China: End Arbitrary Detention System for Sex Workers

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Chinese government should abolish the Custody and Education system used to detain primarily sex workers for up to two years without trial, Human Rights Watch said ...

Syria: UN agency ready to expand aid work in Yarmouk, if reported truce holds

Following a reported ceasefire in the besieged Yarmouk camp in Syria, the United Nations agency that administers aid to Palestinian refugees said it is ready to resume and expand its humanitarian acti...

Efficient public administration central to attaining development goals – Ban

Marking United Nations Public Service Day, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hailed today the invaluable contributions of public servants and administrators in the international community’s efforts to b...

Security Council calls on Libyans to ensure peaceful holding of parliamentary polls

The United Nations Security Council today called on all parties in Libya to ensure the free and fair holding of the parliamentary elections scheduled for 25 June, stressing that the polls are an impor...

Egypt jails Al Jazeera journalists, US calls sentences "chilling"

Mormon church excommunicates prominent U.S. activist Kate Kelly

U.S. top court mostly upholds Obama bid to curb carbon emissions

Recurrir a los datos ambientales para entender las pérdidas de los bosques y las áreas protegidas

Los recursos ambientales difieren de manera significativa de los recursos financieros, humanos y de capital ya que se agotan. Y, dada la dependencia cada vez mayor de los recursos naturales, este es ...

Council of Europe/Azerbaijan: Confront Aliyev on Rights

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Council of Europe’s leaders and members of its Parliamentary Assembly should urge Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to end his country’s growing persecution o...

Ébola en África Occidental: MSF reclama una movilización regional excepcional para controlar la epidemia

23 Junio 2014 El brote de Ébola sigue propagándose en Guinea, Sierra Leona y Liberia. La organización médica internacional Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) alerta que para poner la epidemia bajo contr...

Egypt: Jazeera Convictions Miscarriage of Justice

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email A Cairo court sentenced three Al Jazeera English staff members to multi-year prison sentences on June 23, 2014, after a trial in which prosecutors failed to present an...

España:Anteproyecto de ley sobre aborto: carta abierta a la vicepresidenta del Gobierno

Iraq: A productive day in the field for UNHCR protection duo

Wael and Jwan are UNHCR protection staff. At the Khazair checkpoint they monitor arrivals fleeing from other areas of northern Iraq, gauging both numbers and needs.

Stars bring UNHCR's World Refugee Day message reach to over 150 million

More than 40 high profile UNHCR supporters rallied over the past week to spread awareness about World Refugee Day and the plight of the forcibly displaced.

Egipto:Condenadas a muerte 183 personas más en una nueva purga contra la oposición política

Bajo crecimiento: una amenaza a las conquistas sociales de América Latina

Durante casi una década, las grandes economías de mercado emergentes, entre ellas varios países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), han sido consideradas por los analistas e inversores como nuevo...

HOW THE G20 COULD UNMASK THE CORRUPT

The G20 leaders meet in Australia later this year. Pressure is growing on them to build on the commitments from last June’s G8 Summit on beneficial ownership. That’s an obscure phrase for an ugl...

An Idea for G20 Officials on Inclusive Growth – a Financial System that Works for Everyone Globally

There is now a great opportunity for the G20 collectively to develop robust, specific initiatives under each of these action headings, building on the experience of digital financial development alrea...

Support for high seas protection grows stronger despite USA

This is my first time in New York, but neither the soaring temperatures, the rush nor the crowds seem to faze me, this is nothing compared to India! This is also my first time at a UN meeting, joining...

Focus on Teachers: Yarra Howze, Supporting Teacher Growth

Teacher leader Yarra Howze supports teacher growth and embraces leadership role outside her classroom.

Sudán del Sur: MSF advierte sobre las deplorables condiciones de vida en Bentiu

20 Junio 2014 Las enfermedades prevenibles y la desnutrición aguda severa están causando un alarmante número de muertes entre los alrededor de 45.000 desplazados que han buscado refugio en la base ...

Rusia:El rechazo de la apelación de los presos de Bolotnaya es una advertencia de las autoridades

Joint statement by European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs and Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik on the joint declaration of ACP-EU countries on the development agenda beyond 2015

European Commission Statement Brussels, 20 June 2014 "Today the Joint Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) and EU countries agreed on a joint declaration for a global devel...

World Refugee Day: time for solidarity

European Commission Statement Brussels, 20 June 2014 The European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, the European Commissioner for ...

Q/A: The European Commission helps refugees

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 20 June 2014 Who is a refugee? Every year natural disasters, conflicts and human rights violations force millions of people to leave their homes and to flee to save ...

MSF en primera linea: Bossangoa, RCA

20 Junio 2014 Ha pasado más de un año desde el golpe de Estado y los enfrentamientos entre los grupos armados Séléka y anti-Balaka han sumido a la República Centroafricana en el caos. Los habitan...

World Refugee Day: Grim landmark reached as millions remember the forcibly displaced

World Refugee Day kicked off in the Pacific and spread around the world in what has so far been one of the most challenging years for the UN refugee agency.

In Indonesia, building new traditions for a healthier future

BANGGANG, Indonesia, 19 June 2014 - In the village of Banggang, Central Java, located in the shadows of the active volcano Mount Merapi, mothers are learning a new way to feed their babies.

When it comes to nuclear power, small isn't beautiful. Or safe or cheap.

Not beautiful, safe or cheap: a message to the United States, where the Obama administration has pledged to waste money financing the Small Modular Reactor (SMR).SMRs are supposed to be small and pref...

Calling All #MillennialChangeMakers

Today, we launched the 4th Cannes Chimera Initiative creative competition, and with it, the opportunity to become our partner as we embark on a new challenge: inspire Millennials to be part of the gen...

Diez cosas que puede que no sepa sobre Brasil

Millones de fanáticos del fútbol en todo el mundo tienen sus ojos pegados a Brasil por la  Copa Mundial de la FIFA. A la luz de esto, echemos un vistazo a los datos de libre acceso del Banco Mun...

In Chad, seeing reality through children’s eyes

N’DJAMENA, Chad, 17 June 2014 – Hachim Issa kneels down to photograph a family inside their tent in Zafaye refugee camp in N´Djamena, the capital city of Chad. He knows the light is right. The ca...

Ocean action in Washington – but High Seas ignored

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, clearly cares about the ocean. He grew up with the sea and backed many progressive ocean policies while in the US Senate. You could feel that emotional connection at...

Czech construction job: honest official makes sure citizens win

Unhošť is a small, sleepy town about 20 kilometres from Prague’s city centre – home to around 3,500 inhabitants. Normally, this is a peaceful place, but a controversy a few years ago has taken i...

In Nigeria, bringing the message of education for all

TORO, Nigeria, 13 June 2014 – Kasimu Limon Toro beams with pride as his 12-year-old daughter Nailatu talks about her dream: One day, she will become a doctor. “I will support her in this with all ...

From CEO to whistleblower

Shortly after being appointed CEO of the Japan-based company Olympus, Michael Woodford discovered a massive case of fraud within the company. When he tried to raise the alarm internally, calling on bo...

La Pesca en Pará, un Negocio Femenino

En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.

Forjadoras del Nuevo Apartadó

La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.

Listos para despegar

El BID apoya la reestructuración y ampliación del aeropuerto internacional más grande de Costa Rica.