Europe
Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
At least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks over the course of four days last week in the Aegean Sea, and an unknown number are still missing,…
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Three separate shipwrecks leave dozens dead and more missing
America
Transformative changemakers named UN’s 2021 Champions of the Earth
Nairobi, December 2021 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced its 2021 Champions of the Earth. The Champions were chosen for their transformative impact on the environment and their leadership in…
Environment
Champions of Earth: How one veterinarian helped revolutionize conservation in Africa
It might have been the neighbor’s monkey which came downstairs to join her for piano lessons, or the wildlife club that she started in primary school in Kampala, Uganda. But…
Europe
Rights experts hear how ‘racialized gatekeeping’
France should consider the economic and development benefits of partnership with people of African descent, the head of a Working Group appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a…
News
Violence against women: UNODC supports Bosnia and Herzegovina
Addressing gender-based violence against women (GBVAW) is one of UNODC’s key mandate areas. To promote crime prevention and criminal justice responses to violence against women around the world
America
UNGA adopts Russian resolution to combat the glorification of Nazism
According to RIA Novosti, the resolution recommends countries to take appropriate concrete measures to prevent a revision of the results of World War II. On September 6, Russian Prosecutor General…
News
UNODC helps Iraqi victims of terrorism regain hope and their lives
Amman (Jordan), 21 December 2021 - “As a result of the support I received, I enrolled in university to learn English and made new friends. After two years of introversion,…
Europe
End ‘appalling’ Belarus-Poland border crisis, UN rights office urges
Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, describing the on-going situation as “appalling”.
America
Synthetic drugs: Valuable Tools to tackle the threats, now also In French
UNODC Launches French Version of the UN Toolkit on Synthetic Drugs: a framework for action to address this global problem. Vienna (Austria), 20 December 2021 — The manufacture of synthetic…
America
International Migrants Day 2021
Vienna (Austria) 18 December 2021 - As the world marks International Migrants Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges countries to uphold human rights while combatting…