On the eighth anniversary of the start of Syria's civil war, the UN Refugee Agency's Jean-Nicolas Beuze worries if we are dedicating enough attention or resources to helping Syrians.
As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada's borders.
Irena Creed, a Canadian biology professor and executive director of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan, co-chaired a 19-member panel that compiled evidence showing how the health of the planet’s forests is intricately tied to the safeguarding of sustainable access to water.
"This was not just an urban middle class uprising protesting the result of a fraudulent election. This was an uprising by the poor, joined by the middle class, with chants and slogans against economic inequality, poverty, and unemployment."
Angelina Jolie delivered a stinging rebuke on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, of global efforts to stop the use of sexual violence in war and called on the UN to finally help turn the tide.
The facts behind the Syrian chemical weapons attack must be clearly established so those responsible can be held accountable, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday April 5, 2017.