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Human Rights

Saudi Arabia: UN calls for release of woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweeting

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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed outrage on Friday over a 34 years in prison sentence handed down to a Saudi woman charged with following and retweeting so-called dissidents and activists.
Europe

Grain deal ‘victory for diplomacy,’ UN chief tells journalists in Ukraine

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Despite that the Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed a few weeks ago, the UN chief reiterated that “there is no solution to the global food crisis without ensuring full global access to Ukraine’s food products and Russian food and fertilizers”.  
Health

#Envision2030: 17 goals to transform the world for persons with disabilities

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Imagine the world in 2030, fully inclusive of persons with disabilities In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Building on the principle of...
News

“I’ve been waiting 16 years for this moment”: Helping to transform the lives of victims of terrorism in Iraq 

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Helping to transform the lives of victims of terrorism in Iraq at a three-day psychosocial workshop implemented by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) with the Lebanese Association of Victims of Terrorism
Asia

Rohingya refugees share concerns with UN rights commissioner during visit to Cox’s Bazar

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In Cox’s Bazar, she visited camps housing Rohingya refugees who, after terrible repression and human rights violations, fled Myanmar five years ago “to get some safety,” she said. “An estimated 1.1 million Rohingyas are in...
Europe

UN chief pays second call on Ukraine, will visit grain-exporting Black Sea Port

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Secretary-General António Guterres arrived on Wednesday to Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine.
Environment

After the storm: what an environmental tragedy can teach us about climate resilience and ecosystem restoration

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A tiny Caribbean Island known as 'the flower of the ocean' was decimated by Hurricane Iota in 2020. Two years after the storm, they’re still working to restore their environmental treasures and preparing for whatever curveballs climate change might throw at them next.
News

Practice makes perfect: simulated trials in East Africa aim to help persecute pirates

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The simulated trials help the government and participants to identify potential gaps in domestic legal frameworks when it comes to maritime crime cases
Africa

WFP: First Ukrainian humanitarian grain shipment leaves for Horn of Africa

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The first vessel transporting Ukrainian wheat grain to support humanitarian operations run by the World Food Programme (WFP) has left the port of Yuzhny, also known as Pivdennyi, the UN agency reported on Tuesday. 
Europe

Vessel to collect first humanitarian wheat shipment under Ukraine grain deal

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This will be the first shipment of humanitarian food assistance under the Black Sea Grain Initiative signed last month by Ukraine, Russia and Türkiye. 
Europe

Children with disabilities disproportionately impacted by war in Ukraine 

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The current humanitarian crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having “a disproportionate impact” on persons with disabilities, especially children with disabilities in institutions
International

‘Very alarming’ conditions at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,  IAEA chief warns

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The situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has deteriorated rapidly to the point of becoming “very alarming,” Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi warned the Security Council on Thursday afternoon.
News

UN chief’s Youth Day message: People of all ages need to ‘join forces’ for a better world

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International Youth Day celebrates “the power of partnerships across generations,” the UN chief said in his message for the day.
Europe

Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea – UNHCR

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Dozens of people are said to be missing after a boat of migrants and refugees sank in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday off the Greek island of Karpathos, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
News

UNODC celebrates International Youth Day by working for and with youth

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© UNODC Vienna (Austria), 12 August 2022 - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is proud to recognize International Youth Day by celebrating the theme, “Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All...
News

Children affected by conflict cannot wait for their education

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From Ethiopia to Chad and Palestine, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, is helping millions of boys and girls affected by conflict around the world to pursue their dreams.
Europe

Belarus: Rights experts denounce withdrawal from key environmental agreement

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UN experts on Wednesday denounced the decision by Belarus to withdraw from an international agreement that upholds people’s right to access information, as well as justice, in environmental matters. 
News

Boat Drivers and Smuggling Networks: New UNODC Research Questions Assumptions about Smuggling of Migrants by Sea 

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Canary Islands (Spain), 9 August 2022 - In the final months of 2020, when the world was still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of smuggled people arrived on the Canary...
News

Indigenous women’s work to preserve traditional knowledge celebrated on International Day

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.  
Environment

Over 85% of pigs in the EU live in appalling conditions

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A major investigation reveals the cruelty suffered by sows in the EU. The organization Compassion in world farming, or CIWF, is conducting an undercover investigation in which shocking footage has been collected from 16...
Education

European Population and its Drug Problem, a 2022 overview

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Being present across European countries and in direct contact in the streets, markets, any kind of shops, associations, schools, administrations, and agencies, with the youth, parents and the populations at large gives the right...
News

Major fall in global food prices for July, but future supply worries remain

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Food prices dropped significantly in July, marking the fifth consecutive monthly decline since hitting record highs earlier in the year in the wake of the war in Ukraine, the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. 
Editor's choice

Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not insurmountable’ – UN chief

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Nearly a year ago, the UN chief released his report, Our Common Agenda (OCA), a blueprint for global cooperation moving forward, and reinvigorated multilateralism. On Thursday, he updated the General Assembly on progress made so far, saying the need for the report’s proposals “has only increased.”
FORB

Scientology’s religious order’s anniversary included in Spain’s Religious Holiday Calendar

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Next August 12th 2022 will mark 55 years since Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard established, starting in the Spanish Canary Islands as a research project into the spiritual nature of humankind, what has become...
News

FIFA and UNODC wrap up year-long global programme to tackle match manipulation in football

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Vienna (Austria), 4 August 2022 – FIFA and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) concluded its first-ever international integrity education programme, designed to support all 211 member associations in their efforts...
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