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With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council hears

With Gaza on the brink, hostage talks must resume, Security Council...

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Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, underscored the need for continuing the vital discussions, which have been supported by...
India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights

India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles...

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UNAIDS, the main advocate for coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the UN Development Progarmme (UNDP) offices in India have been...
Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

Senior UN aid official urges comprehensive response to Haiti crisis

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Haitians have been facing a multitude of challenges over the years, encompassing political, security, social and economic issues. The protracted crisis has been further...
Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach...

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Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an...
Sudan catastrophe must not be allowed to continue: UN rights chief Türk

World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional...

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Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya said that more than a year into...
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

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Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year

Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed...

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Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April,...
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WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

This reduction in aid comes at a time when Haiti is grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis, with almost half of its population, approximately...

UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal

Following weeks of negotiations, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via...

Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia and Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, were responding...

Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months...

Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic...

Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

“For three months now, the people of Sudan have endured unspeakable suffering amid violence that is tearing their country apart,” Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General...

Kenya: OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters

The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports.OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance...

Women lead marine restoration efforts in the UNESCO Seaflower Biosphere Reserve

Did you know that women represent just 38 per cent of all ocean scientists? A women-led community organisation in the Seaflower UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the Caribbean, is working to restore some of the most important marine ecosystems in the world and paving the way for bigger women's representation in ocean science.

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave

The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia,...

Sudan: Emergency seed distribution campaign underway as fighting continues

The agency plans to reach and assist over one million vulnerable farmers and their families, estimated at around five million people.Combatting the crisisThe fighting...
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