News stories by Yury Fedotov

  1. The U.N. at 70: Drugs and Crime are Challenges for Sustainable Development

    - Inter Press Service

    VIENNA, May 27 (IPS) - With terrorism, migrant smuggling and trafficking in cultural property some of the world's most daunting challenges, "the magnitude of the problems we face is such that it is sometimes hard to imagine how any effort can be enough to confront them. But to quote Nelson Mandela, 'It always seems impossible until it is done'. We must keep working together, until it is done."

  2. OPINION: The Survivors

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    VIENNA, Oct 17 (IPS) - Oct. 18 is the EU's Anti-Trafficking Day, as well as the United Kingdom's Anti-Slavery Day. These events offer a good opportunity to talk about human trafficking within Europe's borders, but we should not forget that there are victims and survivors all over the world.

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