World
Global narcotics market 'thriving;' range of available drugs diversifying at alarming pace – UN

Drug seizures, South Africa.
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South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads

Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan.
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As crises multiply, UN revises annual aid appeal to assist over 100 million around the world

A medical worker registers young patients in the small rural village of An-Nassiri, located about 60 km from Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Only 45 per cent of health facilities in the war-torn country are currently functioning.
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World population to hit 9.8 billion by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates – UN

A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India.
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Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on returns to northeast Nigeria
I am extremely worried that large numbers of Nigerian refugees hosted in Cameroon are again returning to northeast Nigeria - into a situation dangerously unprepared to receive them.
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Nairobi, appeals for child refugees

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets children and siblings of vulnerable female refugees in Nairobi.
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Turkey: changing the constitution could end up in freezing EU accession talks
Turkey’s EU accession talks should be suspended if the proposed changes to the constitution go ahead, committee MEPs recommended on Tuesday.
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on World Refugee Day 2017
On June 20, World Refugee Day, we honour the resilience and courage of more than 65 million people who have been forced to flee war, persecution and violence. But it’s also a moment to recognise those communities and people around the world who receive refugees and the internally displaced in their midst, offering them a safe place, and welcoming them in their schools, their workplaces and their societies.
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On World Refugee Day, UN urges support, solidarity for record number of displaced people

After three days on the road, South Sudanese refugees arrive at the newly constructed Gure Shembola Camp in Ethiopia.
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South Sudan refugee crisis: Over 1,000 children fleeing violence and instability every day

Recently arrived refugees aboard a truck to be taken to a new settlement at Imvepi Reception Center in Arua district of Uganda 28 February, 2017.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi

Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability

Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions

Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future

Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020

