Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations Security Council today condemned the terrorist attacks on towns in the northern part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, which killed and injured dozens ...
The United Nations in Ukraine is alarmed over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the eastern part of the country, where heavy fighting has intensified in recent days, and is calling for an im...
The United Nations is holding its first ever Social Media Day at its New York Headquarters today, in an event featuring social media professionals, digital diplomacy practitioners and academics who ar...
Expertos nacionales e internacionales coinciden en reclamar medidas para prevenir e identificar los casos de tortura en España. Seis organizaciones denuncian la actual situación de impunidad general...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The rise of the extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) is among those global challenges that have sparked a subordination of human rights in the last year....
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The new Indonesian government should take decisive action to address religious intolerance and a rollback in women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in its Wor...
In a report based on data from the last quarter of 2014, UNHCR also recommends that EU nations should still not return asylum-seekers to Greece.
Refugees, mainly from Um Dorrein, Heiban and Delami counties, also cited the lack of livelihood opportunities and education in their home areas as reasons for leaving.
CHIKWAWA, Malawi, 29 January 2015 – It’s a new day at Tizola Green Bank Camp. Those who managed to find a comfortable place to sleep have woken up hungry after another night. As children are parti...
You’re invited to apply to attend our Feb. 10 Gates Social Media Meetup in Seattle, Wash. At this event you’ll have the opportunity to be among the first to have an up-close view of the foundation...
Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor’s decision to open a preliminary examination into the situation in Palestine is a potential first step toward reduc...
29 Enero 2015 La sección belga de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) anunció hoy la suspensión de sus actividades en Sudán a causa de la negativa reiterada de las autoridades del país a permitir el acc...
One shot and the 18-year-old was dead, adding to the toll of young Honduran males who are attacked, killed or disappear after being deported from the US or Mexico.
Jorge Familiar El Vicepresidente del Banco Mundial para América Latina y el Caribe, Jorge Familiar, visitó La Paz, en Bolivia, para ver de cerca los logros del Programa Barrios y Comunidades de Verd...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 28 January 2015 – On a bright, hot day, Andrew Koroma and Mohamed Conteh walk through Freetown’s congested Rokupa community, armed with a megaphone, posters and flyers. Thi...
SANA’A, Yemen, 28 January 2015 – Riham looks happy and hopeful this morning, in sharp contrast to how she felt a few days ago, when her city was engulfed by heavy firefighting. The 13-year-old wit...
Los medios de comunicación han divulgado en el último tiempo que la economía de Estados Unidos continúa creciendo, y que se está contratando a más personas cada mes, lo cual ha producido una baj...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and GSMA have partnered on a research effort to understand over-the-counter mobile money transactions more deeply across geographies, putting forth a set of definit...
Nearly two months since the Spanish navy recklessly rammed and injured peaceful protestors who were standing up to Repsol, the Spanish oil giant announced their decision to scrap their oil exploration...
During the last ten years Greek politicians have always promised to fight corruption during election periods. However, after coming to power the results were meagre. In 2005 Konstantinos Karamanlis di...
27 Enero 2015 Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) escenifica con este juego que “la industria farmacéutica siempre gana dado el elevado precio de la vacuna del neumococo”. La ONG solicita a GSK y Pfizer...
During the last five years, hundreds of thousands of you joined us in calling on Europe's politicians to both protect our seas from overfishing and to create new laws that support fair and sustainable...
27 Enero 2015 Testimonio de Emilie Rouvroy coordinadora de Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) en Luhansk, en el este de Ucrania. Emilie Rouvroy © Aleksandr Leonidovich Los combates se han intensificado dra...
¿Por qué los precios del petróleo están cayendo tan rápido? ¿No han tocado fondo todavía? ¿Debería preocuparnos que sigan cayendo? Estas son preguntas que probablemente cada ministro de H...
A field visit to health clinics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlights great progress towards reaching more children with vaccines.
It is time for Ocean Lovers worldwide to celebrate! After years of political foot-dragging, and four hectic days of negotiations at the United Nations, a breakthrough came in the wee hours of Saturday...
Young people constitute a sizeable portion of the Asian Pacific population and tend to be particularly exposed to bribery and corruption as students, pupils, workers, customers and citizens. But young...
Recently elected Indonesian President Joko Widodo passed one of the first tests of his integrity credentials on 16 January when he postposed the inauguration of Commissioner General Budi Gunawan, his ...
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 12 January 2015 Today, EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, presented a new Eurobarometer survey to mark the begin...
European Commission - Speech - [Check Against Delivery] Speech Speech Riga, 09 January 2015 Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission Prime Ministers, Ministers, Commissioners, Members ...
European Commission - Fact Sheet Brussels, 08 January 2015 On 12 January 2010, Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake that took 222,750 people's lives, injured many thousands and made 1.5 millio...
En Vila Castelo, una aldea en el estado Pará en Brasil, las mujeres son pescadoras y aprenden a ser microempresarias con apoyo del BID.
La mujer lidera la transformación del municipio colombiano de Apartadó tras años de violencia.
El BID apoya la reestructuración y ampliación del aeropuerto internacional más grande de Costa Rica.