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Homeworkers live fifteen minutes further away from work | Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In the 2023 survey, a few questions were asked...

CO2 emissions from road traffic up by nearly three percent in 2022 | Statistics...

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Download CSVShow datatableCO2 emissions from road traffic201928.5202025.4202126.2202226.9CO2 emissions from...

Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia

The UN Children’s Fund’s investigation, Pathways to Better Protection, reveals that children with disabilities account for up to 87 per cent of those in...

Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse

The experts had previously written to the authorities after receiving information about three cases regarding allegations of sexual abuse of several children by their...

Ukraine: UN rights office deplores attack in Russian-occupied Donetsk

Meanwhile, in New York, the Security Council met once again to discuss the war stemming from Russia’s invasion that will mark its bloody two-year...

Ukraine war: Political affairs chief warns against rhetoric fuelling ‘already dangerous conflict’

“We understand both Russia and Ukraine are conducting separate investigations into the incident, and Kyiv has called for an international probe,” Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General...

Stories from the UN Archive: All-star 1950s cast visits European refugee camps

The Russian-born actor, filmmaker and photographer was appointed a special consultant to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in...

World court rejects bulk of Ukraine’s terrorism charges against Russia

The 117-page judgement contained rulings on seven matters in Ukraine’s case against Russia. Part of the case claimed that Moscow was funding pro-Russian separatists in...

Businesses less positive about investment | Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Despite the deterioration in expectations, the number of business...

UN’s political chief warns of escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine...

Briefing the Security Council, Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told ambassadors “we are no closer to the end of this illegal and...

Iran-Israel “Shadow War” Risks Spinning Out of Control

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Iran and Israel are trading threats and counter-threats following the 1 April strike, attributed to Israel, on the Iranian...

Exports down by nearly 4 percent in February | Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). The CBS Exports Radar of April indicates that conditions...

Security Council debates Kosovo’s new rules on Serbian currency

The Prime Minister of Kosovo and Serbia’s President joined Council members in a heated discussion centred on new rules, which came into force on...

Address root causes of Ukraine war, UN official urges, as anniversary of Russian invasion...

Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), warned that the fighting risked “further diminishing the...

Slightly fewer bankruptcies in March | Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Download CSVShow datatableNumber of bankruptcies of businesses and institutions...

After Navalny death, independent expert on rights in Russia asks ‘who is next?’

Speaking exclusively to UN News, she said her office had raised repeated concerns over the past months, among them, over Mr. Navalny’s deteriorating health.Arrested...

Russia: UN human rights office ‘appalled’ at death of Navalny in prison

Mr. Navalny, 47, had lost consciousness and could not be revived, according to media reports.“If someone dies in the custody of the State, the...

UK bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ‘undercuts human rights’: UN rights chief

“You cannot legislate facts out of existence,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, calling on the UK Government to reconsider the bill...

UK urged to end ‘national threat’ of violence against women and girls

Concluding a 10-day visit to the country, Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem noted that a woman is killed by a man every three days in...

Ukraine: Report reveals war’s long-term impact which will be felt ‘for generations’

“Russia’s full-scale armed attack on Ukraine, which is about to enter its third year with no end in sight, continues to cause serious and...

‘High time for peace’, UN chief says, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters...

“Two years on and a decade since Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Ukraine’s Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the war...

General Assembly President calls for solidarity with Ukraine as ‘needless war’ reaches two-year mark

“As we reflect on the two years of anguish and hardship, let us emerge from this place with a resounding message of solidarity and...

Ukraine: Bucha and Irpin rise from the ashes of Russian military occupation

"They were flying by helicopter from the direction of the cargo airport in Hostomel . Then they marched with tanks along Vokzalna Street, crossed...

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