Adrian Edwards, the United Nations Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) spokesperson says that conflict and instability in Yemen"had limited the ability of the authorities to address trafficking, particularly along the Red Seacoast where Yemeni smugglers and traffickers are often waiting to receive new arrivals from the Horn of Africa." CH UNTV
His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al Hussein of Jordan holds a press conference today on the issue of Genocide together with the Association “Mothers of Srebrenica" and the Association of Witnesses and Survivors of Genocide. UNTV
Addressing today's General Assembly thematic debate on the role of international criminal justice in reconciliation, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that "those who stoke the flames of hatred and division — whether head of state, head of militia, individual soldier or individual citizen – have increasingly few places to hide." UNTV
UNICEF hosted in March a high level meeting designed to draw attention to the issue of violence against children. UNICEF
The Executive Representative and Head of the United Nations (UN) Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL), Jens Toyberg-Frandzen, will present the Tenth Report of the Secretary-General on the UN's Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leoneto the Security Council. UNTV
Mbuji Mayiis the capital city of the provinceof Kasai Oriental, one of the Democratic Republic of Congo's major mining regions and an area where nearly 4 out of 10 children engage in some form of labour. UNICEF
An unprecedented rise in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned in the past year coupled with restrictive legislation and state censorship is jeopardizing independent reporting in many countries says a report released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists at the United Nations in New York. UNTV
UN Police in Haiti and the country's national police are working with dogs to fight trafficking in drugs and guns. MINUSTAH
The Security Council today reiterated its condemnation of all acts of piracy and armed robbery against vessels in the waters off the coast of Somalia, and stressed the need for a comprehensive response by the international community to repress the scourge and tackle its root causes. UNTV
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, today, reversed by majority, Ante Gotovina's and Mladen Markač's convictions for crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war and entered verdicts of acquittal. ICTY