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“We want our lives back,” say the children of Gaza
“What we need now are notebooks, books and pens. We want our lives back”said a young Palestinian girl, Sham Al-Abd. She now attends the Deir al-Balah Common Primary School, run…
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Gender equality is not just a goal: it is the foundation of lasting peace
The resolution “was a real game changer,” says Laura Flores, director of the Americas division at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), in an interview with UN News.…
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Guterres worried about post-election violence in Tanzania
In a statement released by his spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres deplored the loss of life and offered its condolences to the families of the victims. The Secretary-General called for “a…
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Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘escalating repression’ and increase in executions following Israeli airstrikes
At a briefing at U.N. headquarters in New York - the first time the mission has presented its findings to the General Assembly - President Sara Hossain said conditions had…
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UN aid continues in Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners are continuing their intensifying efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip,” he said, noting that some strikes have hit areas…
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Tens of thousands of people flee on foot following atrocities in El Fasher, Sudan
Since the powerful paramilitary group made a major incursion into the city last week, the UN human rights office has received "Horrific accounts of summary executions, massacres, rapes, attacks on…
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US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific violate international law, says UN human rights chief
More than 60 people have been killed in the series of attacks which have continued since the beginning of September "in circumstances which find no justification in international law“, Volker…
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Caribbean countries receive lifesaving aid after Hurricane Melissa devastation
Torrential rains, storm surges and landslides caused by the hurricane left a trail of destruction across the region, with homes razed, roads and bridges washed away, and large areas still…
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Ukraine: Russian attacks on energy could trigger a major ‘crisis within a crisis’
The heavy humanitarian and psychological toll of these strikes is compounded by the fact that this year's winter is expected to be much colder than last year's - with the…
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Placing people at the heart of cities, key to improving urban life
Yet, in the face of this rapid transformation, one question arises above all: how can innovation truly serve people, as more and more of them migrate to cities? This question…