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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Chief today voiced concern at the continued intimidation and harassment of human rights advocates and civil society leaders through legal proceedings in Bangladesh, including Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, known for his work on poverty alleviation through Grameen Bank, and two...
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Press Conferences | OCHA , OHCHR , UNHCR , WMO , WTO
Rolando Gómez, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section at the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Trade Organization, World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations...
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Edited News , Press Conferences | UNITED NATIONS , UNOG
The number of civilians killed and injured by cluster munitions in the past year has reached with more than 1,000 casualties - the highest number ever recorded - mostly owing to their use in the Ukraine war, said the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) civil society group on Tuesday.
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Edited News | OHCHR
“We are extremely alarmed that at least 43 people were killed, including a policeman, and 56 injured during demonstrations on Wednesday in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo," OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters on Friday.
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Edited News | IOM
The UN migration agency (IOM) strongly advocated on Friday for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to organize the safe, dignified and voluntary return of migrants stranded in Niger to their countries of origin and facilitate aid delivery to conflict-affected areas.
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Press Conferences | IOM , OHCHR , UNHCR , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) press conference to present findings on Italy, Croatia, Uruguay, Namibia, Senegal and Turkmenistan
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Edited News | OHCHR
At least 183 people have been killed in clashes since July. The situation worsened considerably in Amhara region, following a flare-up in clashes between the Ethiopian military and the regional Fano militia, and the declaration of a state of emergency on 4 August.
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Edited News | UNICEF
Many of Ukraine’s 6.7 million children will be missing out again on their education at the start of the new school year amid "relentless" Russian attacks on schools, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
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Edited News | UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, sounded the alarm on Tuesday about the “crisis of uncertainty” that is developing in Niger following last month's military takeover.