Cuban and Grenadian Prime Ministers hold a meeting
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During the meeting Marrero Cruz, highlighted the figure of commander Fidel Castro, which fostered ties of friendship between the two Caribbean...
Global cooperation critical to combat transnational organized crime
António Guterres urged countries to strengthen cooperation, the rule of law and prevention efforts against this “vicious threat to peace, security, and sustainable development”...
Global unemployment rate set to increase in 2024 while growing social inequalities raise concerns,...
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GENEVA (ILO News) – Labour markets have shown surprising resilience despite deteriorating economic conditions, but recovery from the pandemic remains uneven...
UN committed to help Somalia deliver ‘for its people’
Catriona Laing, who also heads the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), briefed ambassadors on developments across eight areas, including politics, security, women’s political...
A Cosmopolitan Modernism
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The world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance.
By Rachel Hunter Himes, The Nation —
In January 1969, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened...
Stories from the UN Archive: The man who defined genocide
On the eve of International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime,...
World News in Brief: ‘Reckless attacks’ on Ukraine nuclear plant must cease, Chibok abductions...
Rafael Grossi told ambassadors that the first direct attacks since the Russian invasion began. earlier this month, on what is Europe’s largest nuclear facility,...
Explainer: How the UN is promoting a ‘global commitment to fight corruption’
The Executive Director of UNODC, Ghada Waly, was speaking ahead of what she describes as a “milestone” meeting taking place in Atlanta in the United States...
CPJ condemns expulsion of journalist Farid Alilat on arrival at Algiers airport
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New York, April 15, 2024—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Algerian authorities to allow Farid Alilat, a journalist and...
Global homicides hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress set in
The Global Study on Homicide analyzes the complex dynamics behind these violent deaths and includes a special section on how organized crime is driving...
Youth Leadership in Action: The future we cannot afford to ignore
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In the context of the Global Refugee Forum, the ILO is supporting the linked event on Youth Leadership in Action. The...
Malawian journalist Macmillan Mhone facing false news, extortion charges
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Lusaka, April 15, 2024 – Malawian authorities should drop all legal proceedings against Nation Publications Limited journalist Macmillan Mhone,...
Gaza: rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military
“Six months into the current military offensive, more housing and civilian infrastructure has now been destroyed in Gaza as a percentage, compared to any...
Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as world’s top opium producer
The southeast Asian country’s opium output has surpassed that of Afghanistan, where the Taliban imposed a ban on its production in April last year...
Over 700 a day dying from small arms fire; main ‘weapons of choice’ for...
That’s according to Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, who briefed the Security Council on Friday, quoting the latest figures available.“This is more...
‘Illegal betting is the number one factor fuelling corruption in sports’, UN conference hears
The discussions at the international anti-corruption conference, convened in Atlanta by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), held between 11 and 15 December, built...
Justice served: Lebanon’s Special Tribunal closes
Established by Security Council resolution 1757 in 2007, the Special Tribunal’s jurisdiction also extended to other attacks that were judicially determined to be connected...
Informal apprenticeships and the future of work
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Millions of...
Explainer: What is the Genocide Convention?
Filed with the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), a UN court, on 29 December, South Africa’s case stated that Israel, particularly since 7 October,...
Haiti crises have reached ‘a critical point’: UN envoy
“I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where multiple protracted crises have reached a critical point,” said Maria Isabel Salvador, presenting...
Stand up against hate, UN chief tells Holocaust commemoration
“All of us – leaders and citizens – have a responsibility to listen and to learn from survivors and victims by condemning these terrible...
US: Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocation
“I deeply regret the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama despite serious concerns that this novel and untested method of suffocation may amount...
ILO submits dossier related to the right to strike dispute to the International Court...
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World confronts an ‘ugly and inescapable truth’ in Darfur, says ICC Prosecutor
Prosecutor Karim Khan emphasized the “ugly and inescapable truth” that failure to act now is not only a damning verdict on the present, but...
