The Elders challenge leaders to confront migration lies and make UN deal a success
December 11, 2018 - The Elders today welcomed the signing of the United Nations Global Compact for Migration in Marrakesh as a means of...
Myanmar: UN expert dismayed by jail terms for Kachin activists
GENEVA December 11, 2018 - A UN human rights expert has expressed her dismay at the imprisonment of three ethnic Kachin activists for allegedly...
Unabated climate change will cause more conflict and hunger
December 11, 2018 - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva today warned of increased conflict and hunger if climate change is left unabated. Graziano da...
COP24: COP President must create a space for ambition discussion in response to IPCC...
Dec. 10, 2018 - Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace, called on ministers arriving in Katowice this week for the UN climate talks- pitched as...
The costs of corruption: values, economic development under assault, trillions lost, says Guterres
Dec. 9, 2018 - Every year, trillions of dollars - equivalent to more than five percent of global GDP - are paid in bribes or stolen...
70 years on, landmark UN human rights document as important as ever
Dec. 10, 2018 - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reaches its 70th anniversary on Monday, a chance to highlight the many important breakthroughs...
2018 will show record carbon emissions
LONDON, Dec. 6, 2018 - For the second year running, the world will have a doubtful achievement to claim by 31 December: record carbon...
Since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take responsibility
Dec. 3, 2018 - Earlier today, the naturalist Sir David Attenborough addressed the UN climate conference in Poland, saying: “Right now, we are facing...
Global aid appeal targets more than 93 million most in need next yea
Dec. 4, 2018 - Conflict has pushed tens of millions of people into a situation where they are in urgent need of help, the...
UN agriculture chief urges ‘transformative changes’ to how we eat
Dec. 3, 2018 - Obesity affects millions of people, and several billion suffer from diseases caused by vitamin- or mineral-deficient diets, known as micronutrient deficiencies,...
Over 40 million people still victims of slavery
Dec. 2, 2018 - Slavery is still a very real and widespread phenomenon, affecting more than 40 million people worldwide, says the International Labour...
Scientists call for 8 steps to increase soil carbon for climate action and food...
Dec. 3, 2018 - Leading scientists call for action to increase global soil carbon, in advance of the annual climate summit of the United...
Women human rights defenders must be protected, say UN experts
GENEVA, November 28, 2018 – States must live up to their commitments to protect women human rights defenders, who are increasingly under attack and...
Global warming increases the risk of an extinction domino effect
Nov. 28, 2018 - The complex network of interdependencies between plants and animals multiplies the species at risk of extinction due to environmental change,...
Negotiated two-State solution still ‘the only option’ for Palestine: Guterres
Nov. 28, 2018 - A two-State solution where Israel and Palestine live side-by-side as sovereign nations is still “the only option” for lasting peace,...
G20: Saudi Crown Prince Faces Legal Scrutiny
(Buenos Aires, November 26, 2018) – Argentine judicial authorities have begun examining a submission concerning the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman...
Situation for children in Afghanistan ‘dire’ with violence and bloodshed a ‘daily occurrence’ warn...
GENEVA, Nov. 27, 2018 - This is a summary of what was said by Alison Parker, UNICEF Chief of Communication in Afghanistan at today's...
Survival International statement on killing of American man by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman Islands
Nov. 21, 2018 - An American man, reportedly a missionary, has been killed by members of the Sentinelese tribe in the Andaman Islands, India....
Legal changes and climate of hatred threaten migrants’ rights in Italy, say UN experts
GENEVA (21 November 2018) – Italy’s proposed tightening of immigration rules will have a serious impact on migrants’ lives, and are of grave concern,...
Saudi Arabia: Detained Women Reported Tortured
Beirut, November 21, 2018 – Informed sources say that Saudi interrogators tortured at least three of the Saudi women activists detained beginning in May...