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AS MIGRANT TRAGEDIES SHOCK EUROPE A BIGGER CRISIS LOOMS IN MIDEAST


The United Nations is urging countries worldwide to grant asylum to 130,000 Syrians in the coming year... READ MORE

29th August, 2015 10992

AS SOUTH SUDAN CRISIS WORSENS THERE IS NO MORE COUNTRY


MALAKAL South Sudan In places where the fighting is fiercest no one is even attempting to count the dead... READ MORE

23rd June, 2015 4415

AT UN POPE ISSUES SWEEPING CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE


Standing before the General Assembly in his first speech here Francis endorsed United Nations efforts to reach a global compact to fight poverty and climate change... READ MORE

25th September, 2015 3852

RUSSIAN TROOPS 'FIGHTING ALONGSIDE ASSAD'S ARMY AGAINST SYRIAN REBELS'


An unnamed activist with the Syrian rebel group the Free Syrian Army told The Times The Russians have been there a long time... READ MORE

2nd September, 2015 3169

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES


In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 2502

13 PHOTOS OF THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN NO-MAN'S-LAND BETWEEN GREECE AND MACEDONIA


These men are heartless said one Syrian refugee on Macedonia's police Rose is an online news reporter for The Independent... READ MORE

22nd August, 2015 2374

60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS


Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE

18th June, 2015 2268

'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'


We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE

30th August, 2015 1875

HOW THE WORLD'S FORCIBLY DISPLACED REFUGEES ADD UP


This tiny orange dot tells you a lot about Australia's stance on refugees and asylum seekers... READ MORE

17th August, 2015 1709

READ PUTIN'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPEECH


Russia believes in the huge potential of the United Nations, which should help us avoid a new global confrontation and engage in strategic cooperation... READ MORE

28th September, 2015 1698

GLOBAL POVERTY DROPS SHARPLY WITH CHINA MAKING BIG STRIDES UN REPORT SAYS


In releasing the report, United Nations officials celebrated meeting some of the goals... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 1445

UN SECURITY COUNCIL IS FAILING SYRIA, BAN KI-MOON ADMITS


We need some solidarity unity of purpose particularly among the permanent members of the security council he said in an interview... READ MORE

7th September, 2015 1176

PARTNERSHIP AIMS TO BOLSTER LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS


We need good information, Dr. Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization, said at an event to announce the new partnership... READ MORE

26th September, 2015 1139

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX


As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE

12th January, 2016 1105

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES


Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE

10th December, 2014 1102

AUSTRALIA PRESSED TO SAY IF SMUGGLERS WERE PAID


Migrants from the boat gave that account to workers for a United Nations refugee agency in Indonesia a United Nations official said Friday... READ MORE

13th June, 2015 980

REFUGEE CRISIS IN EUROPE PROMPTS WESTERN ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA


To aid refugees fleeing the Central African Republic, for instance, he has to dip into a pot of United Nations money not earmarked for specific crises... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 979

UN ADOPTS AMBITIOUS GLOBAL GOALS AFTER YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS


The new goals follow and expand on an earlier list, the Millennium Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2000... READ MORE

26th September, 2015 774

70 ACHIEVEMENTS, 70 YEARS: A VISUAL GUIDE TO WHAT THE UN HAS DONE


70 achievements, 70 years a visual guide to what the UN has done... READ MORE

21st September, 2015 770

'WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO IMPORT MORE REFUGEES FROM NAURU TO CAMBODIA'


We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told the Cambodia Daily... READ MORE

30th August, 2015 744

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS


In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict... READ MORE

26th August, 2015 710

REJECTING MUSLIM REFUGEES ENCOURAGES ISIS, UN REFUGEE HEAD SAYS


Refugee movements are not the cause of terrorism, says Antonio Guterres, the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE

23rd November, 2015 650

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS


For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... READ MORE

12th August, 2015 612

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015


The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE

10th July, 2015 593

A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IS A HUMAN RIGHT


We could have added environmental human rights to that legacy last weekend but we failed... READ MORE

1st October, 2015 440

UN OFFICIAL IN PEACEKEEPER SEX ABUSE CASE RESIGNS


Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a panel to review how the United Nations system as a whole handles allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers... READ MORE

22nd July, 2015 431

RECORD REFUGEE CRISIS HITS ALL PARTS OF GLOBE


That amounts to 55 million people forcibly displaced at the end of 2014, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency... READ MORE

20th November, 2015 404

SYRIA CIVIL WAR: THE MAP THAT SHOWS HOW FEW SAFE HAVENS THERE ARE LEFT


The city of Al-Hasakah and its surrounding governerate are largely controlled by Kurdish and Christian forces though around a third of the territory is Isis extremists... READ MORE

20th September, 2015 401

PARIS ACCORD CONSIDERS CLIMATE CHANGE AS A FACTOR IN MASS MIGRATION


Climate-related displacement is not a future phenomenon, said Marine Franck, who works on climate change and migration for the United Nations high commissioner for refugees... READ MORE

12th December, 2015 373

SOUTH SUDAN ENEMIES FIND UNEASY REFUGE TOGETHER AT A UN BASE


Any trip to and from the base requires an armed escort of more than a dozen United Nations peacekeepers... READ MORE

10th July, 2015 358


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