Month: August 2021

UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders

UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known,…

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Afghanistan: UN chief urges Taliban to halt offensive immediately, negotiate ‘in good faith’

The UN Secretary-General on Friday called on Taliban militants to “immediately halt” their offensive against Government forces and return to the negotiating…

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Spyware: Rights experts push for surveillance technology moratorium

A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology, warning against the…

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Iran urges UN Security Council to avoid being trapped by Israel

Iran has once again rejected Israel’s allegations concerning the maritime threats allegedly posed by Tehran and called on the United…

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UK plan thwarts access to truth over Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’

Two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed serious concern over a United Kingdom plan…

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Shocking’ escalation of grave violations against children ‎in Afghanistan: UNICEF

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed shock on Monday at the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan,…

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IPCC report: ‘Code red’ for human driven global ‎heating, warns UN chief

Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame,…

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UN pledges full support to Nagasaki ‎voices fuelling ‘powerful global ‎movement’ against nuclear arms

António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the…

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Afghanistan at ‘dangerous turning point’, UN envoy warns Security Council

With the war in Afghanistan now in “a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase”, the top UN official in the…

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