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Edited News | OHCHR
The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger, today (2 Mar) announced that the Council will follow measures recommended by the Secretary-General concerning the Covid-19 outbreak and its implications for the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council.
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Edited News | UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
As children freeze to death in Syria, UN-appointed investigators highlight ongoing likely war crimes
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), and Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at UNIS, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR),...
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Edited News | OCHA , WHO
‘Mayhem’ in Idlib’s hospitals amid ongoing violence pushing displaced towards Turkish border
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Edited News , Statements | UNOG , UNITED NATIONS
Discrimination against those affected by coronavirus/COVID-19 must be tackled head on by Governments everywhere, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday, in an appeal for “transparency and information” to help combat the epidemic.
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Edited News | UNOG
Secretary-General says UN needs to recognize failures and "be humble" in better responding to "the will of the people"
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Press Conferences | UNOG
Rhéal LeBlanc, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS), chaired the briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Trade Center (ITC), the United...
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WHO
UN Chief urges countries to ‘do everything’ against COVID-19, thanks China’s people for sacrifice. While the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the COVID-19 outbreak should not be described as a pandemic because it is not spreading uncontrollably, UN Secretary-General on Monday urged all...
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Edited News , Statements | UNOG
People’s basic human rights – their birthright - are “under assault”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, as he launched a Call to Action aimed at boosting equality and reducing suffering everywhere.
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Edited News | OCHA , UNOG
Syria: fears of a ‘bloodbath’ as shelling nears terrified, traumatised displacement camps. Around a million civilians in northwest Syria could face “a real bloodbath, a real massacre” amid an ongoing push by Government forces in the country’s last opposition-held region, a senior UN humanitarian...