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Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across SE Asia 29 August 2023 © Unsplash/John Schnobrich Organised crime groups are forcing hundreds and thousands of people into online criminality. Criminal gangs in southeast Asia are using torture and abuse to force hundreds of thousands of people into an online scam operation which generates billions of dollars per year, the UN…

New UN guidance affirms children’s right to a clean, healthy environment

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home New UN guidance affirms children’s right to a clean, healthy environment 28 August 2023 © UNICEF/Saiyna Bashir Children make their way home through contaminated floodwater in Jacobabad, Sindh province, Pakistan. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child issued new guidance on Monday that calls for governments to take action to protect boys and girls in the face of the deepening climate…

Yemen oil tanker: ‘Pivotal chapter’ concludes but important work remains

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen oil tanker: ‘Pivotal chapter’ concludes but important work remains 28 August 2023 Holm Akhdar FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country. The specialist team that safely stabilized and transferred over one million barrels of crude oil from a decaying supertanker off the cost of Yemen, left the site on Monday, marking the…

Russia hits ‘new low’ with ban against discrediting army: Rights experts

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Russia hits ‘new low’ with ban against discrediting army: Rights experts 28 August 2023 © Jorge Láscar The State Duma is one of the chambers of the Russian parliament. A group of UN-appointed human rights experts expressed grave concern on Monday over Russia’s decision to dismiss all legal challenges to the country’s criminalisation of “public actions aimed at discrediting” the Russian…

Mali: ‘MINUSMA is leaving, but the UN is staying’, Mission chief says

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mali: ‘MINUSMA is leaving, but the UN is staying’, Mission chief says 28 August 2023 MINUSMA/Gema Cortes UN peacekeepers visit a remote part of Northern Mali and provide free medical assistance to isolated communities. While its peacekeeping operation in Mali, MINUSMA draws to a close by the end of this year, the UN remains committed to supporting the country’s stability and development,…

Guterres calls for peaceful resolution of election disputes in Zimbabwe

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for peaceful resolution of election disputes in Zimbabwe 27 August 2023 ILO/KB Mpofu A woman wearing a COVID-19 protective mask walks past a group of police officers on patrol in Harare, Zimbabwe. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Zimbabwe’s elections, his spokesperson said on Sunday…

Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Malawi: Truck drivers learn about risks of human trafficking 27 August 2023 UNODC Maxwell Matewere (left), a crime prevention expert with the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), is accompanied by two officials as he investigates human trafficking allegations in Malawi. Truck drivers in southern Africa who have been recruited to traffic or smuggle people illegally are learning about the…

Indonesian doctors act on tell-tale signs of family violence

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Indonesian doctors act on tell-tale signs of family violence 26 August 2023 UN Indonesia Dr. Fai’zah A. Salim, a primary care physician in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia,has been trained to recognize signs of domestic violence. Doctors on the Indonesian island of Central Sulawesi are putting into practice training they have received from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to identify and act…

Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: ‘lost generation’ of children amid war, hunger, disease: UN humanitarians 25 August 2023 © WFP/Eloge Mbaihondoum A Sudanese family take shelter at a refugee entry point close to the Chadian border with Sudan. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Friday that the spread of fighting and hunger in Sudan could destroy the country, as the future of a “lost generation” of children…

Pakistan: Flood waters have gone but horror continues for children, UNICEF warns

1 year 8 months ago Breadcrumb Home Pakistan: Flood waters have gone but horror continues for children, UNICEF warns 25 August 2023 © UNICEF/A. Sami Malik Young girls sit on the damaged wall of their mud house which was almost destroyed during the 2022 floods in Pakistan. Millions of children in Pakistan remain dependent on humanitarian assistance as recovery and rehabilitation efforts from last year’s catastrophic floods…