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India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles...

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UNAIDS, the main advocate for coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the UN Development Progarmme (UNDP) offices in India have been...
UN pledges to stand with Gazans in Rafah; Guterres says ceasefire opportunity ‘cannot be missed’

UN pledges to stand with Gazans in Rafah; Guterres says ceasefire...

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Multiple news outlets have reported that Hamas's supreme leader, Ismail Haniyeh, had confirmed the militant group's acceptance of what it stated were Israel's ceasefire...
Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

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Haitians have been facing a multitude of challenges over the years, encompassing political, security, social and economic issues. The protracted crisis has been further...
Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach...

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Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an...
Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief Türk

World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional...

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Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya said that more than a year into...
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

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Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year

Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed...

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Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April,...
Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent attack

Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher as UN warns of imminent...

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In a note to correspondents issued on Friday, the UN said there were “increasingly alarming reports of a dramatic escalation of tensions”.“The Rapid Support...
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Rights experts urge France to protect children from sexual abuse

The experts had previously written to the authorities after receiving information about three cases regarding allegations of sexual abuse of several children by...

Deep concern over Afghan arrests, UN commits to stay and deliver in Mali, new migrant support plan

In the capital, Kabul, large numbers of Afghan women and girls have been warned and detained. Some have also been detained in Daykundi province.

Over 450,000 children institutionalized across Europe, Central Asia

The UN Children’s Fund’s investigation, Pathways to Better Protection, reveals that children with disabilities account for up to 87 per cent of those...

UN chief reiterates Gaza ceasefire call, condemns ‘collective punishment’ of Palestinians

Addressing reporters at UN Headquarters, UN chief expressed deep concern about Gaza, stressing that only a ceasefire will prevent the crisis from escalating.

How is the UN helping civilians in Gaza?

How is the UN helping civilians in Gaza? Source link

Gaza ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict approaches 100-day mark

Speaking ahead of Sunday’s grim milestone, Spokesperson Liz Throssell reiterated the need for OHCHR staff to have access to Israel and all parts...

Gaza: ‘One door’ insufficient as aid lifeline for 2.2 million people |

At least 200 truckloads each day are needed and despite the “outstanding” efforts of national and international partners, UN humanitarians are stuck having to...

War against Hamas in Gaza is act of self-defence, Israel tells world court

On the second and final day of preliminary hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel’s legal team insisted that the twin...

Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

“About 160 children are killed every day; that’s one every 10 minutes,” said UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, echoing concerns from...

World News in Brief: Griffiths demands end to ‘ruinous’ Sudan conflict, Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange, Iran bombings latest

World News: the international community must take “decisive and immediate action” to bring nearly nine months of brutal civil war in Sudan to an end
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