She assumes the role at a challenging time, with ongoing conflicts, faltering development goals, mounting financial pressures, and the upcoming selection of the next Secretary-General. […]
Tag: Poverty
‘A silent crisis’: Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women, yet it’s fully treatable
16 years – that is how long Dah had to live with the agonising condition, undergoing eight different surgical procedures before finally getting the fistula […]
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
It’s believed that hundreds of thousands of trafficked individuals of various nationalities are forced to carry out fraud in the centres located across Cambodia, Myanmar, […]
Colombia: UN mission chief stresses need to advance implementation of peace deal
Carlos Ruiz Massieu said an upsurge in violence in some regions has highlighted challenges to achieving peace. “In places like Catatumbo, Cauca or Chocó, continued […]
Record hunger in Haiti amid rising needs
The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which uses a scale from […]
Syria’s humanitarian crisis: 16.5 million in need amid continuing conflict
Briefing journalists in New York from Damascus, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, Adam Abdelmoula, explained that the country remains at a critical juncture as […]
‘Is this just a long, beautiful dream?’: Syrian filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab on her country’s future
After 14 years of war, Syria has entered a new and uncertain chapter. The country is devastated – 90 per cent of Syrians live in […]
Conflict, hunger, poverty impede children’s early development: Türk
During a discussion on early childhood development, the High Commissioner for Human Rights underscored that 80 per cent of the human brain is formed in […]
Human Rights Council: Significant increase in child victims of trafficking
In a new report, Dr. Najat Maalla M’jid, who’s the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on violence against children, said that traffickers are quick to […]
Opium Farming Takes Root In Myanmar’s War-Torn Landscape
Pekon: Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar’s remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in […]
