Best way to protect children caught in conflict is to ‘champion peace’: Gamba
The best way to protect children and prevent violations against them during armed conflict is to “promote and champion peace,” the UN Special Representative for...
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Featured WHO calls for action to provide migrant and refugee healthcare
by UN News
Millions of refugees and migrants face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, which could jeopardize reaching the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for these...
Featured Haiti: UN sounds alarm over worsening gang violence across Port-au-Prince
by UN News
The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence in and around the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and rising abuse...
Featured Guterres hails healer and ‘mentor to generations’, Nelson Mandela
by UN News
The UN chief in his message to mark Monday’s International Day in honour of Nelson Mandela, hailed the first Black President of post-Apartheid South Africa and racial...
Harmony Foundation’s Abraham Mathai Writes To UN Chief Over Expulsion Of Nuns From Nicaragua
by Aleesha Sam
Harmony Foundation’s founder-chairman Dr Abraham Mathai has written to Mr. António Guterres, the Secretary-General of United Nations, over Expulsion of the Mother Teresa nuns from...
COVID-19 fuels slowest rate of childhood vaccination in three decades, leaving millions at risk
by UN News
Official data published by UN agencies on Friday shows the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccination rates in approximately 30 years, with 25 million infants...
A safe space for Venezuela’s indigenous women
by UN News
Venezuela’s rural, remote, indigenous communities have been particularly affected by COVID-19 and the country’s socio-economic crisis; community gardens help Wayúu women from Rio Negro to...
Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka, urges UN Resident Coordinator
by UN News
The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the...
Featured Philippines: Top rights expert appeals to President Marcos over Maria Ressa conviction
by UN News
The decision by a Philippines court to uphold the conviction of campaigning journalist Maria Ressa should be reassessed by the newly elected government, the UN Special...
Russia: Human rights experts condemn civil society shutdown
by UN News
Top UN-appointed independent rights experts have condemned Russia’s “continued and heightened crackdown on civil society groups, human rights defenders and media outlets”. In an appeal...