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Improving Crime Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean during 10 years with UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence

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© INEGI/UNODC Mexico City, May 2021 - This year marks the 10th anniversary of the UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice (CoE) in Mexico City. This partnership, between...
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To foster business integrity UNODC works with academia and the private sector

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© UNODC 28 May 2021 - To foster ethical decision-making in the private sector, the UNODC Global Integrity Education project is equipping young university graduates with the skills to develop an ethical mindset which...
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UN chief appeals to business leaders to help quell ‘a tsunami of suffering’ caused by COVID 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets, Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders on Thursday, appealing for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. 
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UNODC’s youth drug prevention projects receive support from Japan

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© DAPC / Damezettai 25 May 2021 – For nearly a decade, UNODC's Youth Initiative working on drug use prevention and youth empowerment has been able to support NGO projects in 55 countries around the...
Health

Lack of clean water far deadlier than violence in war-torn countries, says UNICEF report

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Attacks on water and sanitation facilities in conflict zones around the world are putting the lives of millions of children around the world in danger, and are a much greater threat than violence itself, warns the UN Children’s agency, UNICEF, in a report released on Tuesday.
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UNGASS 2021 – Young people gather to find ways to tackle corruption

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© UNODC New York/Vienna, 24 May 2021 — Young people have much to lose from corruption, as it affects their employment prospects and impedes their access to basic services such as education and health...
Health

Step up global plan for COVID-19 vaccines, UN chief says in message to World Health Assembly

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The COVID-19 pandemic “must be a turning point”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, urging countries to take bold decisions now to both end the crisis and build a safe and healthy future for all. 
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Importance of international cooperation in addressing crime and promoting the rule of law – Crime Commission adopts seven resolutions

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© UNIS VIenna Vienna, 24 May 2021 - The thirtieth session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (Crime Commission, CCPCJ) concluded in Vienna on 21 May. Participants from over 125 Member States,...
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Bhutan, the vaccination nation: a UN Resident Coordinator’s blog

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The small mountain nation of Bhutan has so far managed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, despite sharing a border with China and India, two countries which have been badly affected by the pandemic. Bhutan is now on the way to vaccinating more than 90 per cent of the eligible adult population. Gerald Daly, the UN Resident Coordinator there, says that volunteers, and preventative government action, have been key to the country’s success.
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Crime Commission takes action to follow-up on commitments made by Kyoto Crime Congress

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COVID-19: UN chief calls for G20 vaccine task force, in ‘war’ against the virus

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world’s richest economies to take a central role in ending the COVID-19 pandemic by stepping up support for vaccines for all people, everywhere.   
Health

UN agencies appeal for funds as COVID-19 surge eclipses South Asia

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The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday launched a $164 million appeal for personal protective gear, together with COVID-19 testing and control equipment, to save lives amidst the deadly wave of infections which continues to sweep across South Asia.
Europe

Press Conference by EP President Sassoli and Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janša | News | European Parliament

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On 26 May, EP President David Sassoli and Prime Minister Janez Janša will hold a joint press conference on the priorities of the incoming Slovenian Council Presidency.

Source : © European Union, 2021 - EP
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New UNODC Observatory: Research to Help Understand Migrant Smuggling

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© Yasser Rezahi Vienna (Austria), 20 May 2021 – Where borders are difficult or impossible to cross regularly, migrant smugglers facilitate movements of people along land, sea, and air routes. We need to learn more about...
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The United Nations System Mobilizes Around the Urgent Need to Address Global Prison Challenges

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Vienna (Austria), 20 May 2021 – At the margins of the 30th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, the Group of Friends of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for...
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How UNODC Wants to Eliminate Gender-Based Violence Against Women

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Vienna (Austria), 20 May 2021 – Because Gender-Based Violence Against Women (GBVAW) is still happening every day, everywhere, UNODC is implementing several initiatives around the world in the field of crime prevention and criminal...
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UNODC Empowers History’s Largest Generation of Young People to Prevent Youth Involvement in Crime

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Migrant Smuggling in Focus – The Crime and UNODC´s Response

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Vienna (Austria), 18 May 2021 – Migrant smuggling is a criminal activity that involves the arrangement of illicit border crossings for people who need to leave their home countries but lack options for regular migration. What is...
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UNODC Executive Director calls on 30th Crime Commission to advance inclusive, integrated justice responses to crime threats amplified by COVID crisis

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© UNODC Vienna, 17 May 2021 - The UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened its 30th session today, with a focus on protecting the vulnerable through comprehensive justice responses as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Health

Share excess COVID-19 vaccines now, UNICEF chief says ahead of G7 summit

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The deadly increase in COVID-19 cases  in India could potentially occur elsewhere if vulnerable countries do not have access to vaccines, the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Monday in a bid to get richer nations to share their excess doses.
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COVID-19: Wealthy nations urged to delay youth vaccines, donate to solidarity scheme

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The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for wealthier countries to delay vaccinating younger people against COVID-19 and instead donate doses to the COVAX global vaccine solidarity initiative. 
Health

First Person: ‘God save us from famine’

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The conflict in Yemen forced Asia El-Sayeed Ali and her family from her home in Aden’s Al Tawahi district, where there was active fighting, in 2015. Today, she works at a health clinic supported by the World Food Programme (WFP), where she cares for children, and their mothers, suffering from malnutrition.
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Top COVID probe urges bold overhaul of pandemic prevention measures 

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A prestigious World Health Organization (WHO) appointed panel on Wednesday urged bold action to end the COVID-19 crisis, while also calling for the UN agency to be given greater authority to respond more quickly to future threats. 
Europe

Conference on the Future of Europe: inaugural event in Strasbourg | News | European Parliament

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Health

What can the UN do to help Asia through its life-threatening COVID-19 surge?

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The UN is at the forefront of efforts to help India extricate itself from the almost unimaginable scale of suffering its citizens are undergoing, as a result of a devastating wave of COVID-19 infections. Earlier this week, UN News spoke to the country chiefs based in India, for the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund, to get their take on the crisis. Here are some key excerpts from the interviews.
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