Swiss vote marks return to a more conservative, less green mindset
Swiss right-wing populist and Socialist parties gained strength at the expense of Greens on issues like climate and migration.
Global Compact for Migration
The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is the first comprehensive intergovernmental agreement on international migration, prepared under the auspices of the U.N. As a non-legally binding cooperative framework, the compact was approved by the U.N. General Assembly in 2018 and provides a set of 23 objectives to improve migration governance.
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Global vows to millions of migrants and refugees still largely unfulfilled
Most of the world's 8 billion inhabitants prefer to stay within their nation of birth, but almost 1-in-20 have left that behind.
Modern slavery traps almost 50 million people around the world
New estimates show 49.6 million people, or nearly 1-in-150 worldwide, trapped in modern slavery - up 23% in five years.
Poor nations focus of global refugee forum expected to raise billions
As financial help for refugees lags, some leaders have raised concerns that insufficient resources can destabilize regions.
Trump's refugee and humanitarian aid faulted for 'cruel practices'
Refugees International gave the Trump administration's U.S. practices a 'failing grade' for a second year in a row.
U.N. rights chief wary of nationalism interfering with global cooperation
A warning that sovereignty and national borders are being invoked to prevent human rights issues from being addressed.
Women and children account for most human trafficking victims
U.N. leaders used the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons to call for increased prevention against a web of factors.
Almost 71 million people globally have been forced to flee their homes
The number of displaced people, including many children, rose by 2.3 million from 2017, and doubled in two decades.
Rise of populism and trade wars erodes international cooperation
The Trump administration's broadsides embolden nations with poor rights records and encourage attacks on journalists.
World faces 'stress test' of dangerous conflicts and climate change
Huge security threats loom from the crisis in Yemen to Afghanistan's fighting to the U.S.-China trade war.
First global migration pact approved at U.N. in bid to 'prevent suffering'
The non-binding deal tries to solve some of the polarizing but age-old issues surrounding people crossing borders.
Nations overwhelmingly approve global 'new deal' for refugees
The effort accompanied a similar pact for migration that the U.N. General Assembly also approved this month.
U.S. ordered by U.N. tribunal to lift some economic sanctions on Iran
Judges ruled sanctions reinstated by the Trump administration breached a treaty between Iran and the U.S.
Trump calls U.N. 'unaccountable' in boastful attack on multilateralism
At the U.N. General Assembly, the U.S. president attacked the world body as a largely useless "global bureaucracy."
Trump administration rebukes International Criminal Court
Trump's national security adviser harshly condemned the International Criminal Court, which is hated by conservatives.
U.S. and Hungary reject U.N.-led push for a new global migration pact
A new global pact for promoting safe migration is advancing at the U.N. without the participation of the U.S. and Hungary.