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Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes
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Türkiye: Protecting cultural heritage after the earthquakes

It marks the start of a wider effort to support the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in protecting damaged artifacts, ahead of full restoration. The deliveries took place two months…

11 April 2023 · 3 min read

Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians
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Myanmar: UN condemns deadly military airstrike on crowd of civilians

Military aircraft dropped bombs and fired on a crowd of people in Kanbulu Township, located in Sagaing Region, who had gathered that morning for the opening of a new town…

11 April 2023 · 3 min read

New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia
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New settlement opens for latest Somali refugees in Ethiopia

Mr. Guterres’s appeal came as the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned about the ongoing crisis faced by people displaced by violence from Somalia to Ethiopia. Relocation for the most vulnerable…

11 April 2023 · 4 min read

UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts
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UK must protect unaccompanied children seeking asylum, urge UN experts

“We are deeply concerned at reports that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are going missing and are at high risk of being trafficked within the UK,” the three experts, or Special Rapporteurs,…

11 April 2023 · 2 min read

From The Field: A rare safe space for the LGBTI+ community in El Salvador
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From The Field: A rare safe space for the LGBTI+ community in El Salvador

A visitor receives support at the Diké LGBTI+ community and health centre in El Salvador.The centre, run by the Diké organization, provides a host of services to the LBGTI+ community,…

7 April 2023 · 1 min read

Reflecting on genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Guterres urges all nations to stand firm against rising hate, intolerance
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Reflecting on genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, Guterres urges all nations to stand firm against rising hate, intolerance

“We mourn the more than one million children, women, and men who perished in one hundred days of horror 29 years ago,” António Guterres said in his annual commemorative message…

6 April 2023 · 2 min read

Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
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Rights expert welcomes Vatican’s rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

José Francisco Calí Tzay, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, expressed hope that governments will follow the Holy See’s lead, noting that its impact is still being…

6 April 2023 · 2 min read

Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’
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Tensions mount in Middle East as UN reiterates need for ‘maximum restraint’

According to news reports, as yet unidentified militants fired a barrage of rockets across the border, forcing Israeli civilians to seek shelter, and wounding at least two people. Avoid unilateral…

6 April 2023 · 4 min read

Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech
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Serbia urged to uphold freedom of expression while also countering hate speech

The Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of expression said she was encouraged by the Government’s plans to reform media laws in line with international standards.  However, she was…

6 April 2023 · 3 min read

‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan
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‘The world cannot abandon the people’: Top humanitarian official in Afghanistan

Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, said that amid severe underfunding, the move would “further undermine humanitarian partners’ ability to support the population, especially the most vulnerable such…

6 April 2023 · 4 min read