Environment
UNODC helping to prevent corruption related to wildlife crime and save endangered species in a Congolese National Park Garamba National Park/Nagero (DRC), 5 November 2021 – Corruption strikes at the…
Human Rights
© UNODC Dubai (United Arab Emirates), 4 November – Malaika Oringo is a survivor of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) from Uganda. When she was 15 and her mother died, a…
International
The richest man in the world announced that he was ready to help in the fight against world hunger. Elon Musk will donate the necessary amount, but on one condition.…
News
UN Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking Announces 10 NGO Projects Selected for Comprehensive Support to Victims of Human Trafficking under Sub-Grant Programme 2 of the 5th Grant Cycle…
News
Vienna (Austria), 1 November 2021 – Two decades ago, the international community adopted the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC), a landmark global achievement that underlined “the cross-border…
Europe
While women in Belarus overall are being denied rights and freedoms, female political activists are subjected to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and exile, an independent UN human rights expert told…
Institutions
The fate of humanity must not be left at the mercy of "a handful of" victors in World War II. This was commented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, quoted…
Europe
At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in increasingly dire conditions. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appealed for…
International
Vienna (Austria), 22 October 2021 – The third round of the Thematic Discussions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), held from 19 to 21 October 2021, fostered an interactive debate…
European Council
The General Assembly of the European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities (EASPD) took place on 15 October, bringing together representatives of more than 20,000 social services from…
