Global Desk

Maseru, Lesotho – 22 May 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in collaboration with the Multisectoral Committee on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), is supporting a series of coordination meetings across the districts of Lesotho to strengthen the national response to trafficking in persons. 

Geneva, 22 May 2026 – As diaspora remittances now outpace both official development assistance and foreign direct investment combined, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) today published a new paper showing how stronger engagement with diaspora communities can enhance humanitarian response and support recovery efforts worldwide.

Bangui, 22 May 2026 – The Central African Republic’s stabilization gains are opening a critical pathway toward long-term recovery and development, which the international community must continue to consolidate through investments in human capital development and livelihoods.  

Beirut, 22 May 2026 – An alliance of international and local humanitarian non-governmental organizations in Lebanon have launched a global fundraising campaign to help families across the country recover from the compounded impacts of conflict, displacement and economic crisis. The initiative is led under the auspices of the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs and facilitated by the International Organization for

External funding cuts, a backlash against human rights, and chronic under-investment in HIV prevention and community services are threatening to reverse years of hard-won progress in the AIDS response, a UN report warned on Friday.

More civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine in May than in any other month in the past four years, UN investigators said on Friday in their latest update.

More civilians were killed and injured in Ukraine in May than in any other month in the past four years, UN investigators said on Friday in their latest update.

Every day, safe blood helps save the lives of women experiencing childbirth complications, accident victims, cancer patients and people living with chronic diseases. Yet despite decades of progress, access to lifesaving blood remains deeply unequal, with shortages continuing to put lives at risk in many lower-income countries, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO)

Every day, safe blood helps save the lives of women experiencing childbirth complications, accident victims, cancer patients and people living with chronic diseases. Yet despite decades of progress, access to lifesaving blood remains deeply unequal, with shortages continuing to put lives at risk in many lower-income countries, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO)

The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is continuing to spread with a spike in child infections an increasingly likely scenario in the days ahead, UN agencies said on Friday.