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Drowning of 27 migrants in English Channel is worst disaster on record: IOM 

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Urgent action is needed to avoid a repeat of tragedies like this week’s drowning of at least 27 people in the English Channel, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday. 
America

2020 saw a woman or girl being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes

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United Nations - Office on Drugs and Crime Research: 2020 saw a woman or girl being killed by someone in their family every 11 minutes Vienna (Austria), 25 November 2021 – Globally 81,000 women and...
Europe

Panel Discussion “Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust”

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The event marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Doctors Trial (9 December 1946), and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December). The virtual panel discussion Ethics, Justice and the Holocaust will consider...
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General Assembly appraises the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons

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New York, 23 November 2021 – This week delegates at a high-level meeting of the General Assembly appraised the progress achieved in the implementation of the Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons,...
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Business practitioners bring hands-on examples of integrity challenges to university students in Kenya, Mexico and Pakistan

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23 November 2021 – A strong grounding in ethical principles and the ability of employees to prevent and counter corruption in the private sector remain a challenge worldwide. Without staff educated on the risks...
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UNODC’s new Listen First series, ‘Super Skills,’ supports skill development for vulnerable children worldwide

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Vienna (Austria), 20 November 2021 – With the global pandemic stretching out longer than anyone had hoped for, its consequences continue to impact children and young people globally: aside from the direct health consequences...
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UNODC launches Synthetic Drug Strategy to prevent global crisis

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Vienna (Austria), 19 November 2021 – In response to the rapidly-growing problem of synthetic drugs around the world, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today launched a new strategy to support...
America

Inaugural GlobE Network meeting connects frontline anti-corruption officials from across the world

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19 November 2021 – Members of the GlobE Network gathered in Vienna this week during the first-ever annual meeting of the UN’s newest informal cross-border cooperation mechanism designed exclusively to help countries end large-scale...
Institutions

Will the UN Human Rights Council “sacrifice” or silence Civil Society?

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A number of civil society organizations are voicing out their concerns that the so-called "efficiency" process of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) seems to be going in a direction that will defeat...
International

World Day of Prayer and Action for Children celebration on 19 November

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The World Day of Prayer and Action for Children is an annual event initiated by Arigatou International to engage diverse faith communities to raise the status of children’s rights on the 20th of November, World Children's Day. This year,...
America

Diplomatic battles for Macedonia at the UN

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The New York Times publishes a material with an outline plan that "intends to exterminate the Bulgarian population in Macedonia". The lowering of the Iron Curtain in practice facilitates the deepening of terror there. In...
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High-level meeting of the General Assembly

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High-Level Meeting Of The General Assembly For The Appraisal Of The UN Global Plan Of Action To Combat Human Trafficking 22-23 November 2021 United Nations Headquarters, New York The high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the...
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Afghan opiates supply 8 out of 10 opiate users worldwide

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Afghan opiates supply 8 out of 10 opiate users worldwide, UNODC finds, as experts meet in Vienna to combat illicit trafficking Vienna (Austria), 16 November 2021 – The opium harvest in Afghanistan increased by eight...
Health

UN High Commissioner calls for mental health care to be based on human rights

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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, opened the Human Rights Council Intersessional consultation on Mental Health and Human Rights, on 15 November 2021. In addressing the panel experts and participants from across...
Europe

Belarus-Poland crisis: Human rights of trapped migrants ‘paramount’ 

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Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends. 
America

Insulin still out of reach for many 100 years after its discovery: WHO

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A century after it was discovered, insulin still remains out of reach for many people living with diabetes, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Friday to commemorate the milestone anniversary. 
Health

There are almost 240 million children with disabilities worldwide

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"No child, especially the most vulnerable, should fight only for their basic human rights." The number of children with disabilities worldwide is estimated at almost 240 million, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Children...
Europe

Resolve ‘intolerable’ Belarus-Poland border migrant crisis: UN rights chief

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The UN Human Rights High Commissioner has urged Belarus and Poland to urgently resolve the burgeoning migrant crisis on their mutual border, where thousands of people have gathered in an attempt to enter the European Union (EU). 
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Uphold safety, human rights on Belarus-Poland border, UN agencies urge

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With news footage showing migrants on the border between Belarus and Poland attempting to dodge teargas and make their way through razor wire, UN agencies called for an “immediate de-escalation”, following weeks of rising tension.
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IOC and UNODC extend collaboration to fight corruption and crime in sport

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Lausanne (Switzerland), 9 November 2021 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) extended their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthen the cooperation between the...
Environment

UNODC helping to save endangered species in a Congolese National Park

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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 core of the fight against...
Human Rights

Enhancing Inter-regional Cooperation to Combat Trafficking in Persons by Air in Eastern Africa, the Middle East and the Gulf States

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© 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 man convinced her that he...
International

Musk will fight world hunger, but on one condition

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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. It all started late last...
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UN Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking Announces 10 NGO Projects Selected

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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 Vienna (Austria), 2 November 2021...
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Overcoming together challenges in the fight against organized crime thanks to the Review Mechanism

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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 nature of the organized...
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