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Category: International
UN values of peace, development and human rights ‘have ...
At a celebratory concert in New York on Thursday night, marking the anniversary of the foundational UN Charter entering into force...
Libyan Government plan needed to end ‘dire situation’ o...
The Libyan government must immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees, in a humane manner, consistent w...
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger st...
Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Grave ...
Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-E...
At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, ...
Landmark decision’ gives legal teeth to protect environ...
A 46-strong group of countries across the wider European region has agreed to establish a new legally binding mechanism that would...
Big disappointment' over lack of Syria constitution agr...
The process of drafting a new constitution for Syria has been “a big disappointment” UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen con...
UNICEF sounds alarm over abductions of women and childr...
The number of children and women abducted in Haiti until the end of August already surpassed last year’s total, the UN Children’s ...
$667 million funding call to help Afghans through econo...
Afghanistan’s economy is imploding, with all but three per cent of households expected to fall below the poverty line in coming mo...
Up to 180,000 health workers may have died from COVID-1...
Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of this year, the W...
Women in leadership ‘must be the norm’, Security Counci...
We can no longer exclude half of humanity from international peace and security matters, the UN chief told the Security Council on...
Plastic pollution on course to double by 2030
Plastic pollution in oceans and other bodies of water continues to grow sharply and could more than double by 2030, according to a...
Madagascar: Severe drought could spur world’s first cli...
More than one million people in southern Madagascar are struggling to get enough to eat, due to what could become the first famine...