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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday called for a focus on development and human rights to help us chart our way out of multiple and inter-locking crises.
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Edited News | UNICEF , UNITED NATIONS
Amid record levels of violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) sounded the alarm on Friday that the country has the world’s highest number of children being raped and killed on a daily basis.
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Edited News , Press Conferences | WMO
Climate change is having a measurable impact on air quality and therefore human health, meaning the two must be tackled together, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Office today highlighted the risks and vulnerabilities faced by an unprecedented number of migrants and refugees who are crossing the Darien Gap – the dense tropical jungle that separates Colombia and Panama – on their journey towards North America.
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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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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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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.