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UN Secretary General calls for unity and peace at 10th Global Forum of Alliance of Civilizations
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UN experts: Lithuania can do more to prevent enforced disappearances
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva UN experts: Lithuania can do more to prevent enforced disappearances Human Rights Lithuania must continue to strengthen […]
New UN report highlights restrictions on media in Afghanistan, discrimination against female journalists
Under Taliban rules, announcers of different genders cannot appear on the same program together. In some provinces, women are not even allowed to call in to radio programs. […]
Human Rights Key to Ending AIDS: New UNAIDS Report
Of the 39.9 million people living with HIV, 9.3 million still lack access to life-saving treatment. Human rights key to ending AIDS: new UNAIDS report Health A new […]
Top Stories of the Day | Monday: Gender Violence, COP29, Alliance of Civilizations, Plastic
The talks at the UN Climate Conference in Baku ended early Sunday morning. The top stories of the day | Monday: gender violence, COP29, Alliance of Civilizations, plastic […]
Combating Racial Discrimination in the Age of New Technologies
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Final round of talks on global plastic pollution deal begins in South Korea
An installation dedicated to plastic pollution by Canadian activist and artist Benjamin von Wong has been installed outside the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. Final round of […]
The global campaign “16 Days Against Gender Violence” has been launched
An event as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Bangladesh. The global campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence has been […]