Home
United Nations
The United Nations Office at Geneva

Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Trafficking in the Sahel: Smugglers ‘will take you anywhere’ 17 June 2023 © SOS Méditerranée/Flavio Gasperini Migrants are rescued off the coast of Libya by the non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée. (file) Call a friend with a connection, get a passport in 24 hours, and hand over some cash. That is what it takes to flee the fragile Sahel region of Africa, where smuggling networks…

UN Mission backs constitutional referendum in Mali

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN Mission backs constitutional referendum in Mali 16 June 2023 © UNOCHA/Eve Lomina A woman walks through the town of Mopti in Mali. The UN is providing “multifaceted support” to Mali ahead of this weekend’s constitutional referendum, the head of its peacekeeping mission in the country, MINUSMA, said in a briefing to the Security Council on Friday.…

Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Haiti: ‘Take urgent action now’ urges ECOSOC President 16 June 2023 © UNICEF A woman displaced by Violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince washes clothes in a city park. Words are not enough to alleviate the multiple crises afflicting Haiti, said the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Friday, in an appeal for urgent international action…

Polar scientists call for more research and observation into rapid sea ice reduction

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Polar scientists call for more research and observation into rapid sea ice reduction 16 June 2023 WMO/Deutscher Wetterdienst/Karolin Eichler The polar bear's natural habitat is disappearing as ice caps melt due to climate change. Sea ice is reducing at an unprecedented rate, prompting polar scientists to call for an urgent increase in research and observation, the World Meteorological…

Women suffer disproportionately from ravages of drought, desertification

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Women suffer disproportionately from ravages of drought, desertification 16 June 2023 PMA/Alessandro Abbonizio Mujeres recogiendo agua en Marsabit, al norte de Kenia (archivo). Women’s land rights are in the spotlight ahead of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on 17 June, at events around the world, from Kenya to Viet Nam, including a high-level event at UN…

Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan’s Darfur spiralling into ‘humanitarian calamity’: UN aid chief 16 June 2023 WFP/Abdulaziz Abdulmomin Displaced people in Darfur are receiving Sorghum provided by the World Food Programme. With the conflict between rival militaries in Sudan entering its third month, the people of Darfur are “trapped in a living nightmare”, the UN’s top aid official has said…

Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster 

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Ukraine: 700,000 people affected by water shortages from dam disaster  16 June 2023 © UNICEF Ukraine Essential aid is being delivered to people affected by the Kakhovka Dam blast in eastern Ukraine. UN humanitarians continue bringing life-saving aid to survivors of the flooding from the Kakhovka Dam, but they’ve warned that hundreds of thousands more people in the country’s south face severe…

Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy 16 June 2023 IOM/Amanda Nero The largest shipwreck off Greece on record has claimed hundreds of lives. The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday’s tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies retrieved, 104 people rescued, and…

Guterres calls for phasing out fossil fuels to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Guterres calls for phasing out fossil fuels to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’ 15 June 2023 © Unsplash/Amir Arabshahi Burning fossil fuels like coal contributes to climate change. Countries must phase out coal and other fossil fuels to avert climate “catastrophe”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Thursday in New York.  …

UN chief insists on solidarity with people of Syria, with ‘no time to spare’

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN chief insists on solidarity with people of Syria, with ‘no time to spare’ 15 June 2023 © UNICEF/Hasan Belal A boy in Jableh city in northwestern Syria watches excavation work following the February 2023 earthquake. (file) As donors gathered in Brussels at an international pledging conference for Syria organized by the European Union on Thursday, UN chief António Guterres highlighted the…