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At least 160 people were killed in the fire at the court complex in Wang Fung, Tai Po district, which was being renovated. Mr Türk expressed solidarity with the victims…
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Aksonethip Somvorachit spoke with UN News on the challenges she faced as staff focal point for PSEA. “Early in my career at the UN, I took on the responsibility of…
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Briefing of the ambassadors, Kayoko Gotoh, director of the Europe and Central Asia division at Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairssaid 2025 was one of the deadliest years for civilians…
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Since 2006the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated nearly $10 billion to more than 110 countries through rapid, strategic funding that often arrives before other sources of support, saving…
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Unlike monuments or historic sites, “intangible cultural heritage” refers to living practices – traditions, skills, rituals, music, crafts and social customs that communities pass down from one generation to the…
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At the time, aged just 16, she saw gunmen attack her village and kill people – among them her grandfather and uncle. Girls were raped or taken away. “Nahed managed…
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Addressing ambassadors, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, who currently chairs the OSCE, described the conflict as the most serious challenge to European security in decades and a direct attack on…
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The Security Council meets in New York for a high-stakes briefing on Ukraine, convened by six members amid rising civilian casualties and new strikes on energy infrastructure as winter approaches.…
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“Our findings highlight several worrying trends: increasing civilian casualties on the front lines and in urban areas, sustained attacks on energy infrastructure, and the persistence of systematic and widespread torture…
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Speaking in New York on Monday, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at the UN humanitarian office: OCHAis deeply concerned by the scale and spread of the latest attacks. “In…
