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Mexico: Helping refugees go into business, a ‘win-win situation’, says UNHCR’s Grandi
Through an innovative and collaborative scheme, some refugees in Mexico have started their own businesses creating what the UN refugee chief called on Wednesday “a win-win situation” for the local economy.
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Africa must ‘value youth’ in the drive towards lasting peace, young envoy tells Security Council
Recognizing the potential of African youth caught up in conflict to forge peace, is crucial for nurturing their developing identities, and could help them turn away from violence, a youth representative told the Security Council…
‘Tenacious’ Kyrgyz lawyer and statelessness champion, wins prestigious UNHCR prize
A rights lawyer who took to horseback to help more than 10,000 stateless people gain nationality in Kyrgystan after the break-up of the Soviet Union, has been awarded the UN refugee agency’s prestigious 2019 Nansen Refugee…
WHO and UNICEF in campaign to protect 1.6 million in Sudan from cholera
UN agencies are working with the authorities in Sudan to protect more than one million people from cholera, an infectious disease which can kill within hours if left untreated.
So far, there have…
Strict alcohol laws which cut intake more than 40 per cent in Russia, linked to historically high…
Strict laws put in place by the Russian authorities since 2003 have resulted in a significant drop in alcohol-related deaths nationwide, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday.
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Athens urged to fast track asylum seekers amid island shelters crisis – UNHCR
A spike in the number of refugees reaching Greek island reception centres is likely to worsen the situation in already “dangerously overcrowded” facilities there, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday.…
Countries urged to make ‘digital world’ safer for children
Rising Internet connectivity has the potential to transform children’s lives for the better, but also makes them vulnerable to sexual abuse, online harassment and bullying, recruitment by extremist groups, and other risks, according…
Peace icon Mahatma Gandhi’s message of ‘mutual understanding, equality’ reverberates on Day of…
On Wednesday, the global community marks the International Day of Non-Violence, which this year coincided with the 150th anniversary of the birth of the global peace icon who led India to independence, Mahatma Gandhi.
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Subscribe Audio Hub UN General Assembly President upholds value of multilateralism in speech…
The only way to guarantee peace, security and sustainable development is for countries to work together, the UN General Assembly president said in his speech on Monday concluding the annual high-level debate in the Hall.
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We need to stand up now’ for the elderly: urges UN rights expert on World Day
In the coming decade, the number of persons aged 60 or over is projected to grow by 46 per cent, making the increase in those officially classified as elderly, one of the “most significant transformations of this century,'' the United…