Criminal groups feed off the instability created by conflicts, and as links between wars, trafficking and migrant smuggling become more widely known, the United Nations is calling on the international... read more →
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a three-day (July 25-27) workshop on biosphere reserves around the Caspian Sea with representatives from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Russia.... read more →
By Olaf Juergensen, Development and Mine Action Specialist, UNDP Istanbul Regional Hub Today, more than 65 countries are reported as being affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war. According... read more →
While no one expects an overnight transition to democracy in Myanmar, there has to be real progress on human rights, an independent United Nations expert said, highlighting reported killings, tortures,... read more →
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres condemned yesterday's bomb attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul, warning that attacks on civilians may constitute a war crime. In a statement from his spokesperson, Mr.... read more →
Although the net benefits of migration far outweigh its costs, the public perception is often the opposite, a senior United Nations official pointed out yesterday, as the latest round of... read more →
By Magdy Martínez-Solimán, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programme Support and Oscar Fernández-Taranco, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support More than 1.4 billion people, including half of... read more →
The United Nations migration agency said that perhaps 80 per cent of Nigerian migrant women and girls arriving on Europe's shores in Italy could potentially be sex trafficking victims, spotlighting... read more →
Yemen is facing the world's largest cholera outbreak, the United Nations health agency warned, with 5,000 Yemenis falling sick every day – the majority of them children and the elderly.... read more →
By Eunice Kamwendo, Strategic Advisor, UNDP Africa As countries implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they face competing demands. There is the desire to embrace the entire framework as a whole... read more →