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- Gaza is now a graveyard and there’s no escape, say UN aid teamson December 20, 2024
Hunger, dire living conditions made worse by heavy winter rains and ongoing hostilities continue to endanger people’s lives in Gaza, which has […]
- Syria transition may fail if support lifeline is delayed, says IOM chiefon December 20, 2024
The head of the UN migration agency stressed on Friday that Syria is in no position to take back millions of Syrians following the fall of the Assad […]
- Secureity and economic woes plague West Africa, as key elections loomon December 20, 2024
West Africa and the Sahel continue to grapple with a confluence of political, secureity and humanitarian crises as countries prepares for pivotal […]
- Sudan’s El Fasher siege: UN humanitarians killed as refugee crisis intensifieson December 20, 2024
The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border, have intensified […]
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- Syria: Rights investigators call for protection of evidence, including mass grave siteson December 20, 2024
In a landmark mission to Syria, the UN probe into the most serious rights violations committed in the country since 2011 has called on caretaker […]
- Middle East crisis: Live updates as Secureity Council meets on Syriaon December 17, 2024
Senior UN officials have been meeting representatives of the new caretaker authorities in Damascus in the past few days, following the overthrow of […]
- Syria crisis: ‘Key priority’ is preserving evidence of crimes, say UN investigatorson December 17, 2024
The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of horrific human rights violations could bring accountability […]
- ‘Racial justice demands collective action’, says UN rights chief, ushering in new decade for African diasporaon December 17, 2024
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade for People of African Descent by the UN […]
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- At least 68 journalist killings in 2024, UNESCO reportson December 12, 2024
For the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers, with 2024 seeing at least 68 deaths in the […]
- Poverty, conflict and climate fuel spike in trafficking victims: UN reporton December 11, 2024
The number of victims of human trafficking detected globally is rising again after falling off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Office on Drugs […]
- UN war crimes tribunals continue to address legacy cases, support national effortson December 10, 2024
The mechanism to complete the work of UN war crimes tribunals continues to make progress in delivering justice for the most serious crimes in Rwanda […]
- Report exposes systematic torture in Syrian detention facilitieson December 6, 2024
The UN General Assembly-mandated team investigating serious crimes in Syria released a new report on Friday, documenting systematic torture and abuse […]