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UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

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UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

Pride Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, diversity, and achievements of LGBTQI individuals, UNAIDS said in a press release, while also reflecting on continuing struggle for full equality,…

1 June 2023 · 3 min read

UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

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UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

The cuts will reduce the value of rations provided to Rohingya refugees to $8 per month, or 27 cents per day. At the beginning of the year, refugees were receiving…

1 June 2023 · 4 min read

Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers

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Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers

Russian attacks overnight, killed three people – including the girl’s mother – and wounded 11 others, according to news reports. It followed a reported 17 strikes on the capital during…

1 June 2023 · 3 min read

Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR

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Urgent support needed for Chad, as arrivals from Sudan top 100,000: UNHCR

The number fleeing violence in Sudan since fighting between rival militaries began in mid-April in Khartoum, quickly destabilizing the entire country, has now topped 100,000. The majority of arrivals in…

1 June 2023 · 3 min read

UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

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UN commends Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia, as final judgement is delivered

Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović were convicted by the court – part of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) which took over from the ICTY – in 2021,…

31 May 2023 · 3 min read

Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

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Uganda: Guterres voices deep concern as Anti-Homosexuality Act signed into law

The draconian law foresees the application of the death penalty and long prison sentences for consensual sex between adults. Non-discrimination principle Mr. Guterres called on Uganda to fully respect its…

31 May 2023 · 2 min read

UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch

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UN chief strongly condemns DPRK spy satellite launch

The country, commonly known as North Korea, attempted to fire off its first military reconnaissance satellite earlier that day but it crashed into the sea, according to media reports. The…

31 May 2023 · 1 min read

Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO

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Economic woes dash job prospects in low income countries: ILO

In its new Monitor on the World of Work report, ILO shows that while in high-income countries, only 8.2 per cent of people willing to work are jobless, that number…

31 May 2023 · 3 min read

IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

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IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

Delivering his latest update, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi reported that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) – the largest in Europe - remains extremely fragile and…

30 May 2023 · 5 min read

Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

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Belarus: ‘Unprecedented level of repression’ must end, say UN rights experts

“The practice of incommunicado detention of members of the political opposition and prominent figures sentenced to lengthy prison terms for voicing dissent increased in 2023,” the 18 Special Rapporteurs and Human Rights…

30 May 2023 · 2 min read