Bosnia and Herzegovina should recognise sex crime survivors’ rights, say experts
Between 12,000 and 50,000 girls and women were raped by armed forces in the country from 1992 to 1995, according to the UN Committee...
UN agencies call for urgent disembarkation of hundreds rescued in the...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, also underlined the need for regional agreement on safe disembarkation amid the...
UN sustainable energy project in Ukraine finds a new role: fighting...
Home Owners of Ukraine for Sustainable Energy Efficiency Solutions, also known as HOUSES, was initially designed to help Ukrainians lower their energy costs, better...
UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean
The appeal follows reports of failure to assist, and even push back, vessels carrying desperate people in one of the world’s deadliest migration routes,...
FROM THE FIELD: How refugees are helping overwhelmed health systems’ COVID-19...
A global effort is needed now and in the months ahead, to fight the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations, and...
Put aside political agendas ‘to save lives’, top UN official in...
Zahir Tanin, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), told the Security Council on Friday, that Kosovo...
First Person: The power of art in a time of coronavirus...
Aldo Sebastián Cicchini, a violinist at RAI orchestra works at the Teatro alla Scala theatre, Milan., by Margherita Bassani
Aldo Sebastián Cicchini is a violinist...
First Person: ‘Fate’ of Italian nurse, and countless other health workers,...
Laura Lupi works at a COVID-19 hospital in Teramo in the Abruzzo region of Italy to the east of the capital, Rome. On 6...
‘Everyone at risk’ as coronavirus cases tick up among migrants and...
The Ritsona site – a one-hour drive from Athens - about 75 kilometres away - is one of 30 facilities on the Greek mainland that accommodate...
COVID-19: from conflict to pandemic, migrants in Bosnia face a new...
“We fled from home to save our lives, to escape war, and now we are faced with this new coronavirus”, says Rozhan, Along with...
COVID-19: Czech Roma community faces up to mask challenge
“They said the face masks were desperately needed, and I did not hesitate, says Klara Pulova, from Tanvald, a small town in the north...
UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece...
“I am very concerned about the reported pushbacks of asylum seekers and migrants, which constitutes a violation of the prohibition of collective expulsions and...
UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world...
FAO leads global efforts to defeat hunger and ensure that everyone has access to high-quality food. The agency is working with WHO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to assist...
New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on...
The UN Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) first regional report on SDG progress has singled out Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Estonia, United States, Norway, Portugal, Ireland and Spain as meeting the...
UN study projects $32 billion loss for UK post no-deal Brexit
Brexit Beyond Tariffs: The role of non-tariff measures and the impact on developing countries maintains that without UK-EU agreements, or non-tariff measures (NTMs), in...