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  1. 1 hour ago

    Midweek Report 2018 was launched, revealing that conflict & climate change were major contributing factors to increased hunger & forced displacement, among other challenges.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    The US should be “stepping up, not stepping back” given the state of human rights today, the UN High Commissioner tweeted, echoing comments by that he would have “much preferred” the US to remain.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    In a statement, said that an uptick in conflict in Syria “had resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians, the majority of whom are moving towards the Jordanian border.”

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  4. 11 hours ago

    UN Human Rights High Commissioner Zeid’s appeal to the UN Human Rights Council to mount a high-level investigation, follows a new report by his office into Venezuela, detailing serious abuse allegations.

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  5. 14 hours ago

    "There is an urgent need to protect past gains, and move forward to secure equality for women everywhere,” said the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice on Friday

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  6. 15 hours ago

    "We call on the Government of the US to release these children from immigrant detention and to reunite them with their families," UN human rights experts said Friday

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  7. 16 hours ago

    Japanese law professor Yuji Iwasawa will join the 14 judges at the following separate but simultaneous voting processes in and the on Friday

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  8. 19 hours ago

    “On this International Widows’ Day, let us remember that widows are heroes, working hard to keep families, communities, and societies together following the loss of their spouses,” said chief

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  9. 20 hours ago

    Moves in certain countries to strengthen laws criminalizing rape & sexual violence are “key" to eliminate discrimination against women, the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice said on Friday

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  10. Jun 22

    There is a new judge elected to the Int Court of Justice . Yuji Iwasawa replaces Judge Hisashi Owada, who stood down citing his advanced years and his daughter is soon to be Japan's new Empress

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  11. Jun 22

    The “in 10 years’ time will look different”, a former Vice-President tells UN News, preferring to call it “evolving” instead of “reform.”

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  12. Jun 22

    22June: • policy reversal ‘fails’ thousands already held, say UN experts • chief calls for intl probe on • face global pushback from conservativism, fundamentalism, UN experts warn 🔊

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  13. Jun 22

    "Shocking accounts of extrajudicial killings" in prompt chief call for international inquiry. Rule of law is "virtually absent"

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  14. Jun 22

    Group of independent experts calls on US gov to release children - many asylum seekers - from detention and reunite them all with their families

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  15. Jun 22

    Global conference of national chiefs next week will help build resilient States, Counter-Terrorism Office chief, Vladimir Voronkov tells UN News. Hear his in-depth interview here

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  16. Jun 22

    Counter-terrorism chiefs gather HQ next week for first global conf to fight terror and boost national resilience. We sit down with Counter-Terrorism chief Vladimir Voronkov for in-depth interview

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  17. Jun 22

    “More than 688,000 people remain internally displaced, and another 568,000 are refugees in neighbouring countries,” said head, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga.

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  18. Jun 22

    exhibition: Science fiction becoming reality Glimpses of the UNISPACE+50 exhibition, which features over 40 exhibitors showcasing the latest advances in space technology ▶

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  19. Jun 21

    Myanmar's new UN envoy, Christine Schraner Burgener, called for “credible fact-finding measures & highlighted the readiness on the part of the United Nations and the international community to cooperate,” in this regard.

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  20. Jun 21

    With heads of the world’s agencies slated to meet next week at UNHQ in NY to discuss ways to fight the growing threat, Vladimir Voronkov, counter-terrorism chief, explains the significance of this first-ever high-level conference.

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