UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobi addresses Security Council meeting. UN Security Council discusses protection of women as peacekeeping operations wind down Women Peacekeeping operations have become […]
War in Gaza: attacks on schools and murders of journalists
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UN Secretary General calls for rebuff to those who are “recklessly waving the nuclear saber again”
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ICC Prosecutor: Those Perpetrating Darfur Atrocities Will Be Held Internationally
Children in Darfur continue to suffer from violence. ICC prosecutor: those responsible for atrocities in Darfur will be held internationally accountable Peace and Security Crimes are being committed […]
UN Human Rights Watch Accuses Iranian Authorities of Repression Against Minorities
Iranian expatriates rally in Sweden. UN human rights watchdog accuses Iranian authorities of repressing minorities Human Rights Ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, particularly the Kurdish and Baloch […]
Volker Türk calls for end to violence in Bangladesh
View of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Volker Türk calls for end to violence in Bangladesh Human Rights UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has called for […]
10 years after Yazidi genocide, UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for justice
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INTERVIEW | Nuclear disarmament: geopolitical differences ‘pull countries apart’
Meeting of the second session of the Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. INTERVIEW | Nuclear […]
IAEA chief warns of falling water levels in cooling pond at Zaporizhzhya NPP
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Russia: All remaining jailed human rights activists, journalists and war opponents must be released, UN experts say
Evan Gershkovich, a journalist for The Wall Street Journal, was released on August 1 as part of a prisoner swap between the United States, Russia and several other […]