A record US$ 260 billion was sent home by migrant Asian workers last year and one in ten Asian families depend on this remittance money to survive. But, according to a new report to be launched on 20 May 2013, high fees and limited financial services mean that the potential impact this money could have [...]
The United Nations labour agency (ILO) today welcomed an agreement signed by international fashion brands and retailers, and trade unions to prevent workplace disasters and insisted action had to happen immediately on improving conditions in factories in Bangladesh. CH-UNTV
Talking to journalists today at the United Nations on the situation in Syria, United Kingdom's Prime Minister David Cameron says that if there is no engagement with the opposition, "then we shouldn't be surprised if extremist elements in that opposition grow". UNTV
The United Nations General Assembly today approved a resolution condemning the Syrian Government and giving recognition to the Syrian National Coalition by 107 votes in favour, 12 votes against and 59 abstentions. UNTV
Jerry Velasquez, Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) for in Asia-Pacific Regional says that the good news is that less people are dying, but he warns that "the bad news is economic losses are going through the roof”. UNISDR / LINX PRODUCTIONS
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have delivered aid to an area in northern Syria that had not received UN assistance for the past 10 months due to insecurity. (CH UNTV)
Talking about the recent outbrake of Coronavirus, the World Health Organization's Spokesperson Gregory Hartl said today in Geneva that "Anytime a new virus starts infecting humans, we have to take it seriously and especially a virus which has killed 60 percent of the people it infects." WHO
As part of his five-day tour of the region, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous on Sunday toured the Line of Withdrawal (Blue Line) in UNIFIL area of operations in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL
Desperate Syrian refugees take deadly risks to get to Europe. UNHCR
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that reports of massacres allegedly carried out by Syrian government forces and pro-government militias in recent days should spur international action to find a solution to the conflict and ensure those responsible for serious human rights violations are made to account for their crimes. [...]