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New York, Apr 24 (JEN) The most senior United Nations officials dealing respectively with refugees, human rights, and migration and development, have appealed strongly to European leaders to put human life, rights, and dignity first when agreeing on Thursday a common response to what they called the “tragedy of epic proportions” unfolding in the Mediterranean Sea, where some 1,600 people have died this year trying to flee their strife-torn homelands. more
Dire human rights situation in Ukraine likely to deteriorate further: UN

New York, Apr 18 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts of the east of Ukraine is likely to deteriorate ...

St Stephen's student moves to court against principal over e-zine row

New Delhi, Apr 16 (JEN): Raising a doubt on the freedom of speech and expression in one of the top league colleges in Delhi, a student of the prestigious St Stephen's college has gone to cou ...

UN urges Kenya to reconsider Dadaab camp closure

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged Kenyan authorities to reconsider their decision to shut down within the next three months Dadaab refugee camps, a d ...

Doha: UN conference urges boosting assistance to trafficking victims

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): With human trafficking now a global criminal enterprise generating billions of dollars every year, United Nations officials stressed on Tuesday during a high-level ev ...

UN rights experts welcome Blackwater sentence

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The outsourcing of national security to private firms creates risks for human rights and accountability, the United Nations working group on the use of mercenaries co ...

UN Syria Envoy to hold consultations on re-start of peace talks

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations announced on Tuesday that the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Syria will proceed with a series of in-depth, separate consultations with Syri ...

Human rights, rule of law vital for sustainable development: Ban

New York, Apr 13 (JEN): Kicking off the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Doha, Qatar, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon along with several other top UN of ...

Malaysia’s anti-terror and sedition laws curtail human rights: UN rights chief

New York, Apr 10 (JEN): A series of amendments to Malaysia’s 1948 Sedition Act risk seriously undermine freedom of expression and opinion throughout the country, the top United Nations hum ...

‘Education is your right’ says UN agency official at opening of school for displaced Iraqis

New York, Apr 9 (JEN): The United Nations education agency on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new school at Dawodiyah Camp in Dohouk, Iraq, as part of its efforts to provide quality se ...