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UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse
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UN agency for Palestine refugees on verge of financial collapse

Chronic underfunding over the past decade, and resultant severe austerity measures, mean UNRWA is already operating with a $75 million shortfall, putting its lifesaving programmes across the Middle East at…

2 June 2023 · 3 min read

Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts
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Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts

In a statement on Friday, the experts said that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence-based biometric surveillance systems, are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts”, without individuals’ knowledge or consent ‘Urgent red…

2 June 2023 · 3 min read

Sudan: Crisis fuels ‘desperate’ situation for civilians, as Security Council demands unhindered humanitarian access
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Sudan: Crisis fuels ‘desperate’ situation for civilians, as Security Council demands unhindered humanitarian access

In a press statement issued late on Friday, the UN Security Council expressed its “deep concern” over the continued clashes, condemning all attacks on civilians, and calling for “rapid, safe…

2 June 2023 · 6 min read

Time running out to save Myanmar’s Rakhine from hunger and disease post-Cyclone Mocha
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Time running out to save Myanmar’s Rakhine from hunger and disease post-Cyclone Mocha

Some 1.6 million people in Rakhine, Chin, Magway, Sagaing, and Kachin states are in dire need of assistance after Mocha’s 250 kilometre per hour wind gusts destroyed homes, farmland and livestock. Speaking…

2 June 2023 · 3 min read

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