Aug 4, 2020
Celebrities, News, United Nations
Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, Daesh, Goodwill Ambassador, Human Trafficking, ISIL, Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Laureate, UN, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, united nations, UNODC, Women and peace and security, Yazidi women
United Nations Dialogue Commemorating the 6th Anniversary of the genocidal campaign against the Yazidi minority in Iraq. Yazidi genocide survivor and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking Nadia Murad, said, “ignoring the suffering of the Yazidis is unacceptable. The international community must not defer meaningful actions any longer.” During an event today (03 Aug) marking the sixth anniversary of the genocidal campaign against the Yazidi minority, Nadia Murad who survived trafficking at the hands of ISIL (Da’esh) called on the Governments in Iraq and Erbil to “search for and [Read More]
Nov 11, 2017
Celebrities, News
Alison Smale, Eglantina Zingg, Gloria Steinem, Goodwill Ambassador, Human Trafficking, ISIL, Islamic State, Levant, Miroslav Lajcak, Nadia Murad, new book, New York, Simone Monasebian, UN, UN Office on Drugs and Crime, united nations, UNODC, USA
Miroslav Lajcak President of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly During Nadia Murad, UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, details her fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of a panel discussion on trafficking in persons and the Lunching of her Book ” The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State” today at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, November 10 2017. The United Nations Office on Drugs and [Read More]
Mar 25, 2017
News, Security Council, United Nations
Audrey Azoulay, Destruction, Interpol, ISIL, Security Council, Sustainable Development Goals, Terrorist Groups, Trafficking of Cultural Heritage, UN, united nations, UNODC
United Nations, New York, USA, 24 March 2017 – Audrey Azoulay, Minister for Culture and Communication of France during a Press encounter today at the UN Headquarters in New York after her Security Council Meeting. The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2347 (2017), condemning the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage in the context of armed conflicts, notably by terrorist groups. The resolution also requests Member States to take appropriate steps to prevent and counter the illicit trade and trafficking in cultural property originating from a context of armed conflict, notably from terrorist groups. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Security Council, United Nations, [Read More]
