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When he started his mission in 2015, Patric Mansour was faced with one of the largest refugee influxes to Europe in modern times. Four years on, refugees and migrants are still crossing the...

Malnutrition, air pollution and lack of access to vaccines and antibiotics among the drivers of preventable deaths from pneumonia—which last year killed a child every 39 seconds BARCELONA, 29 January...

SC/14066 SECURITY COUNCIL 8697TH MEETING (PM) The Security Council today failed to adopt two draft resolutions on extending the authorization for the mechanism that allows cross‑border delivery of...

Marking the International Day of Persons with Disability, CBM launches a new Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (iDRR) application (www.cbm.org/i-drr) and releases a new version of its...

Coastal flood forecasts become operational in Fiji; strengthened Pacific Island awareness of coastal floods An operational system has been developed and implemented for the Fiji Islands to produce...

On 22 December 2018 a large chunk of the Anak Krakatau volcanic island collapsed into the ocean, causing a tsunami that swept across Indonesia’s Sunda Strait. Because tsunami early warning systems...

Pneumonia – a preventable disease – kills more children than any other infection LONDON/NEW YORK/BARCELONA, November 12, 2019—Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age...

By Asako Okai Asako Okai is UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of UNDP’s Crisis Bureau UNITED NATIONS, Nov 5 2019 (IPS) - Once considered rare in their occurrence, in the last 10 years...

GA/EF/3518 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECOND COMMITTEE SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION, 8TH & 9TH MEETINGS (AM & PM) With world hunger rising for the third year after decades of decline, delegates underscored the...

SC/13956 SECURITY COUNCIL 8623RD MEETING (AM) Permanent Representative Decries Draft as Biased, Political ‘Farce’, Defeating Stated Aim to End Suffering of Millions The Security Council failed to...

Preparing for emergency situations can be overwhelming — but it’s also an important way to protect yourself and your family. When you know about the risks and hazards in your area, you can plan for...

by Nishin Nathwani In recent years, there has been an unprecedented wave of legislative reform around the globe to decriminalize consensual same-sex sexual activity—most recently in India, Botswana,...

SC/13902 Security Council 8588th Meeting (AM) Libya’s Representative Criticizes Council Inaction, Blames Government Foe of Silencing Opponents under Cover of Fighting Terrorists Several recent...

The Centre talked to Tyler Radford, Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT), an organization dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping...

KUALA LUMPUR (18 July 2019) – Human rights violations in Myanmar are creating increasingly serious issues for South and South East Asia, a UN expert said today, urging stronger action by regional...

I have just completed my mission to Myanmar’s neighbours Thailand and Malaysia. I thank the Governments of both countries for facilitating my visit. Myanmar continues to deny my access; however as I...

SECURITY COUNCIL 8554TH MEETING (AM) SC/13849 19 JUNE 2019 Sudan is legally obliged to transfer former President Omer Hassan Ahmed al‑Bashir and two other suspects detained in the Darfur situation to...