UNICEF’s critical supplies reach affected children and families during Yemen humanitarian pause
UNICEF is distributing critical humanitarian aid for hundreds of thousands of children and affected civilians across Yemen during a five day humanitarian pause. Despite reports of heavy fighting in certain parts of the country, lifesaving supplies are...
Tens of thousands of children flee violence in Burundi
Approximately 100,000 people, the vast majority of whom are women and children, have fled violent clashes in Burundi to neighbouring Great Lakes countries including Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These number of refugees...
Day against Homophobia: “The fight for equality continues”
Discrimination still takes place very often.
Rapporteur hails LGBT people’s ‘right to be visible’
“Young LGBT people must never be made to feel afraid to express their sexual orientation and gender identity,” Jonas Gunnarsson (Sweden, SOC), PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBT people, said today, on the eve of the International Day...
On gender equality, time to harness the power of parliaments, say OSCE PA members in Kyrgyzstan
OSCE parliamentarians led by Kyrgyzstan’s Roza Aknazarova joined government and parliamentary leaders and representatives of international organizations and civil society in Bishkek on May 15-16, calling for improvements in women’s rights and...
Situation of children stranded in boats in South East Asia
UNICEF is very worried about the situation of children and their families stranded on boats in the seas of South East Asia. These children need, and they have a right to, urgent help and protection. UNICEF shares the Secretary-General’s sense of alarm...
What is a ‘humanitarian pause’ and what does it mean for Yemen?
On 10 April 2015, a first airlift of urgent medical and other supplies from UNICEF is unloaded...
Sri Lanka: New Army Chief a Blow to Justice
Sri Lanka’s promotion of a senior officer whose division was implicated in serious human rights abuses casts doubt on government pledges to credibly investigate alleged war crimes, Human Rights Watch said on May May 17.
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
‘Emergency relief is never enough,’ says Ban, urging UN to help Nepal build back better
Following the second earthquake on 12 May 2015, many patients in hospitals and clinics in Nepal had to...
