Edited News | UNHCR
The steep increase in the number of Rohingya refugees risking their lives to cross the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal last year is a reflection of their growing desperation, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Edited News | OHCHR
At the bi-weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, made the following comments on Indonesia.
Edited News | OHCHR
At the bi-weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office, made the following comments about the long-awaited trial of human rights defenders in Greece which began this week in Lesvos. The 24 defendants are being prosecuted for their role in helping to...
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNDP , UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
Press stakeout in relation with the International Conference on Climate-Resilient Pakistan
Edited News | UNDP , UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
UN-led efforts to encourage the international community to stand with Pakistan after deadly floods last summer continued on Monday in Geneva, where Secretary-General António Guterres urged radical reform of the global financial system, in favour of developing countries.
Edited News | OHCHR
The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is “simply politically motivated” and he should be released, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
Edited News , Press Conferences | UNDP
An additional nine million people risk being pushed into poverty on top of the 33 million affected by last summer’s devastating floods in Pakistan, the UN development agency, UNDP said ahead of Monday’s International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan.
Edited News | FAO , WFP
Edited News | OHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made the following statement on the Human Rights situation in Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Council today.