out and protest, they are not truly free if they lack food, education or...
COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) hope that...