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Sexual abuse of elderly likely to ‘grow dramatically’, UN expert says

New York, June 14 (JEN): As the world prepares to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day this Saturday, the UN independent human rights expert mandated with defending the rights of older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, has stressed that they are often victims of sexual abuse and rape, although it remains rarely detected, reported or exposed. more

Amid Venezuela exodus, UN refugee envoy Angelina Jolie visits camps on Colombian border, appeals for humanity, more support

New York, June 11 (JEN): As the United Nations announced four million Venezuelans have fled their country, Angelina Jolie, a special envoy for the world body’s refugee agency, visit ...

Civilians ‘must never be a target,’ says UN in Afghanistan, amid troubling number of casualties during Ramadan

New York, June 11 (JEN): The United Nations has urged all parties to the “ongoing intense conflict” across Afghanistan to meet their obligations to protect civilians from harm ...

Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres

New York, June 8 (JEN): Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human right ...

Three illegal immigrants rescued, two drown off Libyan western coast

Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) Libyan navy on Sunday announced rescuing 73 illegal immigrants, and recovering two bodies off the country's western coast. "A coast guards patrol found a b ...

Asylum seekers in Sri Lanka fear for their safety, in wake of Easter Sunday terror attacks

New York, June 1 (JEN): Since the suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on April 21, there have been concerns for the safety of refugees and asylum seekers living in the country: in the immediate ...

Syria: Thousands of children ‘hemmed in’ by ‘brutal and gratuitous’ spike in violence

New York, May 31 (JEN): A marked escalation in fighting has put tens of thousands of children in northwest Syria at “imminent risk of injury, death and displacement”, the Unit ...

The UN’s unyielding effort to tackle sexual abuse and exploitation: our quarterly update

New York, May 31 (JEN): In the first quarter of 2019, according to latest figures released on Thursday, the United Nations recorded a total of 37 allegations of sexual exploitation and ab ...

In Afghanistan, attacks against schools have tripled in one year

New York, May 29 (JEN): The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that much greater protection for educational facilities was needed across Afghanistan where attacks against sc ...

Eight years in, Syria still embroiled in conflict ‘that no longer sparks outrage’, Security Council hears

New York, May 29 (JEN): After eight years of deadly air strikes and terrorist attacks that have left hundreds of thousands of Syrians dead and millions of others injured, United Nations D ...