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First online consular service lounched for stranded migrants in Libya
Jun 19, 2017News Hour: The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has launched an online consular service to make the consular process easier to access and navigate for vulnerable migrants hoping to return home. The first online consular session was... -
UN Migration Agency appeals for $60 million to aid victims of East Africa’s worst drought in decades
Jun 14, 2017News Hour: The East and Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought the region has seen in decades. Since 2016, repeated failed rains have led to severe food insecurity and to increasing numbers of internal... -
UNDP takes part in Europe’s leading forum on development
Jun 12, 2017News Hour: SDG Advocates Jeffrey Sachs, Muhammad Yunus and Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director of the European Commission’s Department for International Cooperation and Development, were among key speakers in a panel on the role of small businesses... -
UN migration agency seeks funding for displacement settlements in Bangladesh hit by Cyclone Mora
Jun 8, 2017News Hour: The UN Migration Agency, has launched an appeal for USD 3.7 million to help Rohingya migrants living in settlements in Bangladesh affected by Cyclone Mora. The storm hit the country’s coastline around Cox’s Bazar... -
Dhaka for transfer of marine technologies to prevent ocean pollution
Jun 8, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh has called the developed countries particularly the G7 for meaningful transfer of marine and other technologies to LDCs, expected funding and exploration of new sources of financing to prevent ocean pollution. “The LDCs... -
IOM signs cooperation agreement with Chilean Federation of Industry
May 30, 2017News Hour: The UN Migration Agency signed a cooperation agreement with the Chilean Federation of Industry. The agreement, signed in Santiago, Chile, seeks to ensure the implementation of specific projects, establish technical committees and consulting arrangements... -
Canada supports vulnerable families in the West Bank and Gaza
May 29, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$3.6 million contribution from the Government of Canada to support nearly 200,000 of the most vulnerable non-refugee Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank.... -
Middle east airlines cabin crew, airport agencies in Lebanon join fight against Human Trafficking
May 29, 2017News Hour: The UN Migration Agency (IOM) organized a two-day training in Lebanon on “Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Victim Identification and Protection”. A total of 20 Middle East Airlines cabin crew supervisors and staff from... -
China supports UN Migration Agency’s work in Somalia
May 18, 2017News Hour: William Lacy Swing, Director General of the United Nations Migration Agency (IOM) signed an agreement yesterday (15 May) with China’s Ministry of Commerce for USD 1 million of multi-sector assistance, that will support IOM... -
BRAC observes the fourth UN Global Road Safety Week
May 17, 2017News Hour: On 13 May, bus drivers and transport association leaders at the Mohakhali bus terminal took pledges to keep the speed of their vehicles below 30 kilometre per hour while passing schools, hospitals, residential areas...
