Month: July 2018

Millions denied citizenship due to ideas of national, ethnic or racial ‘purity’: UN rights expert

Ideologies which define nationality as being determined by ethnicity or bloodline are denying millions of people of their right to…

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Yemen: ‘No justification for this carnage,’ says UNICEF chief

The relentless conflict in Yemen has pushed a nation already on the brink “deep into the abyss,” said the United…

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Poorer countries set to be ‘increasingly dependent’ on food imports, says UN food agency report

Poorer countries with rising populations and scarce natural resources are likely to be “increasingly dependent” on imports to feed their…

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UN chief urges international community to ‘step up support’ for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

United Nations chief António Guterres visited Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Monday, declaring that “nothing could have prepared me…

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Veteran public official from Portugal elected to lead UN migration agency

A lawyer and politician from Portugal, with an extensive career in public service, has been elected to head the United…

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