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UNICEF urges more funding in Ukraine for children affected by conflict

New York, Jun 13 (JEN): Ukraine’s children once again find themselves under threat amid renewed fighting across the country’s eastern regions, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday as it warned about the growing challenges to accessibility facing the agency’s relief efforts. more

UN labour agency unveils historic employment standards against informal work

New York, Jun 13 (JEN): A new global standard aimed at lifting hundreds of millions of workers out of the informal economy and into regularized employment was adopted on Friday in a move the ...

Kyrgyzstan: Ban celebrates parliaments as beacon of human rights efforts

New York, Jun 12 (JEN): The world’s parliaments play a “fundamental” role in ensuring human rights protections for the global citizenry and, as a result, must reflect international hum ...

Inaction on climate change now will cost us all in the future: UN labour chief

New York, Jun 12 (IBNS): The head of the International Labour Organization on Thursday opened a summit meeting devoted to tackling climate change as a unique opportunity for job creation and ...

UN rights chief urges Pakistan Government to reintroduce death penalty moratorium

New York, Jun 12 (JEN): The top United Nations human rights official has urged the Government of Pakistan to reinstate its moratorium on the death penalty amid a sharp uptick in the number o ...

Colombia’s peace talks at risk amid renewed clashes: UN refugee agency chief

New York, Jun 12 (JEN): Concerned at the recent armed clashes amid the ongoing peace talks on Colombia, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, on Thursday said ...

Central Africa: UN body urges creation of environment conducive for elections

New York, Jun 12 (JEN): The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission has called on all stakeholders in Central African Republic (CAR) to help promote an environment conducive to holding elect ...

Migrant arrivals in Europe top 100,000 in 2015: UN refugee agency

New York, Jun 11 (JEN): Refugee and migrant arrivals to Europe across the Mediterranean so far in 2015 have moved above 100,000, with record numbers now arriving every day in the Greek islan ...

As refugees flood Greek island, UN agency warns of strained resources

New York, Jun 10 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) is reporting the arrival of record numbers of refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos, severely straining local reception cap ...

Tajikistan: Ban highlights need for safe water, sanitation and human rights

New York, Jun 10 (JEN): Kicking off a high-level event on water in Tajikistan on Tuesday, Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon urged nations in the region and beyond to renew their commitment to saf ...