UN Women unveils new Media Compact for gender equality
The Step it Up for Gender Equality Media Compact brings together a broad coalition of media outlets to ensure wide reach and robust efforts towards women’s rights.
New stamps promoting LGBT equality worldwide unveiled at UN
The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) unveiled a set of six commemorative stamps to promote UN Free & Equal – a global UN campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
UN refugee agency seeks to protect displaced gays, lesbians as they face prejudice
With lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons in forced displacement facing discrimination, prejudice, violence and other hurdles as they seek asylum, the UN refugee agency has rolled out a comprehensive training package to enhance their protection.
Ban: Spirit of solidarity ‘must inspire our collective response’ to world’s major challenges
On International Human Solidarity Day, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pointed to the newly-adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and called for joint action to implement its targets and create a better future for all.
On Migrants Day, UN remembers thousands who lost their lives this year trying to reach safe harbour
Global candlelight vigils marked the International Day of Migrants today to remember the more than 5,000 women, men and children who lost their lives in arduous journeys in search of protection and a better life.
Fundamental freedoms ‘inalienable and inherent – now and always,’ UN says on Human Rights Day
“In a year that marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, we can draw inspiration from the history of the modern human rights movement, which emerged from the Second World War,” said Mr. Ban in a message to mark Human Rights Day, celebrated annually on 10 December.
UN envoy calls for concerted efforts to eliminate bullying in all regions
Speaking at a panel discussion on protecting children from bullying, the United Nations envoy on violence against children said bullying is a “serious concern” for millions of children all over the world and it is compromising their right to education.
UN rights expert urges Brazil to introduce measures to ‘fulfill promises of equality’ for minorities
Warning that despite a wealth of legislation, minority groups in Brazil have not seen the promises of equality fulfilled, a United Nations human rights today urged Brazilian authorities to introduce immediate measures to overcome serious structural challenges facing the country’s most vulnerable communities.
Pope Francis, decries global ‘culture of waste,’ urges action sustainable development
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, Pope Francis spoke at length on a range of subjects from equity and the environmental protection to the promotion of the rule of law and eradicating global poverty.