What Is Social Justice And How Is The UN Helping Make It A Reality?
Social justice is for everyone, which is why the UN pays attention to the needs of particularly marginalized and vulnerable communities, such as refugees, indigenous peoples and those living with ...
From Suits To Social Justice: World’s Top Human Rights Forum Turns Stage Over
Echoing the Day’s 2025 theme Strengthening a Just Transition for a Sustainable Future, the event was co-organised by UNRISD, an independent UN research institute focusing on development issues, and ...
DR Congo Violence Has Pushed 35,000 To Burundi, Says UN Refugee Agency
UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across ...
Central African Republic Faces Ongoing Challenges Ahead Of Elections
Peace talks got underway in early 2019 under the auspices of the African Initiative for Peace and Reconciliation in CAR, led by the African Union (AU) with UN support. The deal was agreed in Khartoum, ...
Post-war Order Facing ‘Greatest Test Since Its Creation’: UN Relief Chief
Tom Fletcher was addressing the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) which was set up by the UN General Assembly in the early 1990s as a coordination forum for humanitarian aid worldwide.
New Children’s Book Promotes The Value Of All Languages
For 25 years, the UN has celebrated International Mother Language Day on 21 February to highlight the importance of preserving linguistic diversity and promoting all mother languages, which in the ...
Golden Shears Entries Pass 400 As Big Annual Festival Looms
Southland has other hopes in Nathan Stratford, whose 88 wins in 28 seasons of Open shearing don’t include the Golden Shears title, despite shearing in the final 12 times, surprise 2024 runner-up Casey ...
Albania Violated Roma Children’s Rights By Denying Birth Registration, UN Human Rights Committee Finds
GENEVA (20 February 2025) – Albania violated the rights of three Roma children by failing to register their births, leaving them without legal recognition, and at risk of statelessness, the UN Human ...
UN Torture Prevention Body Postpones First 2025 Visit Amid UN Liquidity Financial Crisis
The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) announced today that it was left with no choice but to postpone its planned first visit of the year to Serbia, owing to the lack of funding as a ...
Children In DRC Endure Grave Violations Under Siege, UN Committee Warns
GENEVA (20 February 2025) - Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing an unprecedented catastrophe, enduring grave violations, including summary executions, sexual violence, ...
Rising Singer-Songwriter Jenni Smith Shares Euphoric New Single ‘Laugh Louder’
Laugh Louder’ is a celebratory break-up song, revelling in the fact that leaving someone doesn’t always end in heartbreak, but can lead to a rediscovery of freedom and sense of self, and the knowledge ...
Everybody Digs By Harvey Pink's Flying Bathhouse Is Out Today Independently
On Harvey Pink’s Flying Bathhouse's new record Everybody – out today independently – the Melbourne musician reckons with turbulent emotions. There's despairing lows, melancholic yearnings and moments ...