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UNEP Campaign launched on World Environmental Day which seeks to raise awareness on illicit trade of species- especially ones that are becoming extinct. Illicit trade has been shown to fund terrorism in different parts of Africa.

In Safety and Dignity: addressing large movements of refugees and migrants è il titolo del rapporto con cui Ban Ki-moon ha chiesto l'adozione di un patto globale che assicuri i diritti umani, la sicurezza e la dignità di tutti i...

Just days after the presidential election in Myanmar (formerly Burma), our interview with photographer Stefania Zamparelli sheds light on the dehumanizing situation she saw in Sittwe's Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camps. She tells us about the indifference and inaction of...

According to the United Nations World Health Organization, at least 60 million people will be subjected to El Niño in 2016. The majority of people affected are living in developing countries, which makes them even more susceptible to the impacts...

Ban Ki-moon spoke at the UN General Assembly about goals for this 2016, as well as long term projects: this is "a moment heavy with responsibility" and the international community needs to get its "priorities right"; this year must be...

Since the pressure has been rising in the Middle East, more civillians have been put under attack. The city of Madaya has been starved out, a technique considered a war crime: many have died and many more are in critical...

The number of international migrants is actually at a faster growing rate than that of the world’s population: United Nations Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson has confirmed that there are 20 million refugees in the world and 244 million migrants,...

Born on the ashes of the horror and devastation of the Second World War (its first meeting held in Central Hall in London in 1946), the General Assembly has been the place where countries convene to find a common position...

The UNSC encourages all political parties in Libya to recognize Daesh and other terrorist organizations as the primary enemy and unite to prevent these groups from infiltrating the country. The Security Council reaffirms that bringing members of such terrorist groups...

The United Nations Security Council, in a unanimous vote, approved Resolution 2259, the resolution to end the conflict in Libya. This resolution opens up the possibility of a legitimate intervention by foreign countries - like Great Britain and Italy - if the new Libyan...