World Habitat Day: Municipal Solid Waste Management
World Habitat Day: Municipal Solid Waste Management The United Nations designated the first Monday of October of every year as World Habitat Day to reflect on the state of our…
Dany Fortin to Lead New NATO Mission Iraq
Major-General Dany Fortin to Lead New NATO Mission Iraq Canada’s Department of National Defence has announced that Major-General Dany Fortin has been selected to lead the new NATO Mission Iraq.…
Killing of Journalist Musa Abdul Kareem in Libya Condemned
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has condemned the killing of Musa Abdul Kareem on 31 July in Sabha, southwestern Libya. He worked for a local newspaper. “I condemn the…
UN Calls on Saudi Arabia to Release Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Concerned over the continuing arrests and “apparently arbitrary detentions” of human rights defenders – including campaigners who lobbied for an end to the ban on women driving – the United…
Human Rights: Poet Arrested for Writing a Song in Egypt
UN human rights experts* have urged Egyptian authorities to release poet Galal El Behairy, who has been detained since February for writing a song critical of government policies. Mr. El…
Superwoman Lilly Singh Issues Call to End Classroom Violence #ENDviolence
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Lilly Singh, traveled to South Africa this week to meet children who are speaking out on classroom violence and bullying, as part of UNICEF’s work to end…