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Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

Gaza: ‘Devastation is absolutely staggering’, says senior WFP official

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Speaking from Gaza, Jonathan Dumont said many people have been displaced multiple times, and that families are living either in tents or in the...
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Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be...

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Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts said in a statement that it represents a fundamental attack on women’s rights. The legislation, which applies to...
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Public execution in Afghanistan condemned as ‘clear human rights violation’

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The latest incident comes amid growing international concern over the use of capital punishment in the country since 2021, when the Taliban swept...
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Sudan’s displaced have endured ‘unimaginable suffering, brutal atrocities’

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Nineteen months since conflict erupted between rival militaries the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) over the transfer of power...
More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in Gaza, top UN official tells Security Council

More action on the ground needed to save civilian lives in...

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Sigrid Kaag updated ambassadors on the implementation of resolution 2720, adopted last December, which established her mandate following the brutal 7 October Hamas-led attacks...
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85 per cent of journalist killings go unpunished

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The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against...
Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

Nigeria: UN agencies assist families affected by floods

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Heavy rains have ravaged 30 of the country’s 36 states, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.The Government has reported 269 deaths so...
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War in Ukraine: Live updates from the Security Council and the...

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The UN Security Council met in emergency session on Ukraine on Wednesday amid unconfirmed reports that troops from the Democratic People’s Republic of...
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Iran: Repression of women ‘intensifying’, two years on from mass protests

“The Islamic Republic of Iran relies on a system, both in law and in practice, that fundamentally discriminates on the grounds of gender,”...

Sudan famine: Emergency response must include more than food, urges top UN aid official |

The head of UN aid coordination office OCHA in the war-torn country Justin Brady said the famine conditions which already prevail in Zamzam camp,...

UN rights chief calls for global ‘zero tolerance’ against antisemitism

This comes just a day after the UN human rights office (OHCHR) issued a statement expressing horror over the reported summary execution of six...

Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan

Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Stephen Omollo, Assistant Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), briefed ambassadors in...

Stories from the UN Archive: 1960s roots of ‘no justice, no peace’

On 15 April 1967, a delegation led by Dr. King met with the legendary Ralph Bunche and other top UN officials. Mr. Bunche was...

Nurturing hope and leadership among Gaza’s young people

A volunteer with Sharek Youth Forum, a local non-governmental organization (NGO) in war-torn Gaza, Ms. Al Shamali has currently been displaced for the ninth...

China: UN rights office reiterates need to review national security framework

The 31 August 2022 report stated that violations had taken place in the context of the Government’s assertion that it was targeting terrorists...

Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis due to El Niño droughts

This comes just two months after UN humanitarians declared Zimbabwe as one of the hunger hotspots where acute food insecurity was likely to deteriorate.The...

Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents on various platforms,...

Sudan: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid

The Zamzam camp houses about 500,000 displaced persons and is located near North Dufur’s besieged capital, El Fasher, which has witnessed some of the...
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