Europe
Stop violence at European borders and protect refugees – UNHCR
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged on Monday for greater protection for refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe.
Category: Institutions
Europe
Future of Europe: final recommendations from the European Citizens’ Panels
On 25-27 February, the final of four European Citizens’ Panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe meets in Dublin to debate and deliver its recommendations. The Institute for…
International
Conflict in Ukraine disrupting entire generation of children, says UNICEF
Attacks on kindergartens and schools have been a sad reality for children in eastern Ukraine over the last eight years, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday. Since the…
Europe
Time to ‘seriously de-escalate’ tensions over Ukraine, Guterres tells Munich conference
With tensions continuing to mount over the Ukraine crisis, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday that he still believed military conflict in Europe “will not happen” – although if it did,…
Europe
Ukraine crisis: UN political affairs chief calls for ‘maximum restraint’
Amid competing narratives of events unfolding swiftly in and around Ukraine - one detailing the withdrawal of Russian troops from the borders and another proclaiming that an attack is imminent…
News
The UN wants to work in ‘lockstep’ with parliamentarians
Global commitments on implementing multilateral agreements were front and centre on Thursday, as the General Assembly President co-hosted hundreds of Parliamentarians from around the world – the largest in-person gathering…
News
International experts joining forces against environmental crimes
© UNODC Over 800 participants from 94 countries attended the expert discussion of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) on crimes that affect the environment. Vienna (Austria),…
Europe
Statement on Ukraine by European Parliament’s leaders
The Conference of Presidents (Parliament’s president and political groups’ leaders) adopted the following statement on the situation in Ukraine. “Ukraine faces the threat of an unprecedented military aggression by the…
Europe
European Court of Justice ruling: “rule of law is non-negotiable”
The European Court of Justice upheld today the validity of the rule of law Conditionality Regulation, as it dismissed the requests by Hungary and Poland to annul it. The ruling…
Europe
Human rights defenders threatened at Poland-Belarus border
Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media workers and interpreters.