Environment
Climate change is set to increase pressure significantly on people’s access to water and sanitation unless governments do more to prepare key infrastructure now, the UN warned on Friday.
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Today brought the thirty-first session of the Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) to a close
Human Rights
Women and girls consistently account for the majority of detected trafficking victims, primarily for sexual exploitation
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Vienna (Austria), 18 May 2022 – Last Monday, on the opening day of the thirty-first session of the Commission of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), a special event was…
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For a world in crisis, rescuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “must be our highest common priority,” the UN chief told Member States on Tuesday at a key development meeting…
Europe
Investigators probing allegations of war crimes in the Ukraine conflict must work closely together and in compliance with international standards of forensic best practice, the UN expert on extrajudicial, summary,…
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Animals in Danger: UNODC launches children’s book raising awareness of crimes that affect the environment with two launch events in Vienna Vienna (Austria), 16 May 2022 – Vita, a young…
Council of Europe
A terrible crisis is coming... More than 25 million tons of Ukrainian wheat cannot be exported due to the war. The UN warns that this will cause a global grain…
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A new UN-led push to prevent an arms race in outer space has received wide-ranging support and participation from civil society and Member States – including all five permanent members…
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Ensuring everyone has access to a healthy diet is among the goals of a UN-backed initiative launched on Friday in line with efforts to transform food systems globally.
