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Record civilian cluster munitions victims as experts urge global ban
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according to new data released
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There has been a dramatic increase in the number of civilians killed by cluster munitions, according to new data released
6 September 2023 · 4 min read
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UN provides funding boost with $125 million to support 14 countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
6 September 2023 · 2 min read
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So far this year, more than 330,000 people have crossed the Darien Gap on their journey towards North America risking their lives and facing horrific human rights abuses
6 September 2023 · 3 min read
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Food assistance to two million people in Afghanistan will have to be cut later this month, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday. Source link
6 September 2023 · 1 min read
Human Rights
Viola Fletcher was just seven years old when she was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, by an armed mob which destroyed the predominantly Black enclave of Greenwood,…
28 August 2023 · 6 min read
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Millions of children in Pakistan remain dependent on humanitarian assistance as recovery and rehabilitation efforts from last year’s catastrophic floods lack sufficient funding, the UN (UNICEF) warned on Friday. Speaking…
28 August 2023 · 2 min read
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Briefing the UN Security Council, Volker Türk ran through a long list of rights abuses, saying that many “stem directly from, or support, the increasing militarisation of the DPRK."His argument…
20 August 2023 · 3 min read
Human Rights
In a message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Mr. Guterres urged the international community to learn from the “nuclear cataclysm” that befell the Japanese…
11 August 2023 · 4 min read
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According to UNICEF, nearly 300 confirmed cases were reported in the first six months of 2023, almost matching the total number documented over 2022 and close to three times the…
8 August 2023 · 3 min read
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Ms. Mohammed on Friday wrapped up a week of development-focused meetings with Government officials in the vast South American country with a stop in Belém, capital of the northern state…
8 August 2023 · 3 min read
