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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.

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.  
News

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
America

A culture of peace and our responsibility

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A culture of peace and our responsibility
Education

UN shocking report: Diagnosed mental health problems in children

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UN shocking report: Diagnosed mental health problems in children
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Liberia’s Commerce Minister Diggs Outlines country’s Post WTO Accession Progress.

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Liberia's Commerce Minister Diggs Outlines country's Post WTO Accession Progress.
Institutions

Bulgarian President Radev to UN: Unprecedented global challenges require joint action by international community

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Unprecedented global challenges require all countries to support more effective and coordinated action by the international community. Multilateral diplomacy is the key to our common future and there is no alternative. This was stated...
Europe

Hungary’s actions on Scientology “constitute[s] serious impediments to religious freedom and to the fulfillment … of religious minorities”

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Scientology spoke at the United Nations Human Rights Council about Religious Discrimination in Hungary, and highlights letter with concerns from UN Special Rapporteurs on FORB, Privacy and Minority Issues On the occasion of the 48th...
Europe

France focuses on responsibility and solidarity in the face of global challenges

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In his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upheld multilateralism as the key to overcoming global challenges including conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. 
Health

WHO backs Regeneron COVID-19 drug cocktail – with equal access, price cut 

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The Regeneron antibody drug cocktail – casirivimab and imdevimab – has been added to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of treatments for COVID-19 patients, the UN agency said on Friday, before underscoring the need for lower prices and equitable distribution. 
America

Sharing good practices on addressing the COVID-19 impact on drug situation during the regional meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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Sharing good practices on addressing the COVID-19 impact on drug situation during the regional meetings of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
America

Further cuts on food rations for refugees in Kenya as funds dry up

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Further cuts on food rations for refugees in Kenya as funds dry up
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