2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas
Jan 29, 2020, at 03:20 pm
New York/IBNS: More than 800 people died last year crossing deserts, rivers and remote lands while migrating across the Americas, making 2019 one of deadliest years on record, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
Americas region adopts 'historic' disaster risk reduction plan at UN-backed forum in Montreal
Mar 10, 2017, at 02:13 pm
New York, Mar 10 (Just Earth News): Around 50 countries and territories of the Americas at a United Nations-supported conference in Montreal, Canada, agreed a Regional Action Plan on Thursday to better protect their citizens from the destruction caused by natural and man-made disasters.