Healing page by page in earthquake-affected Türkiye
Ahead of World Book and Copyright Day, marked annually on 23 April, Miko Alazas of IOM caught up with a bibliophile in Adiyaman, Türkiye,...
Debate at UN examines impact of Portugal’s ‘Carnation Revolution’
Named after the flowers civilians stuffed in the muzzles of the soldiers’ guns, the revolution put Portugal on the path to democracy and led...
World News in Brief: Palestinian journalists win top press freedom prize, child migrant detention,...
The top award for reporters who have born witness to the destruction of much of their homeland under Israel’s relentless bombardment came at the...
Nations agree landmark treaty on traditional knowledge, protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights
The Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge also includes key provisions aimed at protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and...
400 million under-fives regularly experience violent discipline at home
“When children are subjected to physical or verbal abuse at home, or when they are deprived of social and emotional care from their loved...
The life of Aristides de Sousa Mendes: An example for us all
“Aristides de Sousa Mendes was a beacon of courage, compassion, and conviction in a world of total moral collapse,” said Mr. Guterres in a...
Global education fund announces $2.5 million grant for Haiti
Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), announced the grant on Friday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, during a high-level UN mission to...
Indigenous Day celebrates ‘guardians of the environment’
Indigenous Peoples represent around six per cent of the world's population, and their knowledge and traditions are believed to help solve many of today’s...
UN chief demands global action to end racism against people of African descent
In December 2013, the UN General Assembly declared the International Decade for People of African Descent to address issues of recognition, justice, and development.The decade...
‘Incalculable cost’ of conflict on the lives of children
He emphasised the damage that war leaves on young learners’ bodies, minds and spirits, “from injuries and loss of life to abduction, forced displacement,...
