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Message of IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels on a Decade of Documenting Migrant...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Message of IOM Deputy Director General Ugochi Daniels on a Decade of Documenting Migrant Deaths rleyesa 24 Mar 2024 ...

Security Council ‘must spare no effort’ to unite and push for peace

In a world where peace is “never automatic”, leadership is essential on the part of the UN Security Council which must find better ways...

Lebanon escalation: UN boosts support at border with Syria

The serious escalation in hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel has forced “tens of thousands” of people to flee their homes in Lebanon, including Syrian...

IOM Director General's Address to the National Press Club of Australia

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Address to the National Press Club of Australia rleyesa 28 Mar 2024 Speaker Type ...

UN mobilizes $4 million for Hurricane Beryl response in the Caribbean

The UN Secretary-General has reiterated his solidarity with countries affected by Hurricane Beryl, releasing $4 million from the Organization’s emergency response fund to kickstart...

Russia can’t win on the battlefield, so it’s finding other ways to torment Ukrainian...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the UN General Assembly on Wednesday that Russia cannot defeat his people on the battlefield, so it is looking...

Celebrating Legal Identity Day: “Celebrating the right to be visible”

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yaoundé  - "Legal identity is essential and deserves a dedicated day on September 16!". With these words, Mr. Ebela Yacynthe, Senior...

UN rights chief calls for end to war on Ukraine following latest airstrikes

Mr. Türk said these “relentless” attacks were deepening the humanitarian crisis in the country, tearing apart infrastructure, and creating a host of socioeconomic challenges....

Casualties rise in Ukraine amid escalating Russian attacks, Security Council hears

Two of the country’s main specialist hospitals for children and women were heavily damaged along with key energy infrastructure, reportedly killing dozens of civilians,...

Sudan at the Threshold of Catastrophe Beyond Repair, IOM Chief

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). STATEMENT Amy Pope | Director General, International Organization for Migration Geneva/Paris,15 April – A year ago, war came to Khadim, a mother...

Arbitrary detentions and impunity widespread in Libya, warns UN’s Türk

“Trafficking, torture, forced labour, extortion, starvation in intolerable conditions of detention” are “perpetrated at scale…with impunity”, the High Commissioner for Human Rights told Member...

UN official describes total devastation in Carriacou following Hurricane Beryl

Speaking via video link from Grenada, Simon Springett, UN Resident Coordinator in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, outlined a scene of total devastation in...

IOM Director General’s Message on the Launch of the World Migration Report 2024

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General Assembly demands immediate end to Russian aggression in Ukraine

The Assembly also called for an immediate end to attacks against Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, following weeks of escalation. The resolution entitled Safety and security...

New support needed amid preparations for Ukraine’s third wartime winter

“Kharkiv holds a special place in our efforts to support the people of Ukraine. I have seen firsthand the impact of the continued attacks...

New Diaspora Initiative Set to Drive Collaborative Solutions for Sustainable Development

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Sal, 13 September – In a call for bold and collaborative action, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with the...

UN stresses value of cooperation with key organizations across Eurasia

Elizabeth Spehar, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, was speaking during a meeting on UN collaboration with the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and the...

UN paralyzed, challenges piling up, world leaders ‘going around in circles’, says Brazil’s Lula

Speaking to world leaders at the General Assembly's annual debate, President Lula lamented that the current global situation, including the seeming paralysis of the...

Gaza crisis reveals ‘true nature’ of Israeli regime, Iranian President says

The President of Iran told world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that the past year revealed to the world the true...

Qatar will continue to mediate for peace in Gaza, Amir Al Thani tells world...

Speaking at the Assembly’s high-level debate, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani described the “blatant aggression” against Palestinians in Gaza as the “most barbaric,...

IOM Director General's Message on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia 2024

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). IOM Director General's Message on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia, and Transphobia 2024 mgoloy 16 May 2024 ...

UN experts condemn sentencing of journalists in Russia

On Friday, Mr. Gershkovich was handed a 16-year prison sentence on spying charges in a Russian court. The reporter was arrested in Russia in 2023 and...

Hurricane Beryl highlights need for robust early warning systems

Beryl is the strongest hurricane ever to form in the Atlantic during June and rapidly intensified from a tropical depression to a Category 4...

‘We won’t be silent as apartheid is perpetrated against others’ – South Africa

In his address to Assembly's annual high-level debate, he said, “The South African story bears witness to the enduring role of the United Nations...