War and conflict

The number of people forced to flee their homes by war and persecution has risen to record levels for the third year running, with 65.6 million people displaced around the world – more than the population of Britain.

戦争や迫害によって故郷を追われた人の数は3年連続で記録的な水準に達し、世界中で6,560万人が強制移動を強いられましたが、これは英国の人口を上回っています。

The peoples of the world need the United Nations more than at any time since 1945. It must not allow itself to remain mainly as a vehicle for the aggregation of national interests, or worse, as an instrument of power to be deployed by the geopolitical giants - especially the United States.Three UN veterans make their case for reforming and reempowering the world's most ambitious organisation, by Hans-C. von Sponeck, Richard Falk amd Denis Halliday.

ケニア、イエメン、南スーダン、ソマリア（飢饉に直面している、あるいはその危険にさらされている国々）から戻ったばかりの国連人道高官は本日、人々を「餓死」から救うための包括的な行動を国際社会に訴えました。