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Gaza: UN rights experts condemn ‘killing and silencing’ of journalists
01 February 2024
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Over 120 journalists have lost their lives in Gaza since 7 October.
Ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous war for journalists covering it “in recent history”, UN independent human rights experts warned on Thursday…
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World News in Brief: Dozens killed in Mali ‘summary executions’, Ukraine update, civilian protection in DR Congo, Haiti human rights
01 February 2024
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UN peacekeepers from Tanzania serving under MONUSCO in the DRC speak to women after delivering medical and food supplies at Mbau hospital in Beni, North Kivu province (file photo).
UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed…
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Stories from the UN Archive: All-star 1950s cast visits European refugee camps
01 February 2024
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Stage and screen actor Yul Brynner, Special Consultant, and Dr. Auguste Lindt, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, attend a meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva in 1960. (file)
Yul Brynner was a charismatic and engaging star of stage and screen, and in 1959, the United…
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Stories from the UN Archive: All-star 1950s cast visits European refugee camps
31 January 2024
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Stage and screen actor Yul Brynner, Special Consultant, and Dr. Auguste Lindt, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, attend a meeting of the UNHCR Executive Committee in Geneva in 1960. (file)
Yul Brynner was a charismatic and engaging star of stage and screen, and in 1959, the United Nations…
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Humanitarian response in Gaza 'completely dependent' on UNRWA, says relief chief
31 January 2024
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The UN Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
It has been another day of intense activity across the UN as the crisis in the Middle East stemming from the war in Gaza continues, both in the region and at…
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Gaza: A struggle to keep young hopes alive, amid shattered dreams
31 January 2024
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Deir El Balah School in Gaza.
Children in Gaza will likely lose at least a year of education, with the school year suspended and classrooms closed or turned into shelters. Ziad Taleb, a correspondent for UN News, has been talking to teachers and children at a school in the central Gaza city of Deir Al-…
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Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace
31 January 2024
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Secretary-General António Guterres addressing the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.
Secretary-General António Guterres underscored on Wednesday the critical role of the UN committee on the rights of Palestinians in the face of the ongoing and…
