DR Congo: UN call to reopen Goma airport ‘lifeline’, as crisis deepens
“Goma airport is a lifeline,” said Bruno Lemarquis. “Without it, the evacuation of the seriously injured, the delivery of medical supplies and the reception...
France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts
The UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts criticised the decision by the French football and basketball federations to exclude players wearing the hijab from competitions, including...
Somalia’s National Solutions Pathways Action Plan: IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels
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Somalia’s National Solutions Pathways Action Plan: IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels
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World News in Brief: Call for new Haiti force, Ukraine and Sudan war updates,...
Kenya’s President William Ruto, who heads the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), noted limited progress since the police force deployed 15 months ago with...
UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban
Echoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s warning late Monday that the development would likely have “devastating consequences” as UNRWA is the principal deliverer of aid...
Dignity for migrants should be our guiding light, insists ‘Cabrini’ film star
“Being from southern Italy, the migration issue is very close to my heart. Southern Italians have always emigrated throughout history, especially during the Second...
IOM Spokesperson: Statement on the Inauguration of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV
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Geneva/Rome - 18 May 2025 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) extends its sincere congratulations to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV...
What Will It Take? What Will It Yield?
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More than a century later woman can vote, hold office and have equal rights in theory, but that has not changed...
The Meaning of Kwanzaa in These Perilous Times
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December 22, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point
In this Pre-Kwanzaa Special Edition of Vantage Point, Dr. Ron Daniels, aka “The Professor,” is...
UN chief calls for justice and ‘real change’ for people of African descent
In a message released ahead of the Day, Mr. Guterres honoured the “extraordinary” contributions of people of African descent across every sphere of human...
‘Time for diplomacy over escalation’ in Middle East war: Guterres
Addressing journalists at UN Headquarters in New York outside the Security Council, António Guterres said that humanitarian and other legal obligations are being disregarded in the...
Myanmar: UN WFP pushes to reach flood-affected communities
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that initial reports indicated that hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland have been inundated. In the...
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and...
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction from January, when “modest” growth seemed...
UNRWA is Irreplaceable | International Organization for Migration
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Geneva, 29 October 2024 - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) fully supports the Secretary-General and the United Nations' resolute stance...
Brown’s Unfinished Promise
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By Dr. Julianne Malveaux —
Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that...
Message of IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels on a Decade of Documenting Migrant...
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Message of IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels on a Decade of Documenting Migrant Deaths
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LIVE: Middle East updates; independent UN investigators say Israel has committed genocide in Gaza
Amid reports of intensifying bombardment in Gaza City overnight, the Middle East crisis took centre stage at the UN on Tuesday, starting at the...
World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation...
New data from the International Organization for Migration indicates a 22 per cent spike in the number of people uprooted from their homes since...
IOM and IHP Expand Humanitarian Hub in Chad to Aid 220,000 Amid Sudan Crisis
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Farchana/ Geneva, 5 March 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Humanitarian Partnership (IHP) completed this week...
UN refugee chief urges Security Council to ‘step up’ for millions displaced by war
Filippo Grandi said the number currently stands at 114 million. “Next month we will update this figure. It will be higher,” he added.Mr. Grandi...
Guterres calls for probe into death of WFP staff member detained in Yemen
“Heartbroken and outraged by the tragic loss of WFP team member, Ahmed, who lost his life while arbitrarily detained in Yemen,” Executive Director Cindy...
Shelter and safety elude Afghan women returnees from Iran and Pakistan
Since September 2023, more than 2.43 million undocumented Afghan migrants have returned from Iran and Pakistan.Women and girls account for about half of the...
Millions will die from funding cuts, says UN aid chief
“Cutting funding for those in greatest need is not something to boast about...the impact of aid cuts is that millions die,” warned Emergency Relief...
From Science and Math to the Bible’s Conclusions: A Shocking Discovery that Will Surprise...
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Author Dr. Nathanael-Israel Israel Demystifies the Intersection of Science and Faith with the Holy Grail of Scientific Discovery
Science180, the trusted U.S.-based...
