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The United Nations is the global intergovernmental organization tasked with international cooperation and establishing peace. The European Times provides in-depth, accurate coverage of UN programs, peacekeeping, human rights issues, security council meetings, general assembly votes, and secretary general actions. Their unbiased reporting sheds light on this complex organization’s inner workings and impact on world affairs.

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). 
Europe

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.
News

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...
News

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...
News

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...
Europe

Women under fire in Belarus, activists tortured and exiled – UN expert

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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 the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Institutions

Erdogan resents “a handful” of World War II victors

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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 by "Novosti”. Earlier, Erdogan announced...
Europe

Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border 

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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 urgent action on Friday, to save lives...
International

Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Debate between practitioners and national policy makers on the implementation of international drug policy commitments

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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 on the implementation of...
European Council

European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities (EASPD) General Assembly

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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 across Europe, including the...
Human Rights

Yemen war reaches ‘shameful milestone’ – 10,000 children now killed or maimed 

Another “shameful milestone” has been reached in the conflict in Yemen with 10,000 children killed or maimed since fighting started in March 2015, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
America

Russia and the United States have made a diplomatic breakthrough at the United Nations

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Against the background of their constant disagreements, the two sides took an unprecedented step, calling for responsible behavior of countries in cyberspace. Russia and the United States have submitted to the UN General Assembly a...
News

Good Use and Abuse: The Role of Technology in Human Trafficking

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Vienna (Austria) 14 October 2021 - Human traffickers who trick people with fake job offers and promises and then exploit them for profit are taking advantage of online technologies for every step of their criminal...
Europe

Portuguese beaches lead the way during UN, EU clean-up campaign 

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In recent months, some 260 different clean-up operations have been undertaken across, aimed at protecting life under the sea, with the UN and European Union’s #EUBeachCleanUp campaign, managing to remove some 50 tons of trash from some of the EU’s finest shorelines.
Europe

Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’ 

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Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo and Serbia.  
Europe

EU and OHCHR hold first strategic dialogue on human rights

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Brussels, 13 October 2021 - The EU and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held their first Strategic Dialogue yesterday in Brussels. This high-level dialogue was a timely opportunity for...
Environment

Biodiversity commitment builds hope for ‘living in harmony with nature’

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More than 100 countries on Wednesday committed to develop, adopt and implement an effective post-2020 global framework, that aims to put biodiversity on a path to recovery, by 2030 at the latest.  
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UNODC launches a compendium of promising practices on public-private partnerships to prevent and counter trafficking in persons

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Vienna (Austria) – 13 October 2021. The global pandemic has vastly increased vulnerabilities to human trafficking and of trafficked victims. Traffickers prey upon the marginalized and impoverished. Evidence shared by States with UNODC indicate that...
Europe

Food Hero: Cultivating women farmers in Georgia

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A farmer in the central European country, Georgia, has been sharing her lifetime of knowledge with other women farmers in the region, saying that “there is nothing in agriculture that a man can do and a woman can’t.”
Institutions

MINI-STATES – NON-TRADITIONAL SUBJECTS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

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Consideration of non-traditional legal personality would be incomplete without the example of the four European "mini-states" in whose history and / or present it is intertwined. Andorra / 465 sq. Km / has been...
Institutions

UN wants Europe to accept another 42,500 Afghans

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UN wants Europe to accept another 42,500 Afghans
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