UN Urges Warring Nations to Observe Olympic Truce
Ahead of next month’s Olympics and Paralympics in the Republic of Korea (ROK), United Nations General Assembly President Miroslav Lajčák
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UN Relief Agency Launches Fundraising Campaign in Gaza
Hundreds of school children in Gaza gathered Monday with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),
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Myanmar Denies Access to UN Human Rights Rapporteur
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, is visiting the country’s neighbours Bangladesh and
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UN Human Rights Experts Urge Turkey Not to Extend Emergency
United Nations human rights experts* urged the Turkish Government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under
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UN Human Rights Experts to Review Children’s Rights
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting in Geneva from 15 January to 2 February to
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UN Reports Upsurge in Civilian Casualties in War-Torn Syria
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the upsurge in civilian casualties in Eastern Ghouta in
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