Every day, women working in UN Peacekeeping and Special Political Missions are doing their part to help build a better and more peaceful world. So, how do you join and get a job at a UN Mission? Find out more: http://careers.un.org https://peacekeeping.un.org/en/working-with-us https://dppa.un.org/en/employment… Read More
This week Just Asia begins with Bangladesh, where police arrested a prominent government critic on Monday. Police said Moinul Hosein, a top lawyer and publisher of an English daily, was detained after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina slammed him for his comments against a pro-government female journalist. His arrest comes in the wake of a…… Read More
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News A recent UN report revealed that one in eight men in rural Bangladesh admit to having committed rape. Although it is a crime punishable by death, there are no accurate government figures for rape in Bangladesh, largely due to social stigma and a failure by local authorities to investigate…… Read More
Press conference by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), on the situation in the country. The Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, Nicholas Koumjian, said that since February 2021, when the country’s elected government was overthrown, “the number of crimes has unfortunately increased.” Briefing journalists in New York…… Read More
UN investigators have concluded that war crimes have been committed in the Ukraine conflict, listing Russian bombings of civilian areas, killings, torture and sexual violence. A team of three independent experts visited 27 cities and towns, as well as graves and detention and torture centers in four regions Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy. Their findings,…… Read More
East of the Congo, dangerous rebel groups find refuge in the forests. Despite its presence, the UN is powerless to the situation.… Read More
Ukraine’s president pledges to push for victory in 2023 as the war enters its second year with no end in sight. Kyiv’s Western allies pour cold water on China’s 12-point plan aimed at securing a “political settlement” to end the conflict. The United States announces a new $2bn package of military aid for Ukraine and…… Read More
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News A recent UN report revealed that one in eight men in rural Bangladesh admit to having committed rape. Although it is a crime punishable by death, there are no accurate government figures for rape in Bangladesh, largely due to social stigma and a failure by local authorities to investigate…… Read More
The peace agreement that holds together Bosnia-Herzegovina is under threat from a rise in Serb nationalism. More than three years of war in the 1990s devastated Bosnia after the fall of Yugoslavia. Tens of thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands were driven from their homes by ethnic cleansing. The war ended in…… Read More
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News A recent UN report revealed that one in eight men in rural Bangladesh admit to having committed rape. Although it is a crime punishable by death, there are no accurate government figures for rape in Bangladesh, largely due to social stigma and a failure by local authorities to investigate…… Read More
United Nations – In a country where over 20 million people are estimated to be deficient in essential vitamins and minerals, eating small nutrient-rich fish can make a vital difference. UN Stories, Bangladesh: The Future of Small Fish… Read More
The United Nations has said that information it had gathered showed that the shots that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 was fired by Israeli forces. “All information we have gathered … is consistent with the finding that the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured her colleague Ali Sammoudi came…… Read More