05 Dec 2016 - Volunteers work tirelessly to create a better future for all. They contribute to national well-being and show global solidarity at times of crisis. We see this in action all over the world, most notably over the past year as volunteers have provided shelter and wide-ranging...
03 Dec 2016 - NAIROBI/GENEVA (2 December 2016) – Sexual violence has reached epic proportions in the conflict in South Sudan and requires the urgent attention of the world, said the UN independent Commission* on Human Rights in South Sudan after a ten-day visit during which they met women...
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON WORLD AIDS DAY
01 Dec 2016 - Thirty-five years since the emergence of AIDS, the international community can look back with some pride but we must also look ahead with resolve and commitment to reach our goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
There has been real progress in tackling the disease. More...
Press Conference of The Commission on Human Rights at the conclusion of its second visit to South Sudan
30 Nov 2016 - Shantal Persaud Acting Spokesperson: Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this press briefing that is also being broadcast live on UN Radio Miraya.
Joining us today, are members of the UN Human Rights Commission who are visiting South Sudan for the second time, and...
From Love to Death; by Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
29 Nov 2016 - Across the world tens of thousands of women and girls are being loved to death.
Take a wide angle snapshot of these deaths and violent assaults and they become a recitation of women attacked in desperate circumstances.
Strangulations, often with everyday implements such as...
Final Media Briefing by SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej: 28 November 2016
28 Nov 2016 - Shantal Persaud Acting Spokesperson: Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the United Nations Press briefing, which today will be given by SRSG Ellen Margrethe Loej.
This may possibly be the final press briefing for Madam Loej in her capacity as a United Nations...
26 Nov 2016 - November 25, 2016
DSRSG Soumare –2304 and a joint communique .With regard to RPF the government is recommending now that everything be put in place so that the RPF can be deployed as soon as possible. It is also clear now that the government has taken strong ( inaudible) ...
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS 25 November 2016
25 Nov 2016 - At long last, there is growing global recognition that violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. Yet there is still much more we can and must do to turn this awareness into meaningful...
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