Year: 2022

Iran: Unilateral coercive sanctions violate women’s right to development

Iran calls on the international community to stand up against unilateral coercive sanctions which have violated the right to development…

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UN rights chief decries mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia

The UN human rights chief has condemned the beheading of 81 people by Saudi Arabia during the course of a…

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Ukraine: ‘We need peace now’ declares Guterres, warning of global hunger meltdown

Ukraine is being “decimated before the eyes of the world” with Russia’s military offensive against civilians “reaching terrifying proportions”, said the…

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Yemen facing ‘outright catastrophe’ over rising hunger, warn UN humanitarians

Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is “teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe”, UN agency chiefs said on Monday, as…

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Social media poses ‘existential threat’ to traditional, trustworthy news: UNESCO

The business model of the news media is ‘broken’ and with it, our fundamental right to information is at risk,…

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Break the link between illicit drugs and social media: UN-backed report

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), an independent, UN-backed body, is calling on governments to do more to regulate social…

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Mud-brick caravanserai undergoes restoration to host modern ‎trippers

Restoration work has commenced on Sadrabad caravanserai to turn the 19th-century inn into a tourism destination. Located in Mohammadabad village…

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International Women’s Day: ‘Time is ‎now’ for gender equality

‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ is the theme for the UN’s commemoration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, celebrating the…

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Human Rights Council to establish ‎Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

In a resolution adopted on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to establish a commission to investigate…

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Canada urged to amend ‎transgenerational discriminatory ‎Indian Act

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for Canada to fully address long-standing gender-based discrimination…

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