Protracted conflicts, arms control, trafficking in human beings top agenda as Ukraine takes over OSCE Chair

Residential buildings rise up across the Dnieper River from the Monastery of the Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Ukrainian...
OSCE media freedom representative urges investigation into threats to Italian newspaper

Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addresses the OSCE Permanent Council at the Hofburg in Vienna, 29...
UN peacekeeping mission ends operations as Timor-Leste continues on path to ‘brighter’ future

A ceremony is held marking the official hand-over of policing responsibilities from the UN Integrated...
A freedom less level field -2012
Tamils living in the North and East have a complained of the loss of all their rights. Most people in the South ignored these complaints. Some even said that such deprivations are punishments for what the LTTE was. The assumption was that such...
Ban to chair high-level donor conference next month for Syria humanitarian effort

Sisters Tamara and Eilada fled their village in Syria but now have a chance to continue their...
Amid proposed adoption ban, UNICEF asks Russia to focus on best interests of children

Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake.
Gaza: Palestinian Rockets Unlawfully Targeted Israeli Civilians
EU: Provide Protection for Syrian Refugees
The European Union and its member states should do more to help the thousands of Syrian asylum seekers trying to reach Europe as the Syrian crisis worsens and winter sets in, Human Rights Watch said.
Russia: Environmental Activist Threatened with New Charges
Russian authorities should stop harassing environmental activists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko. Authorities have threatened to bring new criminal charges against Gazaryan, less than six months after he and another activist, Evgeniy Vitishko,...
New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse