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From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia
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From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia

Every day, UN human rights officers are on the frontlines to support them. They are part of the UN’s field work, talking to those most affected by conflict and monitoring…

11 June 2023 · 1 min read

Peacekeepers to be repatriated following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse
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Peacekeepers to be repatriated following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse

Following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers based in the Central African Republic, is to be repatriated.

9 June 2023 · 3 min read

Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen
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Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen

OHCHR said that on 25 May, security forces stormed a peaceful meeting of Baha’is in Sana’a. Seventeen people, including five women, were taken to an unknown location, and all but…

9 June 2023 · 2 min read

Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom
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Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom

Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the frontline, Ms. Brown, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator,…

9 June 2023 · 5 min read

UN relief chief outlines three-phase response plan to Ukraine dam disaster
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UN relief chief outlines three-phase response plan to Ukraine dam disaster

“We need to focus on an emergency response right now”, he said, highlighting a three-step plan to provide humanitarian assistance to all Ukrainians impacted, who have faced more than one…

9 June 2023 · 4 min read

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office
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Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva.  The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rival,…

9 June 2023 · 3 min read

UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions
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UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions

“Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable,” said WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain, following a joint statement made by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and USAID announcing their commitment to addressing deeply…

9 June 2023 · 2 min read

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief
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Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and…

8 June 2023 · 3 min read

Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
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Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert

Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but conducive” for the return of Rohingya refugees. Death…

8 June 2023 · 2 min read

Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official
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Dam disaster: UN ‘committed to reaching all Ukrainians in need’, says top aid official

Denise Brown, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, offered reassurance to Dmytro Kuleba that UN agencies and other humanitarian partners have been delivering water, food and cash to those displaced or suffering the impact…

8 June 2023 · 4 min read