A number of civil society organizations are voicing out their concerns that the so-called "efficiency" process of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC)...
Cardinal Peter Turkson, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development releases a message for World Fisheries Day, which will be observed on Sunday, 21 November.
In a world focused on COVID-19 and balancing appropriate national responses to a global threat, this Sunday gives pause to an ever-growing group of people. To those families who have lost a loved one or individuals who continue to suffer the life-long consequences of road traffic injuries, the third Sunday of November each year is a sad but important day.
Maj. Gen. Manoj Kumar Bindal, Executive Director of the National Institute of Disaster Management, India, welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the start...
Because 3.6 billion people don’t have one! Nearly half the world’s population lives without a “safely managed sanitation service”: a toilet, not shared with other households, that either treats or disposes of human waste on-site, stores it safely to be emptied and treated off-site, or connects to a functioning sewer.
Ahead of World Children's Day on 20 November, the European Commission and the High Representative made the following statement:
“Today, the world is home to...