Global Issues Teams

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime's End HT project has produced a new brochure giving updated information on Human Trafficking. You can download the flyer here to share with your club members. 

The Women’s Major Group, an organization working to assure effective public participation of women’s non-governmental groups in the UN policy processes, has  identified ‘8 Red Flags’ in the proposed Sustainable Development Goals post-2015:

Absence of human rights

Sexual and reproductive health targets do not go far enough

Concentration of power and wealth imbalances that deepen poverty and inequalities within and between countries are not...

The group volunteer project will be held in Amman before the Region 9 Meeting on December 3-4, with follow up on December 7. The project will involve painting, cleaning and organizing the community center of Collateral Repair Project (CRP),http://www.collateralrepairproject.org/, a small grassroots non-profit that supports refugees. Volunteers will work side-by-side with members of the refugee community and will be asked...

Mercy Corps http://www.mercycorps.org/ 

This international aid organization is providing humanitarian relief to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan. 

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) http://www.icrc.org/eng/ 

The ICRC provides water, food, medical materials and other essential items to Syrian refugees.

Save the Children http://www.savethechildren.org/ 

This organization is providing an array of services to young refugees in Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon,

By Gavin Higbie

Day three of the International Youth Assembly has unfortunately come and gone. However, it was, of course, an incredible day. Just like the two that came before it. Our day began with a presentation by the young and extremely talented Jake Schwarz, CEO and founder of General Assembly. He explained his background and the rather precarious and...

After eight hours at the United Nations day two of the International Youth Assembly has come to an end, and apparently the inspiration will continue to be unrelenting. From the opening minutes to the end of the day, the program presented us the delegates with engaging speakers who were not only experts in their fields but also demonstrated a clear...