IOM Builds Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking in Mauritius
29 January 2016IOM Mauritius, in partnership with UNODC and Mauritius’ Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions organized a US-funded training on combating (…)
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IOM Says New Witnesses Provide Further Details of Mediterranean Shipwreck Tragedy
18 September 2014IOM Greece staff in Crete today interviewed more survivors of the deliberate shipwreck of migrants heading to Europe from Egypt. The survivors (…)
Gambia: President Should Reject Homophobic Law
11 September 2014, byPresident Yahya Jammeh of Gambia should not sign a new Criminal Code amendment that would increase the punishment for “aggravated homosexuality” (…)
Pillay urges review of Egyptian laws and judicial procedures after latest “shocking” conviction of Al Jazeera journalists
24 June 2014, byUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she was “shocked and alarmed” by the verdicts and heavy jail sentences of between 7 and 10 (…)
Swaziland: UN experts condemn continued detention and trial of human rights defenders
15 June 2014, byA group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed serious concerns at the arrest, detention and prosecution of human rights lawyer (…)
Migrant Boat Arrivals in Italy Top 50,000: IOM Calls for Action
12 June 2014, byIOM Director General William Lacy Swing today called for urgent international action and intensified cooperation following the arrival of over (…)
WHO Disease Outbreak News on Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update
10 June 2014, byGENEVA, Switzerland, June 7, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WHO Disease Outbreak News on Ebola virus disease, West Africa – update (…)
Fisheries: Urgent action needed on overfishing, pollution and climate change
10 June 2014, byFAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva opened a meeting of the world’s only inter-governmental forum on fisheries and aquaculture issues, (…)
First UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi Heralds New Era in Global Efforts to Address Environmental Sustainability
8 June 2014, byThe First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 27 June 2014. This marks a historic milestone in UNEP’s (…)
Navi Pillay : Morocco is undergoing an important transition
30 May 2014, byOpening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, 29 May 2014. Good morning and (…)
IOM Screens over 347,000 for TB in Western Ghana
30 May 2014, byA landmark health screening project will close today (30/5) in Western Ghana. IOM’s TB REACH project, implemented by the Ghana Health Service and (…)
Kenya and UNEP to Host First-Ever UN Environment Assembly in June
30 May 2014, byUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and other High Level Representatives from over 193 UN Member and Observer States, UN Heads of Agencies, Business (…)