Venezuela: Millions at risk, at home and abroad
Venezuela has the largest proven oil reserves in the world and is not engulfed in war. Yet its people have been fleeing on a scale and at a rate comparable in recent memory only to Syrians at the height of the civil war and the Rohingya from Myanmar.As…
Coordinator, Wildlife Law Enforcement Support
Major ResponsibilitiesThe Wildlife Programme Law Enforcement Support Coordinator will Implement, and monitor progress of WWF’s anti-poaching and wildlife crime prevention support work Support law enforcement agencies to coordinate patrol planning, patr…
Myanmar To Hold International Agrimach Expo In Yangon Next Month
YANGON, Myanmar is planning to hold an international agrimach expo in Yangon early next month, to showcase agro equipment, latest innovation in technology, fertiliser and input, the official Global New Light of Myanmar reported today (Thursday).Schedul…
Hate Speech, Interethnic Violence and ‘Muslim-Free’ Villages: The Rohingya Crisis in an Era of International Indifference
In Myanmar’s Rakhine State the Rohingya minority, predominantly Muslim, has been subject to the most horrifying human rights violations. The government has embarked on a series of military campaigns against them characterized by religious persecution, …
Third group of Myanmar refugees return home from Thailand with UNHCR support
This week more than 500 refugees in Thailand are expected to return to south-eastern Myanmar as part of a voluntary repatriation process led by the Royal Thai Government and the Government of the Union of Myanmar, with the support of UNHCR, the UN refu…
UN global education envoy urges new funding for ‘lost generation’ of children forced out of classrooms by conflict
A child’s real passport to the future � education � should be stamped in the classroom, not at a border checkpoint, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown said on Tuesday. Ensuring that the world’s children have a place in school classroom …
Myanmar and UN agriculture agency agree framework to improve nutrition and food security
The Myanmar Government and the UN’s agriculture agency signed on Tuesday a multi-year agreement that will create conditions to help improve nutrition and food security in the south-east Asian country, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use…