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Climate finance essential to attain sustainable development goals
Aug 5, 2018UNDP has been supporting the Finance Division, Ministry of Finance to prepare the climate budget report to show the Bangladesh Government’s resource commitment to address the adverse effects of climate change. Finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul... -
UN Migration Agency, UNHCR visit migrant transit centres in Algeria
Aug 5, 2018IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) delegations in Algeria were invited to participate as observers in visits to the transit centres of Zéralda (Algiers) and Tamanrasset (South of... -
Thousands at risk of trafficking amid Rohingya refugee crisis
Aug 2, 2018Thousands of people caught up in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee crisis are at risk of human trafficking, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, counter-trafficking experts have warned, stressing that the scourge of exploitation can only be tackled if... -
UN chief to discuss North Korea in Japan
Aug 1, 2018UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to discuss the North Korea crisis with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his visit to Japan next week, a UN spokeswoman said Tuesday. Guterres will be in Tokyo for... -
Afghanistan looks to diaspora to promote development
Jul 18, 2018IOM, in partnership with the Government of Afghanistan, this week organized a workshop to help Afghanistan to engage with its diaspora abroad to promote the country’s development. The event was the first of its kind in... -
UN Secretary’s visit highlights need of funding in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh
Jul 4, 2018UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called on the world to support Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps, where IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and UN partner agencies urgently need new funding... -
Government-NGO collective efforts to prevent child marriage stressed
Jul 3, 2018Collective efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned have become an urgent need to combat child marriage and child pregnancy. Prevention of children marriage and child pregnancy is the precondition for substantial and sustainable improvement... -
Rohingyas want justice, safe return home: Guterres
Jul 2, 2018The United Nation Secretary General Antonio Guterres today said Rohingyas want justice and safe return home. “I’ve just heard unimaginable accounts of killing and rape from Rohingyas who recently fled Myanmar. They want justice and safe... -
Guterres visit to assess progress towards return of Rohingyas
Jun 29, 2018The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will assess progress towards a safe, voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas during his visit to Bangladesh starting from July 1, said St‚phane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary-general. Around 700,000 Rohingyas... -
UN chief says migration is ‘inevitable’
Jun 19, 2018UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that migration, which is currently posing serious challenges to political leaders around the world, was “inevitable”. The topic is being hotly debated across Europe and in the United States....
