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Children’s lives in Mediterranean Sea must take priority over politics, says UNICEF
© UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson Two teenage brothers from Gambia who travelled across the Mediterranean Sea without their parents walk along a...
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Aug 16, 20192 min read
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Climate and health: finding common cause
Mandeep Dhaliwal Director of the Health Group, UNDP Bureau for Policy and Programme Support 7146 The UN Climate Summit 2019 and UN...
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Aug 16, 20192 min read
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Saving children stranded on the Mediterranean must be prioritized over politics
Statement attributable to Ms. Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Special Coordinator for the Refugee...
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Aug 16, 20192 min read
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The role of weapon and ammunition management in preventing conflict and supporting security transiti
#Weapons and #ammunition management is a key component of conflict prevention and stabilization strategies. Eight States in Africa have...
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Aug 15, 20196 min read
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
© Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved /2016, ProLitteris, Zurich. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd Damien Hirst...
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Aug 15, 20191 min read
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‘Palpable reduction’ in violence following Eid truce says Libya Mission, as UN investigates deadly b
14 August 2019 Peace and Security A UN call for a humanitarian truce over this week’s Eid al-Adha religious holiday led to a “palpable...
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Aug 15, 20192 min read
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Improving breastfeeding facilities benefits workers, their babies and business
A worker-management committee has helped improve facilities for new mothers in one of Indonesia’s leading garment factories, while...
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Aug 15, 20193 min read
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Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF
BAMAKO/DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 13 August 2019 – There has been a sharp increase in grave violations committed against children in 2019 in...
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
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UNHCR urges Europe to allow 507 rescued passengers to disembark
Nearly 600 people have died or gone missing on the Central Mediterranean in 2019. © UNHCR/Markel Redondo UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,...
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
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Facing down storms in The Land of Rivers
Forward-thinking makes families better equipped to deal with monsoons in Bangladesh World Food Programme Aug · Farmer Feroze, here with...
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Aug 14, 20194 min read
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Hong Kong airport disruption, Geneva Conventions at 70, new Ebola drug breakthrough, French fighters
13 August 2019 Peace and Security After two consecutive days of chaos at Hong Kong International Airport, the UN High Commissioner for...
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
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Press briefing note on Hong Kong, China /
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 13 August 2019 Subject: Hong Kong,...
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Aug 14, 20192 min read
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Indigenous women balance identity, gender and politics when in power
Blondin-Andrew is a member of the Dene Nation of Canada and was the first indigenous woman elected to the parliament of Canada. She spent...
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Aug 10, 20194 min read
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ELECTIONS 2020
In 2020, six judges will be elected to fill one-third of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) 18 judicial seats during the nineteenth...
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Aug 10, 20193 min read
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“Meaningful action” needed to stop Israeli settlement building, say UN experts
GENEVA (8 August 2019) – UN human rights experts said the international community has a duty to stand by their collective promise to...
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Aug 9, 20193 min read
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS,
August 2019 The Committee against Torture this afternoon discussed follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and...
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Aug 9, 20193 min read
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Statement by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process
Statement by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, on advancement of settlement units...
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Aug 8, 20191 min read
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Security Council Press Statement on Libya
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Joanna Wronecka (Poland): The members of the...
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Aug 6, 20191 min read
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Human Rights and Climate Change Conference Nadi, Fiji / Video statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN Hig
#ClimateAction: The international community has an obligation to #ActNow & stop the climate crisis – @mbachelet at the Human Rights and...
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Aug 6, 20192 min read
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عضو اللجنة التمفيذية يزور سفير المغرب في لبنان
أعلن المكتب الإعلامي لمفوض الشرق الأوسط للجنة الدولية لحقوق الإنسان أن عضو المجلس التنفيذي في اللجنة الدولية لحقوق الانسان في الشرق...
IHRC NEWSROOM
Aug 5, 20191 min read
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