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Sudan: Rights chief deplores deadly army strikes on North Darfur market
26 March 2025
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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressing a General Assembly meeting. (file)
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly army airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week.…
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Biological weapons ‘must not only be unthinkable but also impossible’
26 March 2025
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Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria.
The world came together 50 years ago to ban biological weapons and in today’s volatile geopolitical climate we can ill-afford to let this moral safeguard “…
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UN Mission urges restraint as South Sudan crisis deepens
26 March 2025
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Взрыв мины на окраине города Лори в Южном Судане.
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement as violence escalates and reports emerge of the detention of First Vice President Riek Machar…
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Decades of progress in reducing child deaths and stillbirths at risk, UN warns
25 March 2025
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Newborns at a maternity and childrens hospital in in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
The number of children around the world dying before their fifth birthday stands at a record low – but this achievement is under threat due to a chronic lack of investment in routine humanitarian work and…
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Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’
25 March 2025
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Details from the permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said…
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‘Fragility and hope’ mark new era in Syria amid ongoing violence and aid struggles
25 March 2025
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The Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen (centre), talks to the media at Sednaya prison.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, pointing to the devastating violence on the coast earlier this month, which marked a grim…
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Migrant deaths in Asia hit record high in 2024, UN data reveals
25 March 2025
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A border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan. (file)
The year 2024 marked the deadliest on record for migrants in Asia, with at least 2,514 lives lost along the region’s perilous migration routes, according to new data from the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM…
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World News in Brief: Alarm over Türkiye detentions, Ukraine update, Sudan-Chad border emergency
25 March 2025
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The skyline of Istanbul in Türkiye. The city's mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has been removed from office and charged with corruption. Over 90 people have been detained by authorities during subsequent protests.
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed major concern on…
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Niger: Mosque attack which killed 44 should be ‘wake-up call’, says rights chief
25 March 2025
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Soldiers of the Niger army patrol on the border with Nigeria in the south of the country.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned the recent attack on a mosque in Kokorou village, in western Niger, in which at least 44 worshippers were killed and…
