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Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations

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Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations

Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal the fate of the more than…

28 June 2025 · 4 min read

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DR Congo: Despite efforts towards a political solution, violence still rages in the east

Since January, the region has seen a new escalation of violence as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group launched an offensive in North and South Kivu provinces.While tensions persist in the DRC, both frontlines and…

28 June 2025 · 2 min read

Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

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Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan Specialist and Senior Advisor with Preventing and Ending Mass…

28 June 2025 · 3 min read

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Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel

“Definitely, people get shot,” said Gaza-based medic Dr. Luca Pigozzi, WHO Emergency Medical Team Coordinator. “They are victim of blast injuries as well and bodily injuries.”The WHO official’s comments follow…

27 June 2025 · 3 min read

Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run

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Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run

Under cooler skies after days of intense heat, the run ended where it all began, at the original UN Charter – the document that launched the Organization and reshaped the…

27 June 2025 · 5 min read

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DR Congo: Conflict survivors ‘have been through hell,’ says UN aid chief

Speaking from the Goma region, whose main city was overrun by Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in January, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher explained that people had suffered “decades of trauma”.The…

27 June 2025 · 4 min read

UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests

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UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests

At least 400 people were injured, including police officers, according to media reports. The official death toll has not been confirmed, with estimates ranging from eight to 16. The demonstrations marked…

27 June 2025 · 2 min read

UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank

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UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank

Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.On 18 June, the…

27 June 2025 · 4 min read

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‘Our kids cry for food’: Most Gaza families survive on one meal a day

The meals which families are able to obtain are nutritiously poor — thin broths, lentils or rice, one piece of bread or sometimes just a combination of herbs and olive…

26 June 2025 · 5 min read

UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

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UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

At least 24 people were reported killed and over 300 injured – including 32 children – when ballistic missiles struck Ukraine’s Dnipro and Odesa regions on Monday and Tuesday, the…

26 June 2025 · 2 min read